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| Kathy Young (with The Innocents): Originally sung as an audition piece by Kathy while she was 15 years old, 'A Thousands Stars' took her to #3 in the US chart. However it was Billy Fury that had the UK hit. | ||
| Top Rank JAR534 | 1961 | A Thousand Stars/ Eddie My Darling |
| Top Rank JAR554 | 1961 | Happy Birthday Blues/ Someone To Love |
| Keith And Billie: A duet that consisted of Keith Powell who had been with a Birmingham group called the Valets (see next table below), and Billie Davis presumably trying to increase her chances of a hit by doubling up on her own solo releases. | ||
| Piccadilly 7N35288 | 1966 | When You Move You Lose/ Tastes Sour Don't It |
| Piccadilly 7N35321 | 1966 | You Don't Know Like I Know/ Two Little People |
| Piccadilly 7N35340 | 1966 | That's Really Some Good/ Swingin' Tight |
| Keith Powell And The Valets: The Valets, based in Birmingham, included some of the future 'Move' in its membership including vocalist Carl Wayne. | ||
| Columbia DB7116 | 1963 | The Answer /is No/ Come On And Join The Party |
| Columbia DB7229 | 1964 | Tore Up/ You Better Let Him Go |
| Columbia DB7366 | 1964 | I Should Know Better But I Don't/ Too Much Monkey Business |
| Piccadilly 7N35235 | 1965 | People Get Ready/ Paradise |
| Piccadilly 7N35249 | 1965 | Come Home Baby/ Beyond The Hill |
| Piccadilly 7N35275 | 1966 | Goodbye Girl/ It Was Easier To Hurt Her |
| Piccadilly 7N35300 | 1966 | Victory/ Some People Only |
| Piccadilly 7N35353 | 1966 | It Keeps Rainin'/ Song Of The Moon |
| Ken Colyer's Jazzmen (*or Skiffle Group): Although Ken, a Londoner, didn't enjoy the same chart success as some of his contemporaries that were playing that very British music called 'Traditional Jazz', his band were still a very well known, popular and respected group of musicians. As can be seen from this list, lack of success was not for the want of trying. Like the other 'Trad' groups, he had sufficient following to assure reasonable sales even if he didn't reach the hit parade. Ken also introduced 'Skiffle' to the UK, while in association with an earlier band called the 'Crane River Jazz Band', during the early 1950s. | ||
| Decca F10504 | 1955 | Early Hours/ Cataract Rag |
| Decca F10519 | 1955 | If I Ever Cease To Love/ The Entertainer |
| Decca F10565 | 1955 | It Looks Like A Big Time Tonight/ Red Wing |
| Decca F10631* | 1955 | Take This Hammer/ Down By The Riverside |
| Decca F10711* | 1956 | Streamline Train/ Go Down Old Hannah |
| Decca F10751* | 1956 | Down Bound Train/ Mule Skinner |
| Decca F10755 | 1956 | All The Girls Go Crazy About The Way I Walk/ Dippermouth Blues |
| Decca F10772* | 1956 | Old Riley/ Stack O'Lee Blues |
| Decca F10889* | 1957 | The Grey Goose/ I Can't Sleep |
| Decca F10926* | 1957 | Sporting Life/ House Rent Stomp |
| Decca F10972* | 1957 | Ella Speed/ Go Down Sunshine |
| Tempo A117 | 1956 | Just A Closer Walk With Thee/ Sheikh Of Araby |
| Tempo A120 | 1956 | If I Ever Cease To Love You/ Isle Of Capri |
| Tempo A126 | 1956 | My Bucket's Got A Hole In It/ Wabash Blues |
| Tempo A136 | 1956 | Maryland, My Maryland/ The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise |
| Columbia DB4676 | 1961 | Happy Wanderer/ Maryland/ My Maryland |
| Columbia DB4783 | 1962 | Postman's Lament/ Too Busy |
| Ken Cope: Ken Cope was better known as an actor. He played Minnie Caldwell's lodger 'Sonny Jim' in Coronation Street and was the white suited ghost of Marty Hopkirk in the TV series 'Randall and Hopkirk'. despite the near 'cult' status achieved by the latter, this novelty single is not very sought after. | ||
| Pye 7N15524 | 1963 | Hands Off, Stop Muckin' About/ Why Am I So Shy |
| Ken Jones Orchestra: UK Orchestra that were popular broadcasters, but despite a careful choice of promising material never had record success. | ||
| Parlophone R4628 | 1960 | Two Way Stretch/ Paper Chase |
| Parlophone R4762 | 1961 | On The Rebound. Bluesville |
| Parlophone R4788 | 1961 | Just Rollin'/ Joxville |
| Parlophone R4826 | 1961 | Jubilee/ Lazy |
