Jump to content

Adam's Hit Parade

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Carptrash (talk | contribs) at 00:34, 1 August 2016 (composer). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Untitled

Adam's Hit Parade is an EP by Adam Faith, released in December 1960. The EP is a 7-inch vinyl record and released in mono with the catalogue number Parlophone Company, Ltd. GEP 8811. Adams Hit Parade has the distinction of being the UK's number-one EP Number 1 EP on three different occasions. It first reached the number on spot on December 17, 1960, but was bumped out a week later by Cliff Richard and The Shadows's Cliff's Silver Discs.. On January 21, 1961 Faith reclaimed the top spot, only to be evicted a week later by the Shadows' The Shadows (EP) EP which held the top slot until Faith regained it for a week on May 27, 1961.

Faith is backed by John Barry and His Orchestra.[1]

Track listing

Side A
  1. " What Do You Want (Vandyke), a #1 in the UK
  2. " Poor Me (Vandyke), also a #1 in the UK
Side B
  1. Someone Else's Baby (Vandyke-Ford) #2 in the UK
  2. Johnny Comes Marching Home (from the film Never Let Go) (trad. arr. Barry-Maitland), reached #5 in the UK.

None of these songs charted in the United States.[2]

References

  1. ^ record label
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel, ‘’The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits’’, Billboard Books, NY 1992 p. 167