BILLY J. KRAMER with THE DAKOTAS - Listen 1963 -

BILLY J. KRAMER with the DAKOTAS \ LISTEN 1963.
A few words :
One of the most popular Merseybeat singers, Billy J. Kramer (born Billy Ashton) was
one of the most mild-mannered rockers of the entire British Invasion. He wasn't that
noteworthy a singer, either, and more likely than not would have never been heard
outside of northern England if he hadn't been fortunate enough to become a client of
Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
Even more crucially, he was gifted with several Lennon-McCartney songs in 1963 and 1964, several of which the Beatles never ended up recording.
In mid 1963 the song "Do You Want to Know a Secret." made it to #2 in the UK
followed by another Lennon-McCartney effort "I'll Keep You Satisfied"and "From a Window" which only just became a Top Ten hit.
The first Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas album, "Listen...", was released at the end of 1963, and eventually reached No.11 on the LP chart.
Early in 1964, the group felt they needed to release a single that wasn't written by the Beatles (!) and chose "Little Children". This controversial move paid off, and the record went to No.1 on the British charts in the spring of 1964. Later that year, both "Bad To Me" and "Little Children" made the American Top 10, and the group visited the 'states, appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show, and playing to sell-out frenzied fans of the "British invasion"
sound.
Kramer had a brief solo career which took him eventually to live in America where Billy actually landed his biggest hit, the corny pop ballad "Little Children".
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