Talk:Tell Laura I Love Her

From John Leyton
From John Leyton Following the success of Biggles, Leyton attended a singing audition with producer Joe Meek, and subsequently recorded the song "Tell Laura I Love Her", which was released on the Top Rank label. At that time, however, Top Rank was undergoing a takeover by EMI, which had already released Ricky Valance's version of the same song. The John Leyton recording was withdrawn from sale, and the Valance version reached Number 1 in the UK chart. --Missjeanie 05:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

> added info --Missjeanie 05:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

from Decca
British Decca had several missed opportunies. In 1960, they refused to release "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson and even destroyed thousands of copies of the single. A cover version by Ricky Valance was released by EMI on the Columbia label which was #1 on the British charts for three weeks. In 1962 British Decca executive Dick Rowe turned down a chance to record a young group from Liverpool called The Beatles in favor of local beat combo Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Dick Rowe, head of the pop division, said of the Beatles, “We don’t like their sound, and ‘guitar music’ is on the way out”. (see The Decca audition) In retrospect this was a historic mistake, and the Decca audition has subsequently accumulated significant legend. Later refusals of note include The Yardbirds and Manfred Mann. However they earlier accepted another Merseyside singer, Billy Fury. --Missjeanie 05:17, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

> added info --Missjeanie 05:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Why did Decca withdraw?
I've always liked this song and found a reference in the Good Weekend (Sydney Morning Herald) article about Rolf Harris (22 July 2006) to it being withdrawn from sale on the grounds that it was vulgar and tasteless. Google gave me no more info. Can anyone answer?

Well, that was the reason they gave. See  After EMI released their version the British Safety Council protested and attempted to get it banned. Gr8white (talk) 01:34, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Rap Replinger released a parody of this song title "Fate Yanagi" on his 1978 Poi Dog album —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.0.228.120 (talk) 22:51, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

One part needs deletion
I noticed this in the intro to the feature and think it needs to be deleted:

"Unbeknownst to Nicky, Laura has been 'entertaining' the local rugby team while Nicky is pining for her. The second verse tells the mysterious story of how the boy's car overturned after being t-boned at a roundabout and burst into flames - no-one knows why - and the boy was killed, his last words being "Tell Laura I love her...my love for her will never die"."

What do you think? Butcam (talk) 13:10, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Organ
Is the specific type of organ in that song a harmonium? I am having trouble finding sources either way, but it sounds more like a reed organ to me than a pipe organ. 204.195.14.189 (talk) 14:10, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

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Teenage?
Since Tommy and Laura’s exact ages are never given in the song, how do we specifically know that both are teens and not young adults? Is it assumed from when Tommy calls Laura and tells her mother to pass along the message? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.72.76.155 (talk) 01:05, 2 July 2021 (UTC)