“I Close My Eyes For A Second And Pretend It’s Me You Want…”
This week’s SINGTO is Jackie DeShannon singing her self-penned hit “When You Walk In The Room” on Hullaballoo probably in 1964. Admittedly, I prefer The Searchers’ version, and I’ve got a version of Springsteen doing this in ‘75 that slays them all, but I could only find newer versions of The Searchers doing it, and their voices aren’t as good as on the original. But DeShannon’s performance/lip-synch is strong, and I love her winks to the camera. You also have to love the Spectoresque production by Jack Nietzche. I’m just glad I got to post this before Mike and the gang at Power Pop could get to it.
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Have you heard Paul Carrack’s cover?
Yeah. It was linked through the live Cruel To Be Kind video that I posted last week. That put me in the mood to search for the original. I didn’t particularly care for his version. It took all the pop out of it.