little anthony & the imperials tell me why release date

By the early 60s doo-wop groups were passe, but after some lineup changes the Imperials hit a purple patch, enjoying a string of hits written, arranged and produced by Gourdine's childhood friend Teddy Randazzo. While playing the record, famed rock'n'roll DJ Alan Freed gave diminutive singer Anthony Gourdine his stage name 'Little Anthony'.

In fact scores of artists have covered the song, but none can match the vulnerability of Little Anthony and the Imperials' original, the grandeur of that sound.įorged in the tough projects of Brooklyn, the Imperials started out as a doo-wop group and scored a hit in the late 50s with Tears on My Pillow. FIRST OFFICIAL U.K.Waits has even performed Goin' Out of My Head, segueing into it from Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis.However, both sides became undergound Northern Soul favourites, first at Manchesters Twisted Wheel when “…Fix You Good” filled the floor and later, in 1975, when “Better Use Your Head” packed the ballroom at the legendary Wigan Casino. chart action, peaking at #42 when reissued back-to-back on U.A.’s Silver Spotlight Series. releases on United Artists but would have to wait a further ten years before seeing any U.K. But, our two chosen sides from 1966: “Better Use Your Head” and “Gonna Fix You Good (Everytime You’re Bad)” taken from the album Payin’ Our Dues failed to cause a stir at the time. More hits followed, into the Sixties, including “I’m On The Outside Looking In”, “Goin’ Out Of My Head” and “Hurt So Bad”. doo-wop group who had a million-selling hit with their first single “Tears On My Pillow” in 1958.

“Little” Anthony Gourdine and the Imperials were originally a late Fifties U.S. Little Anthony & The Imperials – Gonna Fix You Good (Everytime You're Bad) Little Anthony & The Imperials – Better Use Your Head

Little anthony & the imperials tell me why release date