Wednesday Forgotten Oldie...

Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas had a series of hits in England and the U.S.A. during the same time Beatlemania was raging. Another Liverpool band, Billy's group was managed by Brian Epstein, recorded and produced by George Martin, and actually given a number of songs by Lennon-McCartney. After several Beatle compositions became hits for Billy, he decided to move out of the shadow of John and Paul and released a song written by two Americans, "Little Children" in late 1964.  The song became his biggest hit, going to number one in the UK and number seven in the USA.  Amazingly, the flip side "Bad To Me", later rose to number nine on the charts, the only time both sides of a single reached the top ten independent of each other.

Little Children remains my favorite song from Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas. It was a big part of the wave of good music that established the British Invasion of the 60's.