| Columbia DB7063 | 1963 | Saffron/ Chaka |
| Ken Pepper: Recorded at Norman Petty's Clovis Studio in 1960. Ken's real name is Homer Tankersley. He had other Norman Petty 45s issued in the US, but not in the UK. He opened a clothing store on Main Street, Clovis in 1961 and still operates it to this day. | ||
| Thanks to Tom Reed for the above. | ||
| Top Rank JAR535 | 1961 | Just A Little At A Time/ I Get The Blues When It Rains |
| Kenny Dino: Singer from Queens, New York born 1939. | ||
| HMV POP960 | 1961 | Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night |
| Kenny Rankin: US singer/ songwriter with a long career as a jazz vocalist. | ||
| Brunswick 5845 | 1960 | As Sure As You're Born/ Teasin'Heart |
| CBS AAG211 | 1964 | Where Did My Little Girl Go/ U.S. Mail |
| CBS 201726 | 1965 | Knowing I Won't Be Back There/ There'll Be No Other Love For Me |
| Mercury | 1969 | The Dolphins/ Peaceful |
| Kentuckians: US Vocal Group | ||
| Mercury MF908 | 1965 | She Still Thinks I Care/ Mountain Boy |
| Polydor 56238 | 1968 | Crystal Chandeliers/ You Just Ca't Quit |
| Kestrels: UK group started by Roger Greenaway and two schoolfriends. They were joined near the end of the group's life by Roger Cook which subsequently led to a long and successful songwriting partnership. | ||
| Pye 7N15234 | 1959 | There Comes A Time/ In The Chapel In The Moonlight |
| Pye 7N15248 | 1960 | I Can't Say Goodbye/ We Were Young |
| Decca F11391 | 1961 | All These Things/ That's It |
| Piccadilly 7N35056 | 1962 | Wolverton Mountain/ Little Sacka Sugar |
| Piccadilly 7N35079 | 1962 | Don't Want To Cry/ Love Me With All Your Heart |
| Piccadilly 7N35104 | 1963 | Walk Right In/ Moving Up The King's Highway |
| Piccadilly 7N35126 | 1963 | There's A Place/ Little Star |
| Piccadilly 7N35144 | 1963 | Love Me With All Your Heart/ Lazy River |
| Kim Davis: UK singer who also recorded under the name of simply 'Kim D'*. | ||
| Pye 7N15953 | 1965 | The Real Thing/ Come On Baby* |
| Decca F12387 | 1966 | Don't Take Your Lovin' Away/ Feelin' Blue |
| CBS 202568 | 1967 | Tell It Like It Is/ Losing Kind |
| CBS 4210 | 1969 | Are You Ready For Love/ Taste Of Excitement |
| Kim Weston: This former partner of Marvin Gaye is responsible for cutting some of the most sought after soul 45s of the late 1960s. | ||
| Stateside SS359 | 1964 | A Little More Love/ Go Ahead And Laugh |
| Tamla Motown TMG511 | 1965 | I'm Still Loving You/ Just Loving You |
| Tamla Motown TMG538 | 1965 | Take Me In Your Arms/ Don't Compare Me With Her |
| Tamla Motown TMG554 | 1966 | Helpless/ A Love Like Yours |
| MGM MGM1338 | 1967 | I Got What You Need/ Someone Like You |
| MGM MGM1357 | 1967 | That's Groovy/ Land Of Tomorrow |
| MGM MGM1382 | 1968 | Nobody/ You're Just The Kind Of Guy |
| Major Minor MM619 | 1969 | From Both Sides Now/ We Try Harder |
| King Sisters: No relation to the King Bothers as far as I know. | ||
| Capitol CL14711 | 1957 | While The Lights Are Low/ In Hamburg When Nights Are Long |
| Capitol CL14729 | 1957 | Imagination/ You're My Thrill |
| Capitol CL14777 | 1957 | Easy To Love/ That Old feeling |
| Capitol CL14865 | 1958 | Deep Purple/ Unbelievable |
| Capitol CL14893 | 1958 | What's New/ The Thrill Was New |
| Capitol CL14934 | 1958 | The Guy In The Foreign Sports Car/ Autumn In Pleasant Grove |
| Capitol CL15012 | 1959 | The Maids Of Cadiz/ Keep Smiling |
| Capitol CL15069 | 1959 | Lovin' Up A Storm/ What Would I Do Without You |
| Capitol CL15096 | 1959 | Over The River/ Holiday Of Love |
| Kingsize Taylor And The Dominoes: Another Liverpool band that had more success in Hamburg than they did on record. The Dominoes split from Taylor during 1964 and evaporated soon after. | ||
| Polydor NH6690 | 1963 | Memphis Tennessee/ Money |
| Decca F11874 | 1964 | Stupidity/ Bad Boy |
| Decca F11935 | 1964 | Somebody's Always Trying/ Looking For My Baby |
| Polydor BM56152 | 1965 | Thinkin'/ Let Me Love You |
| Kip Anderson: US R&B singer who became one of the pioneers of Soul. | ||
| President PT163 | 1967 | You'll Lose A Good Thing/ I'm Out Of Love |
