Rainin' in My Heart (EP)

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Rainin' in My Heart
Rainin' in my heart EP cover.jpeg
EP by
ReleasedAugust 1965
Length12:01
Label Fontana
Pretty Things chronology
The Pretty Things
(1965)
Rainin' in My Heart
(1965)
Get the Picture?
(1965)

Rainin' in My Heart is an extended play 45 rpm record released by the English rock band Pretty Things in 1965. [1] The record reached # 12 in the British EP charts in October of that same year. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Rainin' in My Heart" – (Jerry West, James Moore) – 2:31
  2. "London Town" (Dick Taylor) – 2:27

Side two

  1. "Sittin' All Alone" – (Dick Taylor, Ian Sterling, Phil May) – 3:01
  2. "Get a Buzz" – (Pretty Things) – 4:02

Personnel

Pretty Things

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References

  1. Pretty Things, Rainin' in My heart, Fontana Records, EP, TE17442 465 280 TE, Mono 1965
  2. Brown, Tony, Jon Kutner & Neil Warwick, The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums, Omnibus Press, London, 2002 p.795