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Continuing my trip back through the 1963 album charts.

06/10/63 : I Remember You - Frank Ifield


Well, I didn't expect Mr Ifield to be the first person we met twice in the year - and I can't say I'm massively looking forward to it, but I suspect it will be bearable (but pretty cheesy).

Hmmm - it's only just bearable because it really is super super cheesy. Additionally, he does more yodelling on this than her did on our previous visit, which isn't exactly a great thing - see also, the harmonica. OK - I'll take some more Merseybeat albums now please (although I suspect I've already heard them all for this year).

We're at #12 in the charts this week on his 35th week of an impressive 36 week run, with it having peaked at #3 in its 3rd-5th weeks. The top five this week were The Beatles, The Searchers, The Shadows, Frank Ifield and the Cliff best-of and there were no new entries in the chart this week.

Wikipedia doesn't have an entry for the album, but it does tell us that the title track (which is a remarkably average track) was #1 here for SEVEN WEEKS, becoming the seventh million-selling single. It was originally written by Johnny Mercer for Judy Garland because they were having an affair (he was 32, she was 19) and she rudely called it off when she got married. It's also been covered by the slightly unusual combination of Glen Campbell, Bjork and George Michael. And that's all I've got for you on Frank because we covered all the interesting facts last time.

discogs.com tells us you can spend £3-30 on the album with very little obvious difference between any of them, so take your pick. I struggle to imagine there's a huge market for Frank Ifield albums these days - I think the only enjoyment I could get out of this would be watching my daughters' response to being subjected to it. 

29/09/63 - A load of dated nonsense
13/10/63 - Just a bit boring really

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