John Leyton
John Dudley Leyton ( born February 17, 1939 in Frinton -on-Sea, Essex ) is an English singer and actor.
The successful singer
Leyton took after serve his compulsory service acting classes; he got 1960 in a production of Granada TV, the known his face and made him popular, especially among young girls his first major role. This meant that music producer Joe Meek invited him to vocal sample; this resulted in a single plate of Ray Peterson Tell Laura I Love Her song on the small Top Rank label. Since this was subsequently taken over directly by EMI and the parent company had just released the song in a version by Ricky Valance in the UK market, which should then bring it promptly to No. 1 on the charts, she pulled John Leytons plate back. Also, a second 45er, The Girl on the Floor Above ( appeared on the HMV label), the singing actor did not have any success.
The hit but then with his third plate the stronger one: Johnny Remember Me reached in August 1961, # 1 in the UK singles chart, spending a total of five weeks at the top. This song he sang in the popular ATV television series Harpers West One, in which he played a singer named Johnny Saint Cyr, which has undoubtedly contributed to the spread of this title. Johnny Remember Me is a peculiar ballad in which Leyton sings a jaunty, country -like rhythm of his love for a deceased woman as a refrain with an " angelic " Soprano him in a very spherical sounds responds with the title line. The musically very similar successor disk wild wind brought it to number 2 in the UK; his subsequent publications achieved partly still mean chart positions, could these two hits but no longer keep pace.
The actor
But John Leyton made a name for himself as a film actor, also in the USA. He was, among others, in The Great Escape ( with Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough; 1963), shot in Batasi ( again with Attenborough and Mia Farrow, 1964) and Colonel Ryan's Express (on the side of Frank Sinatra, 1965) to see. In 1969 he joined again in a medium filler on ( Krakatoa - The greatest adventure of the last century, also titled Volcano listed ).
In the 1970s, however, his commitment became increasingly rare, and even the attempt to grasp with new plates as a singer back foot struck in 1973 failed. That's why he retired for about fifteen years completely out of the show business.
Comeback
End of the 1990s, the singer was suddenly in demand again in the course of " Oldie revivals " and returned to the concert stage, including in the Solid Gold Rock ' n ' roll show in which he, among others, Marty Wilde and Joe Brown, later ( 2004) was to be heard, for example, with Showaddywaddy, Freddy Cannon and Craig Douglas.
He also got another small roles in films, most recently in the 2005 Colour Me Kubrick wacky alongside John Malkovich. In May 2006, John Leyton published in the run-up to the World Cup, a single entitled Hi Ho, Come on England ( to the tune of Jeff Beck Hi Ho Silver Lining ), but remained similar success at the tills as it sung footballers German stadiums.
Discography
Singles
(without re-releases )
- Johnny Remember Me / There Must Be
- Wild Wind / You Took My Love for Granted
- Son, This Is She / Six White Horses
- Lone Rider / Heart of Stone
- Lonely City / It Would Be Easy
- Down the River Nile / I Think I'm Falling in Love
- Lonely Johnny / Keep On Loving You
- Cupboard Love / Land of Love
- I'll Cut Your Tail Off / The Great Escape
- On Lovers Hill / Lovers Lane
- Beautiful Dreamer / I Guess You Are Always on My Mind
- One can only be my ( The Great Escape March ) / One for the Money (I'll Cut Your Tail Off) ( in Germany )
- Make Love to Me / Missing You
- Do not Let Her Go Away / I Want a Love I Can See
- All I Want Is You / Every Day 's a Holiday
- Dancing in the Graveyard / River Song
- Rock ' n' Roll / Highway Song
- Think We're Talkin 'Love Here / What Happened ( to the Song of My Life )
- Come On England / Jerusalem
- Hi Ho Come On England
Original LPs
- The Two Sides of John Leyton (1961 )
- Always Yours ( 1963)
- John Leyton (1973 )