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| Lady Lee: Like Herman's Hermits, she also produced a UK cover of Earl Jean's 'I'm Into Something Good', but didn't chart on either side of the Atlantic. | ||
| Decca F11961 | 1964 | I'm Into Something Good/ When Love Comes Along |
| Decca F12147 | 1965 | 99 Times Out Of 100/ I Can Feel It |
| Columbia DB7121 | 1965 | My Whole World (Seems To Be Tumbling Down)/ Girl |
| Lana Sisters: Blonde Trio that included a youthful Dusty Springfield. They got plenty of TV and radio appearances, but never cracked the hit parade. | ||
| Fontana H148 | 1958 | Ring-A My Phone |
| Fontana H176 | 1958 | Buzzin'/ Cry Cry Baby |
| Fontana H190 | 1958 | Mister Dee-Jay/ Tell Him No |
| Fontana H221 | 1959 | (Seven Little Girls) Sitting In The Back Seat/ Sitting On The Sidewalk |
| Fontana H235 | 1960 | My Mother's Eyes/ You Got What It Takes |
| Fontana H252 | 1960 | Someone Loves You, Joe/ Tintarella Di Lune |
| Fontana H283 | 1960 | Two-Some/ Down South |
| Larry Page: Unsuccessful UK rock and roller who found later success by managing others. He also founded his own record label as a vehicle for publishing his own work and that of his stable of artists- 'Page One'. | ||
| Columbia DB3965 | 1957 | Cool Shake/ Start Movin' (In My Direction) |
| Columbia DB4012 | 1958 | That'll Be The Day/ Please Don't Blame Me |
| Columbia DB4080 | 1958 | Under Control/ This Is My Life |
| Saga SAG 45-2902 | 1959 | Big Blon' Baby/ Vibrate |
| Saga SAG 45-2903 | 1960 | How'm I Doing, Hey Hey/ Throw Your Lovin' My Way |
| Saga SAG 45-2904 | 1960 | Little Old Fashioned You/ Marylin |
| Larry Verne: We Brits didn't see the humour in Larry's work apparently and bought Charlie Drake instead. | ||
| London HLN9194 | 1960 | Mr. Custer/ Okeefenoke Two Step |
| London HLN9263 | 1961 | Mr. Livingsone/ Roller Coaster |
| Laurels: US. | ||
| RCA RCA1741 | 1968 | Sunshine Thursday/ Threepence A Tune |
| RCA RCA1836 | 1969 | Making It Groovy/ Rainmaker |
| Lee Allen: New Orleans based R&B Saxophonist who did much of his best work there with Dave Batholomew. He backed a lot of New Orleans best known singers including Fats Domino and Little Richard. | ||
| HMV POP452 | 1958 | Walkin' With Mr. Lee/ Promenade |
| Top Rank JAR265 | 1959 | Cat Walk/ Creole Alley |
| Lee And Jerry Elvin: UK duo- the Jerry of whom was Jerry Lordan (yes, the one that wrote 'Apache' )- before he'd become successful as a singer or songwriter. | ||
| Fontana H191 | 1959 | So The Story Goes/ When You See Her |
| Lee Andrews (And The Hearts): Doo Woppers from Philadelphia- ignored like most Doo-Wop in the UK. Consequently, if you have these two 45s then look after them! | ||
| London HLM8546 | 1958 | Teardrops/ Girl Around The Corner |
| London HLM8661 | 1958 | Try The Impossible/ Nobody's Home |
| Lee Curtis And The All Stars: UK band which became a haven for the Beatles original drummer Pete Best and later became the 'Pete Best Four'. They never managed to chart in either guise despite trying very hard, especially in the US. | ||
| Decca F11622 | 1963 | Little Girl/ Just One More Dance |
| Decca F11690 | 1963 | Let's Stomp/ Poor Unlucky Me |
| Decca F11830 | 1964 | What About Me/ I've Got My Eyes On You |
| Philips BF1385 | 1965 | Ecstasy/ A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues |
| Lena Horne: This lady isn't obscure of course, but she didn't ever chart in the UK. I bet she sold a lot of albums though. At least they could spell 'all right' all right in 1955. | ||
| HMV 7M309 | 1955 | Love Me Or Leave Me/ I Love To Love |
| HMV 7M319 | 1955 | It's All Right With Me/ It's Love |
| HMV 7M423 | 1956 | If You Can Dream/ What's Right For You |
