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Darktown Strutters Ball

Still in his rocker mode, Darktown Strutters Ball was one of Brown's first stabs at solo glory, having served his apprenticeship as a guitarist with Vincent, Cochran and others.

I'm Henry The Eighth, I Am

Brown's Cockney persona by now firmly to the fore, I'm Henry The Eighth I Am, a single in 1961, remains a staple of the live set. Surprisingly, the song didn't find a new lease of life after the ghostly Patrick Swayze tortured Whoopi Goldberg with it in Ghost. A musical song written in 1910 by Fred Murray and R P Weston, it was also a hit for Herman's Hermits in 1965.

A Picture Of You

Reputedly a favourite of the young Paul McCartney - and you can easily see how it might have been. A Picture Of You is a genuine golden great and Brown's first major hit, from 1962. With its crooning, Buddy Holly- ish vocal, it demonstrates that there was always ...

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