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" Till There Was You " by the Beatles was also a cover version of an old 1950 recording by Meredith Willson & his Orchestra & Eileen Wilson ( on vocals ) titled " Till I Met You , on Decca , the only difference is the wording . But can't find the other , unreleased shrine recording " I Wanna Hold Your Hand " , I know people might squirm but there have been quite a few of the Beatles ( Lennon & McCartney) tunes covered my favourite is, JJ Barnes , Day Tripper

Are we talking here The Beatles songs ?

In memory of the very sad news and the recent loss of our Soul Brother Andy Bellwood RIP , and his terrific work at Last Bastion , I'm pretty sure he would have nominated this version , a modern day release of the highest order of a great soul classic .

Another 1 very successful, yes we the older crowd will have heard it a 1000 times but have the younger crowd ever flipped it , The Supremes Baby Love / Ask any Girl , would have loved to be there the first time this was played , perhaps if never released at the time , could now be in one of those box sets .

Another, always hit the dancefloor when this one was played at the Casino , Norman Whitfield penned , The Van Dykes ,Save My Love For A Rainy Day , more dancefloor reaction than the original version could ever receive, love it

Slightly off the music , but did see a documentary on Dave Clarke all about his successful career and his property portfolio in the states , a very popular guy following his musical achievements worth a watch .

There's been some very popular topics over the last few weeks , and because it's the season to be merry , have searched and no doubt someone will find it's been done before , but I can't . So what's your favourite cover version of a Classic , Northern, modern , etc , that's at the top of your soulful list , This is mine , what's yours ?

Classic , Stanley Mitchell Get It Baby , Quit Twisting My Arm .Dynamo Philip Mitchell , I'm Gonna Build California From All Over The World , & this one all always finds it's way to the turntable .

Always where , Emidisc springs to mind , but a few still sold these days as Acetates and probably still played as such . Carvers, bootlegs to play in the comfort of your own , still bootlegs , may as well play them on any format cd etc, as most of the expensive ones have been released at some time and hopefully royalties paid ,,,

Just finished , Trumpet by Jackie Kay , about a Jazz Trumpet player called Joss Moody , would make a brilliant movie ,,, I'm saying no more wouldn't want to spoil it for anybody , good bedtime read

Although this one when it was played at the WC sounded unbelievable at the time , fresh of the press , new release, in that kind of atmosphere, I know it was first spun at the Blackpool Mecca, but it didn't have that Alnighter vibe -

Some yrs back my brother asked his wife , what would you like for Xmas " Surprise Me " she answered, so he bought her a brand new mop & bucket , took her a few months to forgive him lol 😆

I know it's an awful long time ago ,to revisit this topic , but just read a very moving and interesting topic on the BBC news website regarding Rebecca Ferguson, about the mismanagement, bullying, and of course X factor and what she's had to put up with until now , I always thought she was a great talent and for whatever reason was probably held back , now we know why ( check out todays BBCs website for details ) for me this is up there and should have had a 45 release , what a talent and I hope she can break away from the shackles .

No one as yet mentioned, Eddie Spencer, if this is love , Jackie Lee , Darkest Days , Flowers , For Real . The list is endless , thankfully

Originally it was best intro , and then I amongst others suggested 3 or more , so likes don't count lol

Is anyone doing the old poll chart , isn't that 3 now for Tony Clarke , Landslide. ?

Someone has kindly reminded me of the other version, is was by "Copper n' Brass " for me the less soulful version but it too got spins , with a much less run in , I can see why it would've been the preferred version .

I am pretty sure if my memory is still 90% working , It was a Blackpool Mecca spin , but possibly a reduced intro , maybe someone else knows better , sounds like a Colin Curtis sound to me

If it's perhaps possible to add a 3 & half ? Chicago, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is ,,,

Yvonne Baker , You didn't Say A Word Lou Pride I'm Coming Home In The Morn' un Darrell Banks , Open The Door To Your Heart . But Tony Clarke Landslide,, Dave beat me to it , a very close 2nd

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Someone did say many years ago , there seemed to be a bit of Zoo going on back in the 60s regarding Band names , it appears the same can be said for labels too !

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