| MGM MGM917 | 1956 | Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man/ The Man I Love |
| RCA RCA1120 | 1959 | A New Fangled Tango/ Honeysuckle Rose |
| United Artists UP1101 | 1965 | The Sand And The Sea/ It Had Better Be Tonight |
| Lenny Kuhr: Dutch entry for the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest. It shared victory honours with three other songs including Britain's Lulu with 'Boom Bang A Bang' | ||
| Philips BF1777 | 1969 | The Troubadour/ Oh No Monsieur |
| Lenny Welch: Born in New Jersey during 1938. Although his first release charted at home, his R&B influenced ballads never did much good in the UK. | ||
| London HLA9094 | 1960 | You Don't Know Me/ I Need Someone |
| London HLA9601 | 1962 | Taste Of Honey/ Old Cathedral |
| London HLA9810 | 1963 | Since I Fell For You/ Are You Sincere |
| London HLA9880 | 1964 | Ebb Tide/ Congratulations Baby |
| London HLR9910 | 1964 | If You See My Love/ Father Sebastian |
| London HLR9981 | 1965 | Darling Take Me Back/ Time After Time |
| London HLR9991 | 1965 | Two Different Worlds/ I Was There |
| London HLR10010 | 1965 | Run To My Lovin' Arms/ Coronet Blue |
| London HLR10031 | 1966 | Rags To Riches/ I Want You To Worry |
| Leon McAuliff: US artist who failed to reach the charts with this single attempt in the UK. He had a lot more tries in the US, but had no more chart successes there either. | ||
| Decca F11676 | 1963 | Ace In The Hole/ Night Life |
| Les Hobeaux: One of the pioneers of British 'skiffle', in whose group Brian Gregg began his professional music career. | ||
| HMV POP377 | 1957 | Oh Mary Don't You Weep/ Toll The Bell Easy |
| HMV POP403 | 1957 | Mama Don't Allow/ Hey Hey Daddy Blues |
| HMV POP444 | 1958 | Dynamo/ Two Ships |
| Les Reed (Orchestra): UK songwriter/ arranger who worked with several important 1960s artists, the most notable of which was probably Tom Jones. | ||
| Piccadilly 7N35080 | 1962 | Dr Finlay's Casebook/ The Saint |
| Piccadilly 7N35097 | 1963 | Minuet Mash/ Night Fall |
| Piccadilly 7N35122 | 1963 | On The Scene/ High Society |
| Fontana H455 | 1964 | Spanish Armada/ Madrid |
| Fontana H496 | 1964 | Little Leprechaun/ Come Take My Hand |
| Fontana H545 | 1965 | Poor Little Rich Girl/ High Bright Sun |
| Fontana H576 | 1965 | Hot Line/ Ten Feet Tall |
| Fontana H765 | 1966 | Good Kings Went Ridiculous/ Valley Of Kings |
| Deram DM128 | 1967 | The Pay Off/ Imogene |
| Deram DM170 | 1967 | Theme From 'Candice'/ The Last Waltz |
| Deram DM244 | 1969 | Big Drum/ Don't Linger WithYour Finger On |
| Lesley Duncan: English singer/ songwriter. She sang backing vocals for a number of other singers and wrote 'Love Song' which was recorded by Elton John. | ||
| Parlophone R5034 | 1963 | I Want A Steady Guy/ Movin' Away |
| Parlophone R5106 | 1964 | Tell Him/ You Kissed Me |
| Mercury MF830 | 1964 | When My Baby Cries/ Did It Hurt |
| Mercury MF847 | 1965 | Just For The Boy/ See That Guy |
| Mercury MF876 | 1965 | Run To Love/ Only The Lonely And Me |
| Mercury MF939 | 1965 | Hey Boy/ I Go To Sleep |
| RCA RCA1783 | 1969 | A Road To Nowhere/ Love Song |
| Leslie Phillips: Comedy Actor turned novelty singer. An extremely competent actor who was usually portrayed as a light hearted rogue. | ||
| Parlophone R4610 | 1959 | The Navy Lark/ The Disc |
| Parlophone R4912 | 1962 | Jolly Old Spring/ I Must Resist Temptation |
| Columbia DB8562 | 1969 | The Man Most Likely To/ Marigold |
| Linda Hopkins: Great US R&B vocalist whose few UK releases are very collectable now. | ||
| *with Jackie Wilson | ||
| Coral Q72423 | 1961 | I Diddle Dum Dum/ All In My Mind |
