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"Poison Ivy" is a popular song by American songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by the Coasters in 1959. [1] It went to No.1 on the R&B chart, No.7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [2] and No.15 in the UK. This was their third top-ten hit of that year following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones".
In late 1964 and early 1965, they had Phil Wainman on drums (born Philip Neil Wainman, 7 June 1946, Hampton Court), briefly replaced Wilson, who went to Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions. The Paramounts' first single, " Poison Ivy ", produced by Ron Richards , was a cover of the Leiber and Stoller song, which had been a hit for The Coasters ...
In 1964, the band released their second single, "Blue Day", written by guitarist Barber, [4] [16] which contains the first known recording of Thorpe. [2] US songwriters Leiber and Stoller wrote "Poison Ivy" for R&B vocal group The Coasters, but Thorpe preferred the cover version by The Rolling Stones. [2]
The group broke through in mid-1964 with their cover of the Leiber and Stoller classic "Poison Ivy", which famously kept The Beatles from the No. 1 spot on the Sydney charts at the very moment that the group was making its first and only tour of Australia—a feat which resulted in Thorpe being invited to meet the Fab Four at their hotel.
Wilson was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, and grew up in Ponders End.In 1962 he joined a Southend on Sea group The Paramounts, who scored a hit with "Poison Ivy" in 1964.. After follow up singles failed to chart, the group disbanded in 1966 and Wilson went into session drumming, playing with Cat Stevens and L
Roustabout is the ninth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2999, in October 1964.It is the soundtrack to the 1964 film of the same name starring Presley.
The Bee Gees in 1967. Vince Melouney is in the centre. Vince Melouney was born in Sydney on 18 August 1945 and attended Normanhurst Boys High School from 1958 to 1961. [1] [2] Maloney was a founding member of Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, whose cover of "Poison Ivy" kept The Beatles from the Number 1 spot on the Sydney music charts at the very moment that the Fab Four was making its first and ...
Beat Boys in the Jet Age was the debut album by English power pop group The Lambrettas.It included their hit cover version of the song "Poison Ivy" which reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart.