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The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore is the second North-American album release by the Walker Brothers. Released in 1966, the album was the group's fourth overall. Portrait was not released in the United States or Canada. In its place Smash Records compiled The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore as the group's second American album. [1]
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was originally released as a single credited to Frankie Valli as a solo artist in 1965 on the Smash label, but was more successful when recorded by the Walker Brothers in 1966. Cher, Keane, Doug Parkinson and Bruce Springsteen have also recorded the song.
Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers – A Very Special Collection (1993, Pickwick) The Collection (1996, Spectrum/Universal) – BPI: Silver; If You Could Hear Me Now (2001, Columbia) Superhits (2005, Epic) The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers (2006, Universal Music TV) – UK #24
The Walker Brothers Trio was formed in Los Angeles in 1964 by John Walker (lead vocals, guitar), Scott Engel (bass, harmony vocals), and Al "Tiny" Schneider ().Before then, John Walker—who had already been using that name professionally for several years—had performed and recorded several unsuccessful singles with his sister as a duo, John and Judy, and Engel had been bass player with ...
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, 1966: 3:00: 4. "My Ship Is Coming In" Joey Brooks: Introducing the Walker Brothers, 1965: 2:54: 5. "Joanna" (Scott Walker) Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent: Non-album single, 1968: 3:49: 6. "Lights of Cincinnati" (Scott Walker) Tony Macaulay, Geoff Stephens: Non-album single, 1969 (also on the US version of Scott 3 ...
John Walker then began performing solo with a backing band. He released the single "Annabella", co-written by Graham Nash, which reached No. 24 on the UK singles chart, [6] and an album, If You Go Away. Later solo singles on Philips, and then on the Carnaby label owned by Mervyn Conn, were less successful, as was a 1969 album, This Is John Walker.
In its place Smash Records compiled The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore as the group's second album. [4] This alternate version substituted the majority of the album's tracks with A-Sides, B-Sides and tracks from their first EP leaving only "Just For A Thrill", "Old Folks", "People Get Ready" and "Take It Like a Man".
Following "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", the group's subsequent singles in 1966 were "(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me" (No. 13 UK), "Another Tear Falls" (No. 12 UK) and "Deadlier Than the Male" (No. 32 UK), the latter a co-write between Scott and Johnny Franz for the soundtrack of the film of the same name, while 1967 brought two more ...