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The Fortunes - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: 1965-1966

by Mistah Wilson -
Here's BBC material from another key band from the British Invasion: the Fortunes. I have enough material for three volumes. Here's the first one.

The Fortunes have an unusual history. In short, they had a lot of commercial success in 1965 and 1966, then they fell off the charts. But they stayed together and kept releasing singles. Finally, in 1971 and 1972, they had a few more big hits. Then they suddenly disappeared from the charts and became an oldies act. 

The band first got started in 1961. But when "beat groups" like themselves started having big success in 1963 and 1964, they only had failed singles. But everything changed in 1965 with the song "You're Got Your Troubles" (written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, who I recently profiled in my "Covered" series). It reached Number Two in Britain, and was a big hit in other countries, including hitting Number One in Canada. "Here It Comes Again" was another big hit later in 1965, reaching the Top Five in Britain. Then "This Golden Ring" was another hit in early 1966. 

But, unfortunately, that was pretty much it. The band didn't have much success with songs they wrote themselves, and a few other songs written by professionals didn't hit home with the public. Three hits wasn't a lot, compared to many other musical acts. So their record company allowed them to release an album in 1965, but they wouldn't release another one for a long time.

Everything here has been officially released on the album "Live at the BBC." However, I'm posting their BBC stuff because they were plagued by the usual problem in that era of BBC DJs talking over the music. As I usually do, I used the UVR5 audio editing program to wipe out the talking while keeping the music. That's why eight of the songs here have "[Edit]" in their names.

This album is 47 minutes long.

01 Getting Mighty Crowded [Edit] (Fortunes)
02 You've Got Your Troubles (Fortunes)
03 Walk like a Man (Fortunes)
04 Just One More Chance [Edit] (Fortunes)
05 Wedding Day (Fortunes)
06 Here It Comes Again (Fortunes)
07 Can't Hear You No More [Edit] (Fortunes)
08 Things I Should Have Known [Edit] (Fortunes)
09 Yesterday (Fortunes)
10 I'm Still Alone (Fortunes)
11 This Empty Place [Edit] (Fortunes)
12 Someone to Care [Edit] (Fortunes)
13 This Golden Ring (Fortunes)
14 I Believe [Edit] (Fortunes)
15 Come Over to My Place (Fortunes)
16 I'll Take You to Where the Music's Playing (Fortunes)
17 Running Around in Circles (Fortunes)
18 I'll Have My Tears to Remind Me (Fortunes)
19 Daydream [Edit] (Fortunes)

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The cover photo shows the band in 1965.



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