in 1968, and climbed to number 4 in the UK Singles Chart; the song was also recorded in 1996 by Marc Almond and P. J. Proby.

He arranged and produced two albums on MGM Records with Baltimore girl group the Royalettes, including the Top 50 hit "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" in 1965. He gave the group a big production sound with a full orchestra (compared to sparser instrumentation for Little