| Kirby Stone Four: Jazz Combo led by Kirby Stone who was born in New York during 1918. The group gained a 'Grammy' for 'Baubles Bangles and Beads', but I'm unaware of it as a UK 45 release. | ||
| Vogue Coral Q72129 | 1956 | Honey Hush/ Lassus Trombone |
| Philips PB861 | 1958 | Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart/ Let's Do It |
| Philips PB903 | 1959 | That 'I Had A Dram', Dear' Rock/ Sweet Nothings |
| Warner Bros. WB102 | 1963 | The Great Escape/ Fancy Dan |
| Warner Bros. WB118 | 1963 | Washington Guitar/ Blue Guitar |
| Capitol CL14893 | 1958 | What's New/ The Thrill Was New |
| Capitol CL14934 | 1958 | The Guy In The Foreign Sports Car/ Autumn In Pleasant Grove |
| Capitol CL15012 | 1959 | The Maids Of Cadiz/ Keep Smiling |
| Capitol CL15069 | 1959 | Lovin' Up A Storm/ What Would I Do Without You |
| Capitol CL15096 | 1959 | Over The River/ Holiday Of Love |
| Kirchin Band: The following discs largely featured the work of the British drums virtuoso, Basil Kirchin. Many are credited to the 'Basil Kirchin Band'- others to 'Ivor And Basil Kirchin' although other names were also used like 'Basil Kirchin And The Cha Cha Band'. Apparantly, they were also known as the 'Kirchin Brothers' despite the fact that they were father (Ivor) and son (Basil)- though I have not yet found any records so credited. | ||
| Decca F10434 | 1955 | Minor Mambo/ Mothergoose Jumps |
| Parlophone MSP6144 | 1954 | Tangerine/ Mambo Macoco |
| Parlophone R4140 | 1956 | Rock A Beatin' Boogie/ Stoneage Mambo |
| Parlophone R4192 | 1956 | Big Deal/ Trumpet Blues And Cantabile |
| Parlophone R4222 | 1956 | St. Louis Blues/ The Roller |
| Parlophone R4237 | 1956 | Rockin' And Rollin Through/ Ambush |
| Parlophone R4266 | 1957 | Rock Around The World Medley |
| Parlophone R4284 | 1957 | Calypso/ Jungle Fire Dance |
| Parlophone R4302 | 1957 | The High Life/ Blues And The Happy Times |
| Parlophone R4335 | 1957 | So Rare/ Teenage World |
| Parlophone R4344 | 1957 | White Silver Sands/ Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee |
| Parlophone R4511 | 1958 | Oh Dear What Can The Cha Cha Be |
| Kittens: Female vocal duette, Susan and Vivien Chasid, from Harrow in north west London. | ||
| Decca F12036 | 1964 | Round About Way/ Don't Stop Now |
| Knickerbockers: A New Jersey group with a 'Britpop' sound. | ||
| London HLH10013 | 1966 | Lies/ The Coming Generation |
| London HLH10035 | 1966 | One Track Mind/ I Must Be Doing Something Right |
| London HLH10061 | 1966 | High On Love/ Stick With Me |
| London HLH10093 | 1966 | Rumours Gossip Words Untrue/ Love Is A Bird |
| London HLH10102 | 1967 | Can You Help Me/ Please Don't Love Him |
| Knightsbridge (Brass, Chorale or Strings): Top Rank's 'Easy Listening' Team. | ||
| Top Rank JAR104 | 1959 | Io Sono Il Vento/ Italian Blu |
| Top Rank JAR314 | 1960 | Two Way Stretch/ The Glad Hand (Brass) |
| Top Rank JAR220 | 1959 | Eton Boating Song/ In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town (Chorale) |
| Top Rank JAR266 | 1960 | California Here I Come/ Ivy Will Cling (Chorale) |
| Top Rank JAR398 | 1960 | Make Mine Mink/ Moonlight In Vermont (Chorale) |
| Top Rank JAR170 | 1958 | Cry/ Windows Of Paris (Strings) |
| Top Rank JAR216 | 1959 | Wheel Of Fortune/ Cow Cow Boogie (Strings) |
| Top Rank JAR272 | 1960 | Walkin' Shoes/ Ring Ding (Strings) |
| Top Rank JAR295 | 1960 | Love Look Away/ You Are Beautiful (Strings) |
| Top Rank JAR304 | 1960 | Tracy's Theme/ Misty (Strings) |
| Top Rank JAR364 | 1960 | The Sioux March/ The Executioner Theme (Strings) |
| Top Rank JAR532 | 1962 | The Singer Not The Song/ Anacleto's Theme (Strings) |
| Koko Taylor: Koko (real name Cora Walton) was born in Memphis during 1935. She settled in Chicago during 1953 and performed with the likes of Clifton James, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, and placed herself under the guidance of Willie Dixon. It was for the Dixon penned 'Wang Dang Doodle' that Koko became best known. | ||
| Chess CRS8035 | 1966 | Wang Dang Doodle/ Blues Heaven |
