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The Yardbirds are rushing from #39 to to #12 with 'Still I'm Sad'. (left) Danish picture sleeve. |
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Message Understood | Sandie Shaw |
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Almost There | Andy Williams |
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If You Gotta Go, Go Now | Manfred Mann |
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Baby Don't Go | Sonny & Cher |
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Hang On Sloopy | McCoys |
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It's Good News Week | Hedgehoppers Anonymous |
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Some Of Your Lovin' | Dusty Springfield |
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In The Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett |
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Take A Heart | Sorrows |
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31
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Treat Her Right | Roy Head |
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Untrue Unfaithful (That Was You) | Nita Rossi |
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Still I'm Sad | Yardbirds |
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Tears | Ken Dodd |
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Whatcha Gonna Do About It? | Small Faces |
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Here It Comes Again | Fortunes |
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Papa's Got A Brand New Bag | James Brown & the Famous Flames |
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Run To My Lovin' Arms | Billy Fury |
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Thou Shalt Not Steal | Glenda Collins |
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Eve Of Destruction | Barry McGuire |
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When I Get Home | Searchers |
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40
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Yesterday Man | Chris Andrews |
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On The Horizon | Syndicats |
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She Needs Love | Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders |
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34
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Crazy 'Bout My Baby | Swinging Blue Jeans |
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There's Another One Behind / Shame And Scandal In The Family | Lance Percival |
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Our Love Is Slipping Away | Ivy League |
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Look Through Any Window | Hollies |
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Keep A Hold Of What You've Got | Shots |
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Everybody Tries | Mark Loyd |
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We Didn't Ask To Be Brought Here | Bobby Darin |
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You're The One | Vogues |
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Kansas City Star | Roger Miller |
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Keep On Dancing | Gentrys |
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I Don't Love You No More | Hotrods |
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How Long Will It Last | Long John Baldry |
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Bless You | Peter London |
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Love Is Strange | Everly Brothers |
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You've Got To Hide Your Love Away | Silkie |
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I Stand Alone | Charles Dickens |
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Well Respected Man (EP) | Kinks |
Both sides of the single were written by Nita's manager, Gordon Mills, who also managed Tom Jones. Tom had released the song in July, simply titled 'Untrue', as the flip of 'With These Hands'. On the pic sleeve produced in the Netherlands for Nita's version (left) the B-side title, 'Every Little Day Now' has been misspelt as 'Everly'. In 2012, Nita finally had the pleasure of seeing her Fab Forty top ten hit reissued on iTunes. The song had been picked as the backing music in a trailer promoting the 40th anniversary week of 'Emmerdale' (October 2012). (The ITV soap opera was originally called 'Emmerdale Farm'.) The trailer created new interest in ''Untrue Unfaithful (That Was You)', which had already proved popular during the Pirate BBC Essex broadcasts. Originally from Bournemouth, Nita had by 2012 moved to Italy. She told the Bournemouth Echo, "I am over the moon about the whole thing. Whoever thought that after 47 years, this would happen to me? I feel so proud." Very sadly, Nita became ill with cancer and died in March 2021. 'Untrue Unfaithful (That Was You)' was covered in Australia in 1966, as 'Untrue, Unfaithful', by Sydney singer Donna Gaye, as the B-side of 'Norman – Normie' which was dedicated to Aussie teen idol of the day, Normie Rowe. (A photo of Nita with Tom Jones also features on this page). |
This week, Nita Rossi leaps from #23 to #11. Having come close to departing the Big L chart in mid-September, Nita is suddenly back with a bang and on her way to the top ten. Such is the nature of the Fab Forty.
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Well Respected Man (EP) | Kinks |
Alan Field's Fab Notes:
Although it was released as a single in the States and in some European countries, the song Well Respected Man was only ever an EP and album track in the UK and the rest of Europe. Brian Long lists it as Well Respected Man (EP) throughout its 4-week run on the Fab 40, and that accreditation is reproduced here. Maybe it was the only track Radio London played, however it was never the title track of an EP released in the UK. In October 1965 British fans could buy the Kwyet Kinks EP (Pye NEP 24221), featuring Wait Till The Summer Comes Along, Such A Shame, Well Respected Man and Don't You Fret. There was a Well Repected Man EP released in France and elsewhere on the continent (Pye PNV 24151), but with different tracks: Well Respected Man, Louie Louie, See My Friends and Never Met A Girl Like You Before.
