| Rainin' in My Heart | ||||
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| Released | August 1965 | |||
| Genre | Garage rock, blues [1] | |||
| Length | 12:01 | |||
| Label | Fontana | |||
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Rainin' in My Heart is an extended play 45 rpm record released by the English beat group Pretty Things in 1965. [2] The record reached # 12 in the British EP charts in October of that same year. [3]
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