Well I Ask You

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"Well I Ask You"
Single by Eden Kane
B-side "Before I Lose My Mind"
Released1961
Recorded1961
Genre Pop
Length2:18
Label Decca Records - F 11353
Songwriter Les Vandyke
Producer Bunny Lewis
Eden Kane singles chronology
"Hot Chocolate Crazy"
(1960)		"Well I Ask You"
(1961)		"Get Lost"
(1961)

"Well I Ask You" is a song written by Les Vandyke and successfully recorded in 1961 by English singer Eden Kane. [1]

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Song information

Recorded in 1961, by Richard Graham Sarstedt, under stage name Eden Kane, as the follow-up to his debut single, "Hot Chocolate Crazy" (1960), "Well I Ask You" was also issued as a single in the UK and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961. [2] Written by Les Vandyke, [3] arranged by John Keating, and produced by Bunny Lewis, it spent one week at the UK chart pinnacle. [4]

The song also reached no. 1 on the New Zealand Lever Hit Parade. [5]

The B-side of the record, released by Decca was "Before I Lose My Mind", also penned by Vandyke. [1]

Kay Starr also recorded the song as "Well I Ask Ya" for Capitol Records in 1961. [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Allmusic discography". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 296. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ "Biography and discography". 45-rpm.org.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  4. ↑ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 58. ISBN   0-85112-250-7.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210208152300/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1961&qmonth=Sep&qweek=07-Sep-1961#n_view_location
  6. ↑ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved June 5, 2020.


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