Andy Rix

ACE CD can be found here https://www.acerecords.co.uk/nyc-1961-1966 Andy

Nice work ... good that history is being preserved

Thank you ... Vocally Pat Lewis or Betty Winston would have done better but she knew that .. she did her best and was very humble about it

Harsh .. she knew she wasn't the best singer A

I don't belong to the group so haven't seen the discussion.. if it's not Mike it's the best imitation ever

I always thought it was Mike ... so when I read it was Willie Mitchell that confused me ... never heard Willie play sax like that .. my gut, and my big ears, always said Mike

Translation posted above Andy

My mother ... who was from Naples ... translated the song literally for me ... here it is DOPO STASERA A TUTTO FINITO (LONG AFTER TONIGHT IS ALL OVER) JIMMY RADCLIFFE THIS TIME I'M NOT LISTENING BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL FOR YOU THIS TIME I RECOGNISE THE TRUTH FROM THE LIES DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU'VE NOT BEEN WITH HIM THAT YOU'VE NOT BEEN WITH HIM BECAUSE I SEE IT IN YOUR EYES YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL ME WITH YOUR VOICE THAT YOU'RE NOT MINE ANYMORE - YOU'RE HIS I'M NOT CRYING THIS TIME - NO I'M NOT YOU SEE I'M NOT CRYING THIS TIME YOU CAN GO IT'S ME - I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU'VE NOT BEEN WITH HIM THAT YOU'VE NOT BEEN WITH HIM WHY ? - I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES I CAN HEAR IT IN YOUR VOICE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT MINE - YOU'RE HIS Repeat DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE NOT SEEING HIM ANYMORE Repeat to fade

Sorry to be late in responding 1. The Supremes ' You Keep Me Hanging On' was released on 12 Oct 66 ... 'We Can Make It' was done on Sunday 24 September 1967 ... Keith, who passed on last month, played the intro on his guitar ... he said he was "inspired and influenced" by YKMHO as it was a sharp and interesting sound ... so he copied it with his twist 2. answered above 3. No .. but minimum press was 500 for a 45 at that time ... the band said it was in the local record store for a week and they never heard it on their local radio station Will any more copies turn up in quantity ... I doubt it ... I thought Mr Marshall. the group manager, might have any remaining stock given he paid for the session and pressing of the 45 ... but when I finally tracked him down he had just passed .. I talked to his children and they had no knowledge of him being involved in music ... his daughter said she would search the house but told me that a lot of the house had been destroyed in a fire many years ago but he decided to rebuild ... so if he had the remaining stock of the 45 I think they either got incinerated or he binned them And ... yes I did get 3 copies when I went to the USA to meet the guys

Yes it was edited ... it was 'chopped' about with bits moved around Here's the BMI entry for the song https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Search?SearchForm.View_Count=100&SearchForm.Main_Search=Title&SearchForm.Main_Search_Text=i+wish+you+the+world+of+happiness&SearchForm.Search_Type=all I WISH YOU THE WORLD OF HAPPINESS 696359 HOLMAN EDDIE SOLOMON JAMES CAUDWELL Publishers HARTHON ENTERPRISES ... and a scan of the 8" acetate I got from Eddie Holman Andy

I think Pete is totally off-grid ... we've had no contact for years so I'm not able to advise Sorry Andy

I'm pretty sure Pete Lowrie had an acetate of this .. but the CD release was sourced from master tape Andy

It's good to see the 'real' version getting a release .. as opposed to the 'edited' version that has been available previously The same thought crossed my mind as the Library of Congess song registration records show the writers as below I WISH YOU THE WORLD OF HAPPINESS; w & m Eddie Holman & Saul Solomon (James Solomon) © Harthon Productions; 3Mar66; EU931585 ... it's not unusual to see songs registered some time after they were actually recorded And I listened to my conversation with Shirley again who stated that she recorded the song on 19 Jan 65 .. she remembers it clearly because the next day was her 18th birthday Andy