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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 obscure [2] song was later recorded and released by the American pop group the Walker Brothers as their sixth single in 1966. The accompaniment was directed by Reg Guest. "(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me" was a modest hit for the Walker Brothers, spending eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at number 13. [3]
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.
The song appeared as the opening track on the group's debut US studio album Introducing the Walker Brothers. "My Ship Is Coming In" was a major hit in Britain, spending twelve weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at No. 3 in January 1966 [3] and their second of three hits in the US peaking at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100. [4] "