| Coral Q72448 | 1962 | Mama's Doun' The Twist/ My Mother's Eyes |
| Coral Q72480* | 1965 | Yes Indeed/ When The Saints Go Marching In |
| Linda Laurie: US singer who also recorded with her friend Susan Yellin as the appropriately named 'Not Sisters'. Her self-penned first UK single release was called 'Ambrose (Part 5)' on its US release although there were no previous parts. | ||
| London HL8807 | 1959 | Ambrose/ Ooh, What A Lover |
| Top Rank JAR277 | 1960 | Stay With Me/ All Winter Long |
| Linda Thorson: Linda was 'Tara King' the last of the TV Avenger girls. | ||
| Ember EMBS257 | 1968 | Here I Am/ Better Than Losing You |
| Link Wray: a native American born in North Carolina during 1930. None of these singles were bought in large quantities in the UK, although 'Rumble' sold over a million copies in the US despite (or maybe because) it invoked various bans. It is also claimed to have inspired a young British musician called Pete Townsend. | ||
| London HLA8623 | 1958 | Rumble/ The Swag |
| Stateside SS217 | 1963 | Jack The Ripper/ The Black Widow |
| Stateside SS256 | 1964 | The Sweeper/ Weekend |
| Stateside SS397 | 1965 | Good Rockin' Tonight/ I'll Do Anything For You |
| Lisa Kirk: She appeared in the Coe Porter musical 'Kiss Me Kate' which ran for more than 1500 performances on Broadway and London's west end. | ||
| MGM MGM1161 | 1962 | I Need You So/ I'm Sitting On Top Of The World |
| Lisa Noble: | ||
| Decca F11006 | 1958 | Who's Sorry Now/ Maggie- Yes Ma! |
| Decca F11051 | 1958 | It's A Boy/ The Saints |
| Little Bobby Rey: A single disc of seasonal melodies from the same man (I believe) that produced the Hollywood Argyles (Alley Oop). | ||
| Top Rank JAR525 | 1960 | Rockin 'J' Bells/ Dance Of The New Year |
| Little Joe Cook: The real Joe Cook was the father of two of the 'Sherrys', and he did sing- but this fellow is an incognito Chris Farlowe. | ||
| Sue WI385 | 1965 | Stormy Monday Blues Pt.1/ Pt.2 |
| Little Junior Parker: Born in Memphis during 1927, Herman Parker made the wonderful 'Feelin' Good' when he was at Sam Phillips' Sun. He also wrote and recorded the original of 'Mystery Train' while at the same studio. | ||
| Vogue V9179 | 1961 | Stand By Me/ I'll Forget About You |
| Vogue V9193 | 1962 | Mary Joe/ Annie Get Your Yo-Yo |
| Vocalion VP9256 | 1966 | These Kind Of Blues Pt.1/ Pt. 2 |
| Vocalion VP9275 | 1966 | Goodbye Little Girl/ Walking The Floor Over You |
| Little Milton: From Misssissippi, Milton Campbell was introduced to Sam Phillips' Sun studio where he didn't really make his mark. However, these singles were made later when he was at Chess. | ||
| Pye 7N25289 | 1965 | Blind Man/ Blues In The Night |
| Chess CRS8013 | 1965 | We're Gonna Make It/ Can't Hold Back The Tears |
| Chess CRS8018 | 1965 | Who's Cheating Who/ Ain't No Big Deal On You |
| Chess CRS8087 | 1969 | Grits Ain't Groceries/ I Can't Quit You Baby |
| Chess CRS8101 | 1969 | Let's Get Together/ I'll Always Love You |
| Little Suzie: US lady with a cover of a Tab Hunter hit. | ||
| Warner Bros. WB35 | 1961 | The Boy I Left Behind/ Young Love |
| Little Walter: An innovative blues hamonica player who followed in the footsteps of the great Sonny Boy Williamson. He is best remembered for his songwriting and singing of numbers like 'My Babe' and 'Juke' and for his invention of the 'amplified harmonica'. He is also known for his drinking, pot smoking and hell raising lifestyle. He died in 1968 from injuries sustained during a street fight in Chicago. | ||
| London HLM9175 | 1960 | My Babe/ Blue Midnight |
| Pye 7N25263 | 1964 | My Babe/ You Batter Watch Youself |
| Lloyd Clarke: West Indian Ska | ||
