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Originally posted by The Bretwalda View PostHurts me to say it, but all of the covers The Seekers did of Peter, Paul, and Mary's covers of other songs.
Do you mean PP&M spoiled the originals and then the Seekers spoiled them more? Or PP&M did good covers which The Seekers spoiled? or PP&M spoiled the originals and then The Seekers rescued them back?
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Originally posted by wittoner View PostThe Great Bert Berns who wrote it had no trouble forgiving them though, having built a mansion with a guitar shaped swimming pool from the royalties.
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No indeed, but it was, I'm sure, the biggest selling EP in the history of Great Britain and the Commonwealth to boot, and might as well have been a single for the attention it got. By that time, trust me, they were huge. Bigger than any domestic pop act ever. Post-Please, Please Me Beatlemania was in full swing, there was no stopping it.
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I think the evidence would be scanty to none.
Them's version of HCTN is technically a cover itself. Bert Burns was in London with the song, but no one specifically in mind for it. Two versions were recorded, one by Them, the other by Lulu. Lulu's was released first, by a couple of weeks or so. Both acts recorded for Decca who were only going to promote one. After some heavy duty background arm-twisting Them's version won, and Lulu's vanished almost without trace. I've done my best to talk it up for the past few years, as it's actually excellent. Jimmy Page plays an identical guitar riff on both songs.
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