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William Howard Ashton (born 19 August 1943), known professionally as Billy J. Kramer, is an English pop singer. With The Dakotas , Kramer was managed by Brian Epstein during the 1960s and scored hits with several Lennon–McCartney compositions never recorded by the Beatles , among them the UK number one " Bad to Me " (1963).
The Very Best of Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas: Released: 14 July 1997; Label: Secret Society; Formats: CD; Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas at Abbey Road 1963–1966: Released: 23 February 1998; Label: EMI; Formats: CD; The Best of Billy J Kramer: Released: 1999; Label: Pegasus; Formats: CD; Do You Want to Know a Secret? The EMI Years 1963 ...
This is a list of record-breaking historical expensive album covers or CD packaging. Elvis Presley (1956) – reportedly was the most expensive album cover ever up to that point. [75] Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) – the cover, costing £25,000, was reportedly the most expensive cover design up to this time.
Little Children is the second album by the English rock band Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas. It was released by Imperial Records in the United States in 1964. There never was a British version.
"Little Children" reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1964, [1] and No. 7 in the US Hot 100 singles chart later the same year. [3] The B-side of "Little Children" in the U.S., "Bad to Me" (which had previously been an A-side in the UK and which made No. 1 there in August 1963) peaked at No. 9 on the US charts simultaneously to the success of "Little Children".
Single by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas; from the album Little Children; B-side "I Call Your Name" Released: 26 July 1963 (UK) May 1964 (US) Recorded: 26 June 1963: Genre: Pop, beat: Length: 2: 22: Label: Parlophone R5049 [1] Songwriter(s) Lennon–McCartney [1] Producer(s) George Martin [1] Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas singles chronology "
[1] [2] [3] It was released as a single by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas on 1 November 1963, and released on Kramer's album Little Children. [3] It reached number 4 and spent 13 weeks in the UK charts, [4] kept off the top spot by the Beatles' "She Loves You" (another Lennon–McCartney composition) and "You'll Never Walk Alone". [3]
The Beatles' version was never released as a single in the UK, where a cover version by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas (released b/w "I'll Be on My Way", Parlophone R5023, 26 April 1963) [17] reached number two in the Record Retailer chart, and hit number one in the NME chart (used by Radio Luxembourg) and the BBC's Pick of the Pops chart ...