London American Label: Year By Year 1965 / Various London American Label: Year By Year 1965 / Various CD

Our widely acclaimed series resumes this month with a look at 28 of the great records that came out on the UK's London American label during 1965. As only 73 records were issued in 1965 on the label, what's been chosen represents more than 1/3 of the label's complete output. The label's story is told via records largely digitally unavailable until now. Like the London label the CD offers a complete cross-section of what was going on in American popular music and shows that the dominance of UK groups and solo acts of the Hot 100 had not completely changed the American ideas about making records. Some of the best-remembered records of the era are heard here, by the Righteous Brothers, Shirley Ellis, James Brown, Burt Bacharach and the Castaways, along with some of the most obscure. Wherever possible we have used the tapes used to manufacture the original London 45s - all in glorious mono as you heard them on your transistor radio.

1. Have Mercy Baby - James Brown ; the Famous Flames 2. Just Once in My Life - the Righteous Brothers 3. A Time to Love - a Time to Cry - Lou Johnson 4. The Story of John Hardy - Sir Douglas Quintet 5. You're the One - the Vogues 6. Carry Me Back to Old Virginia - Jerry Lee Lewis 7. Trains and Boats and Planes - Burt Bacharach, His Orchestra and Chorus 8. The Crusher - the Novas 9. You Baby - the Ronettes 10. Georgie Porgie - Jewel Akens 11. Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore - Ruby and the Romantics 12. When I Meet a Girl Like You - the Pageboys 13. The in Crowd - Dobie Gray 14. Cuddlebug - the Simon Sisters 15. Liar Liar - the Castaways 16. Run to My Lovin' Arms - Lenny Welch 17. Out in the Sun (Hey-O) - the Beach-Nuts 18. Hummingbird - Inez and Charlie Foxx 19. Teardrops Fell (Every Step of the Way) - Tina Britt 20. The Clapping Song - Shirley Ellis 21. It's Their World - Ernie Maresca 22. Yes I'm Ready - Barbara Mason 23. Home of the Brave - Bonnie and the Treasures 24. My Little Red Book - Burt Bacharach and His Orchestra - Vocal: Tony Middleton 25. (Don't You Know) It Hurts - Carolyn Carter 26. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Part 1 - James Brown and the Famous Flames 27. Unchained Melody - the Righteous Brothers 28. Where Does Love Go? - Charles Boyer