The Lost Tracks
The following songs were sung by Adam ‘live’ on BBC’s Drumbeat series in 1959. Only one of the shows was pre-recorded (and there is not much chance of that having survived) so unless anybody recorded the shows onto a tape-recorder, it’s unlikely they will ever be heard again.
There were also many ‘live’ radio performances, but the vast majority of these were after Adam became famous and so were versions of his hit records.
Television:
Drumbeat:
(All accompanied by The John Barry Seven except where otherwise indicated)
Once More
Big Blon’ Baby
Diamond Ring (The Kingpins & The John Barry Seven)
Never Mind
I ain’t givin’ up nothing
You Break Me Up
Come on Baby
Please Don’t Touch
Whole Lotta Shakin Going On
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Bull Moose
Born Reckless
Smooth Talk (written by Trevor Peacock)
Mean Woman Blues
Forty Days
Dream Lover
Tiger
I Beg Of You
A Big Hunk Of Love
Livin’ Doll
Heartbreak Hotel
I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine
Here Comes Summer
Just a Little Too Much
Bye Bye Baby Goodbye
HMV
17 Jan ’58
(Got A) Heartsick Feeling /
Brother Heartache & Sister Tears
POP 438
Nov ’58
Country Music Holiday /
High School Confidential
POP 657
Top Rank
6 Jun ’59
Ah, Poor Little Baby! /
Runk Bunk
JAR 126
(Falk-Koury)
produced by Tony Hatch
Accompaniment arranged by John Barry.
Released on both Blue/silver and (later) Red/White (Top Rank International
*) labels.
* Reissue
Parlophone
24 Oct ’59
What Do You Want?/
From Now Until Forever
R 4591 *
(Vandyke) /
(M/H Nesbitt-Venis)
chart position: 1
weeks: 19
15 Jan ’60
Poor Me /
The Reason
R 4623 *
(Vandyke) /
(Barry)
chart position: 1
weeks: 17
8 Apr ’60
Someone Else’s Baby /
Big Time
R 4643 *
(Vandyke-Ford) /
(Bart)
chart position: 2
weeks: 13
17 Jun ’60
Johnny Comes Marching Home /
Made You
R 4665 **
(Trad. Arr. Barry-Maitland) /
(Barry-Peacock)
chart position: 5
weeks: 13
09 Sep ’60
How About That! /
With Open Arms
R 4689 **
(Vandyke) /
(Bacharach-David)
chart position: 4
weeks: 14
30 Oct ’60
Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop) (*) /
Greenfinger
R 4708 *
(Alexander) /
(Lewis)
(*) Accompaniment and children directed by John Barry.
chart position: 4
weeks: 11
03 Feb ’61
Who Am I? /
This Is It
R 4735 *
(Vandyke) /
(Vandyke)
chart position: 5
weeks: 14
Apr ’61
Easy Going Me /
Wonderin’
R 4766 *
(Bart) /
(Vandyke)
chart position: 12
weeks: 10
14 Jul ’61
Don’t You Know It? /
My Last Wish
R 4807 *
(Vandyke) /
(Barry-Vandyke)
chart position: 12
weeks: 10
Oct ’61
The Time Has Come /
A Help-Each-Other Romance
R 4837 *
(Vandyke) /
(Singleton)
chart position: 4
weeks: 14
12 Jan ’62
Lonesome /
Watch Your Step
R 4864 **
(Pellish) /
(Parker)
chart position: 12
weeks: 9
27 Apr ’62
As You Like It /
Face To Face
R 4896 **
(Vandyke) /
(Vandyke)
Also released in Spanish.
chart position: 5
weeks: 15
30 Aug ’62
Don’t That Beat All /
Mix Me A Person
R 4930
chart position: 8
weeks: 11
Also releases in Spanish.
13 Dec ’62
Baby Take A Bow /
I’m Knocking on Wood
R 4964
chart position: 22
weeks: 6
31 Jan ’63
What Now /
What Have I Got
R 4990
chart position: 31
weeks: 5
11 Jul ’63
Walkin’ Tall /
Just Mention My Name
R 5039
chart position: 23
weeks: 6
19 Sep ’63
The First Time /
So Long Baby
R 5061
chart position: 5
weeks: 13
12 Dec ’63
We Are In Love /
Made For Me
R 5091
chart position: 11
weeks: 12
’64
Rien Ne Peut Plus M’empecher /
Parler D’Amour
CA45 Capitol Pathe 77.562
’64
Wie heisst dein Boy (The first Time) /
Ich bin verliebt (We are in Love)
Odeon 22824
06 Mar ’64
If He Tells You /
Talk To Me
R 5109
chart position: 25
weeks: 9
28 May ’64
I Love Being In Love With You / It’s Alright
R 5138
chart position: 33
weeks: 6
11 Sep ’64
Only One Such As You /
I Just Don’t Know
R 5174
26 Nov ’64
Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird) /
It Sounds Good To Me
R 5201
chart position: 12
weeks: 11
11 Feb ’65
Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself /
I’ve Gotta see My Baby
R 5235
chart position: 23
weeks: 6
Apr ’65
Hand Me Down Things
Talk About Love
R 5260
17 Jun ’65
Someone’s Taken Maria Away /
I Can’t Think Of Anyone Else
R 5289
chart position: 34
weeks: 5
Sep ’65
I Don’t Need That Kind Of Lovin’ /
I’m Used To Losing You
R 5349
14 Jan ’66
Idle Gossip /
If Ever You Need Me
R 5398
Mar ’66
To Make A Big Man Cry /
Here’s Another Day
R 5398
20 Oct ’66
Cheryl’s Goin’ Home /
Funny Kind Of Love
R 5516
chart position: 42
weeks: 2
Feb ’67
What More Can Anyone Do /
You’ve Got A Way With Me
R 5556
Were these songs also recorded in Italian? Unverified.
Sep ’67
Cowman Milk Your Cow /
Daddy What’ll Happen To Me
R 5635
Nov ’67
To Hell With Love /
Close The Door
R 5649
Mar ’68
You Make My Life Worth While /
Hey Little Lovin’ Girl
R 5673
Warner
’74
I Survived /
In Your Life
’74
I believe/
xxxxx
Warner Bros K16437
’78
What do you want /
Poor me
’83
What do you want /
How about that
’93
Stuck in the middle /
Not without you/
The promise
2010
I survive
UK discography ’58-’66
Adam Faith complete UK discography 1958 to 1966 scan from a page from the Record Collector feature article in which they suggest the values of the items based on that time.
