The Fortunes

...partnership with Geoff Stephens which yielded such hits as "Tell Me When", a hit for The Applejacks; "Here It Comes Again " for The Fortunes; "Leave A Little Love" for Lulu ; and "There's a Kind of Hush", a 1967 success for Herman's...

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For the 1965 song by The Fortunes, see Here It Comes Again (The Fortunes) "Here It Comes Again" was the first single from the long-awaited second album from Melanie C, "Reason". The single was relatively well promoted, with Melanie...

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...Roker met up with Lynsey Rubin (who was about to change her name to Lynsey De Paul). Together they penned "Storm in a Teacup" for The Fortunes, which landed them a Top Ten hit , and also De Paul's third single , "All Night", which just missed...

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Released as a single in Britain in February 1968, it reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. A cover version was recorded by The Fortunes and released as a single in the U.S., but did not chart. The book included with the 4-CD boxed...

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...to Radio Caroline South. Smedley became the focus of international headlines when he shot and killed Reginald Calvert, manager of The Fortunes pop group and owner of rival offshore station Radio City . Smedley was acquitted of murder on the...

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In 1962, they re-released "Summertime, Summertime" and hit again, this time peaking at #38. The song's fame far eclipsed the band's; The Fortunes, The Doodletown Pipers, Hobby Horse, Jan & Dean, The Legendary Masked Surfers, Mungo Jerry,...

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...penned their first hit as songwriters for others in 1965, with "You've Got Your Troubles", a number 2 UK success, and U.S. #7 for The Fortunes. As a performer Cook is best remembered as a member of Blue Mink, sharing lead vocals with...

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"You've Got Your Troubles" is a song by written by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook which became a number two hit for the The Fortunes in the United Kingdom and a number seven in the United States in August 1965. This was the fifth single for...

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...Avenue and Golders Green , which are posthumous releases by Jackson's old bandmate Pete Ham from Badfinger. He was subsequently hired by The Fortunes in 1995, and he remained with the group off-and-on for the next 10 years, releasing three...

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...dies | News | NME.COM The Fortunes singer passes away Rod Allen, the lead singer of group The Fortunes, has died from liver cancer. He was 63. The band's biggest hit was 'You've Got Your Troubles', a UK Number Two hit in 1965, also...

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