| Blue Beat BB99 | 1962 | Good Morning/ Now I Know A Reason |
| Blue Beat BB104 | 1962 | Fool's Day/ You're A Cheat |
| Island WI007 | 1962 | Love You The Most |
| Island WI045 | 1962 | Japanese Girl/ He's Coming |
| Island WI3116 | 1968 | Summertime |
| Rio R16 | 1963 | Love Me/ Half As Much |
| Rio R23 | 1964 | Stop Your Talking/ A Penny |
| Rio R24 | 1964 | Fellow Jamaican |
| Blue Cat BS136 | 1968 | Young Love |
| Lloyd Robinson: West Indian Ska | ||
| Island WI007 | 1962 | You Said You Loved Me |
| Blue Beat BB122 | 1962 | Give Me A Chance/ When You Walk |
| Blue Beat BB159 | 1963 | You Told Me/ I Told Your Love |
| Duke DU5 | 1969 | Cuss Cuss/ Lavender Blue |
| Lonnie Sattin: | ||
| Capitol CL14552 | 1956 | Trapped/ Your Home Can Be A Castle |
| Capitol CL14638 | 1956 | High Street/ What Time Does The Sun Go Down |
| Capitol CL14771 | 1957 | I'll Never Stop Loving You/ Whoo-Pie Shoo-Pie |
| Capitol CL14831 | 1958 | Ring Around The Moon/ My Heart's Your Home |
| Warner Bros. WB15 | 1960 | I'll Fly Away/ Any More Than I |
| Lord Nelson: Singer/songwriter. I wonder if he was friendly with Napoleon XIV? | ||
| Stateside SS189 | 1963 | I Got A Itch/ Problems On Me Mind |
| Stateside SS281 | 1964 | It's Delinquency/ Proud West Indian |
| Direction 583909 | 1968 | Michael/ No Hot Summer |
| Lorne Gibson: His trio were the UK's leading pop-country group, but they never quite managed a hit. | ||
| Decca F11519 | 1962 | Little Black Book/ What Kind Of Love Is This |
| Decca F11684 | 1963 | Some Do Some Don't/ Heavens Above |
| Decca F11814 | 1964 | I Think It's Best To Forget Me/ Hang Up The Phone |
| Decca F12005 | 1964 | That Girl I Loved/ Don't Go Near The Indians |
| Decca F12102 | 1965 | Red Roses For A Blue Lady/ Talking To Your Picture |
| Decca F12290 | 1965 | I'll Give You Me/ As Lovers Do |
| Decca F12357 | 1966 | When Baby Says Goodbye/ Little Lovin' Light |
| Decca F12450 | 1966 | Jingle Jangle/ Roses From A Stranger |
| RCA RCA 1813 | 1969 | Won't The Grass Look Pretty/ My Voice Keeps Changing |
| Lorrae Desmond: Talented Australian lady who spent quite a period in the UK about this time and became a popular actress and singer, but never made it chartwise. She returned to Australia and, as far as I know, she is still performing there now. | ||
| Parlophone R4239 | 1956 | Written On The Wind/ A House With Love In It |
| Parlophone R4287 | 1957 | You Won't Be Around/ Play The Music |
| Parlophone R4320 | 1957 | Kansas City Special/ Preacher, Preacher |
| Parlophone R4361 | 1957 | Ding Dong Rock-A-Billy Weddin'/ Cabin Boy |
| Parlophone R4400 | 1958 | Two Ships/ Little David |
| Parlophone R4430 | 1958 | Secret Of Happiness/ Down By The River |
| Parlophone R4463 | 1958 | Soda Pop Hop/ Blue Blue Day |
| Parlophone R4534 | 1959 | Tall Paul/ Wait For It |
| Parlophone R4670 | 1960 | Tell Me Again/ Get Your Daddie's Car Tonight |
| Lorraine Silver: A very young singer who is credited with just two releases- both are among discs that are most sought after by fans of Norther Soul. | ||
| Pye 7N15922 | 1965 | Lost Summer Love/ I'll Know You'll Be There |
| Pye 7N17055 | 1966 | The Happy Faces/ When The Love Light Starts Shining In His Eyes |
| Los Cincos Ricardos: | ||
| Philips BF1436 | 1965 | One Big Kiss/ Something |
| Philips BF1461 | 1965 | La Yenka/ Too Big For Her Boots |
| Philips BF1525 | 1965 | Most Exclusive Residence For Sale/ It's All Over Now |
| Louis Jordan: Born in Arkansas during 1908, Jordan had a broad repertoire embracing Jazz, Blues, R&B and Rock'n'Roll. His best work was probably during the 1940s when his work was coupled with other jazz greats including Ella Ftizgerald and Louis Armstrong. However, his partnerships extended to R&B ace Johnny Otis who later produced a tribute album to Jordan. | ||
