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♫ Yesterday’s Gone ♫

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Our friend rawgod unintentionally (or was it intentional?) planted this earworm last night, and it immediately took root inside my head, so naturally I must share it with you guys!  I’ve only played this once, just about three years ago …

This was Chad & Jeremy’s first and only hit song in the UK in 1963, and in the U.S. the following year.  Chad Stuart wrote the song, and shares the writing credit with Wendy Kidd, the manager of a band Stuart belonged to at the time of the song’s writing.

Unlike the rock-music sounds of their peers at the time, Chad & Jeremy performed in a soft, folk-inflected style that is characterised by hushed and whispered vocals. The duo had a string of hits in the United States, including Willow Weep for Me (produced by Shel Talmy), Before and After, and their biggest hit, A Summer Song (produced by Shel Talmy). However, it seems that this was one duo doomed to failure in their native land, as the Brits seemed to largely disregard them, and this one was the only one to chart in the UK at #37 … although in Canada (#23) and the U.S. (#21) they did considerably better.  After some commercial failures and divergent personal ambitions, Chad & Jeremy disbanded in 1968.

Yesterday’s Gone
Chad & Jeremy

I loved you all the summer through
I thought I’d found my dream in you
For me you were the one
But that was yesterday and yesterday’s gone

We walked together hand in hand
‘Cross miles and miles of golden sand
But now it’s over and done
‘Cause that was yesterday and yesterday’s gone

We had such happiness together
I can’t believe it’s gone forever

Wait ’til summer comes again
I hope that you’ll remember when
Our love had just begun
I loved you yesterday and yesterday’s gone

We had such happiness together
I can’t believe it’s gone forever

Wait ’til summer comes again
I hope that you’ll remember when
Our love had just begun
I loved you yesterday and yesterday’s goneYesterday’s gone
Yesterday’s gone
Yesterday’s gone

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: David Stuart / Wendy Kidd

♫ All Day And All Of The Night ♫

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It was initially my intention to start a new ___________________ Week series today.  No, I’m not telling you who is in the blank … you’ll find out soon enough!  But, as fate would have it, our friend rawgod reminded me yesterday that I had promised to play either something by The Kinks or The Who, and had not as yet fulfilled that promise.  Now, I’m one who takes promises seriously, so … I’ve postponed the ___________________ Week posts for just a bit.

In light of my promise, I went in search of.  First I looked at The Who’s songs, and could not find a single one that I liked!  So I switched to The Kinks, and found a couple, one of which, You Really Got Me, I had already played back in 2021, but I thought reduxing that one might not fulfill my promise, so instead I chose this one!  This one’s for you, J.M. aka rawgod!!!

This song sounds very similar to the aforementioned You Really Got Me, and it turns out it is actually based on that song.  It was written by The Kinks’ frontman Ray Davies and produced by the group’s manager, Shel Talmy.

There isn’t a lot of background information about the song, which was released in 1964, but I found this tidbit on Wikipedia interesting …

Similarities between the song and the Doors’ 1968 song, “Hello, I Love You” have been pointed out. Ray Davies said on the topic: “My publisher wanted to sue. I was unwilling to do that. I think they cut a deal somewhere, but I don’t know the details.” Dave Davies added: “That one is the most irritating of all of them… I did a show where I played All Day and All of the Night and stuck in a piece of Hello, I Love You. There was some response, there were a few smiles. But I’ve never understood why nobody’s ever said anything about it. You can’t say anything about the Doors. You’re not allowed to.”

In the liner notes to the Doors Box set, Robby Krieger has denied the allegations that the song’s musical structure was stolen from Ray Davies. Instead, he said the song’s vibe was taken from Cream’s song “Sunshine of Your Love”. According to the Doors biography No One Here Gets Out Alive, courts in the UK determined in favour of Davies and any royalties for the song are paid to him.

🤷  Confused yet?  I am.  If Davies didn’t let The Kinks sue The Doors, then why would royalties from The Doors song be paid to Davies?  Ah well … too much for my mind to absorb at 2:30 in the morning for sure!!!

This song did well, charting at #2 in the UK, #7 in the U.S., and #12 in Canada.

All Day And All Of The Night

The Kinks

I’m not content to be with you in the day time
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night

I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah, all day and night time yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night

Oh, come on

I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah, all day and night time yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night (time)
All day and all of the night

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Ray Davies

All Day and All of the Night lyrics © Broadway Music Corporation, Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd

♫ Yesterday’s Gone ♫

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I have no idea why, but I have had this song in my head for two days now … I don’t know most of the lyrics, only “… but that was yesterday, and yesterday’s gone …”  And I have been singing, humming, whistling that tune for two full days!  I had no idea who, or what, but went on a search to find out.  And I found out … it was Chad (Stuart) and Jeremy (Clyde), aka Chad & Jeremy, a British musical duo from the 1960s.

This was Chad & Jeremy’s first and only hit song in the UK in 1963, and in the U.S. the following year.  Chad Stuart wrote the song, and shares the writing credit with Wendy Kidd, the manager of a band Stuart belonged to at the time of the song’s writing.

Unlike the rock-music sounds of their peers at the time, Chad & Jeremy performed in a soft, folk-inflected style that is characterised by hushed and whispered vocals. The duo had a string of hits in the United States, including Willow Weep for Me (produced by Shel Talmy), Before and After, and their biggest hit, A Summer Song (produced by Shel Talmy). However, it seems that this was one duo doomed to failure in their native land, as the Brits seemed to largely disregard them, and this one was the only one to chart in the UK at #37 … although in Canada and the U.S. they did considerably better.  After some commercial failures and divergent personal ambitions, Chad & Jeremy disbanded in 1968.

Yesterday’s Gone
Chad & Jeremy

I loved you all the summer through
I thought I’d found my dream in you
For me you were the one
But that was yesterday and yesterday’s gone

We walked together hand in hand
‘Cross miles and miles of golden sand
But now it’s over and done
‘Cause that was yesterday and yesterday’s gone

We had such happiness together
I can’t believe it’s gone forever

Wait ’til summer comes again
I hope that you’ll remember when
Our love had just begun
I loved you yesterday and yesterday’s gone

We had such happiness together
I can’t believe it’s gone forever

Wait ’til summer comes again
I hope that you’ll remember when
Our love had just begun
I loved you yesterday and yesterday’s goneYesterday’s gone
Yesterday’s gone
Yesterday’s gone

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: David Stuart / Wendy Kidd