| Downtown CHA3 | 1960 | Ooo-Wee/ I'll Die Happy |
| Louis Neefs: Popular Begian performer who was killed in a car accident in 1980. His only UK release brought Belgium 7th place in the Eurovision song contest. | ||
| Columbia DB8561 | 1969 | Jennifer Jennings/ I Love You |
| Love: This Los Angeles band was formed and led by Arthur Lee at his most creative. Although the band had many influences it was probably mostly a product of psychedelia. The significance of the band is greater than indicated by their three minor US singles hits. Despite having no UK chart success they had an enthusiastic British following who provided healthy album sales. | ||
| London HLZ10053 | 1966 | My Little Red Book/ Hey Joe |
| London HLZ10073 | 1966 | 7 And 7 Is/ No. Fourteen |
| Elektra EKSN45010 | 1966 | She Comes In Colours/ Orange Skies |
| Elektra EKSN45016 | 1967 | Softly To Me/ The Castle |
| Elektra EKSN45024 | 1968 | Alone Again Or/ Bummer In The Summer |
| Elektra EKSN45026 | 1968 | Andmoreagain/ The Daily Planet |
| Elektra EKSN45038 | 1968 | Laughing Stock/ Your Mind And We Belong Together |
| Lowell Fulson: Oklahoma born West coast bluesman who moved with the times during a career that spanned half a century. The young Ray Charles toured with his band during the early 1950s. | ||
| Sue WI375 | 1965 | Too Many Drivers/ Key To My Heart |
| Sue WI4023 | 1966 | Talking Woman/ Blues Around Midnight |
| Outasite 45502 | 1966 | Stop And Think/ Baby |
| Fontana TF795 | 1967 | Tramp/ Pico |
| Lucille Mapp: | ||
| Columbia DB3916 | 1957 | Mangos/ On Treasure Island |
| Columbia DB3949 | 1957 | Jamie Boy/ Moonlight In Vermont |
| Columbia DB4040 | 1957 | I'm Available/ Lovin' Ya, Lovin Ya, Lovin' Ya |
| Columbia DB4071 | 1958 | Love Is/ The Early Birdie |
| Columbia DB4168 | 1958 | Remember When/ I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All |
| Columbia DB4261 | 1959 | Chinchilla/ Follow Me |
| Lyn And Graham McCarthy: | ||
| Columbia DB7584 | 1965 | Seven Doves/ Out After Me |
| Columbia DB7921 | 1966 | I Can't Help But Wonder/ There's Got To Be Love |
| Columbia DB8087 | 1966 | The Turkey's Trial/ Bitty Withy |
| Columbia DB8422 | 1968 | I Think It's Going To Rain/ Once I Was |
| RCA RCA1759 | 1968 | Scarborough Fair- Canticle/ Wild Berries |
| Lyn Vernon: | ||
| Top Rank JAR323 | 1960 | Woodchopper's Ball/ Caravan |
| Lynda Graham: | ||
| Philips 326552 | 1962 | As Long As The River Flows/ When I'm Sixteen |
| Philips BF1249 | 1962 | Without Your Love/ Wait And See |
| Philips BF1308 | 1964 | You'd Better Believe It/ That's The Last Thing I'd Do |
| Lynn Holland: | ||
| Ember EMB198 | 1964 | And The Angels Sing/ I Can't read Your Writing |
| Polydor BM56060 | 1965 | No Regrets/ Face In The Crowd |
| Polydor BM56035 | 1965 | Oh Darling How I Miss You/ Before |
| Polydor BM56129 | 1966 | All The Love In The World/ Loneliness |
| Lynn Hope: | ||
| Vogue V9081 | 1957 | Blue Moon/ Blues For Anna Bacca |
| Vogue V9082 | 1957 | Eleven Till Two/ Blues For Mary |
| Vogue V9115 | 1958 | Temptation/ The Scrunch |
| Blue Beat BB21 | 1960 | Shocking/ Blue And Sentimental |
| Lys Assia: Swiss; first ever winner of the Eurovision Song Contest (1956) with 'Refrains', a song that was never released on record in the UK- as far as I know. | ||
| Decca F10097 | 1954 | O Mein Papa/ Ponylied |
| Decca F10278 | 1954 | The Glow Of The Candle/ My Love, My Life, My Own |
| Decca F10516 | 1955 | Apples, Peaches And Cherries/ Words Of Love |
| Decca F10675 | 1956 | My Love/ Someone |
| Decca F10930 | 1957 | Through The Eyes Of Love/ Scusami |
