P.J.Proby as Songwriter

P.J. wrote a lot of songs for Metric Music ( The music publishing arm of Liberty Records )
in the early sixties and he was in the same stable as e.g. Jackie DeShannon and Randy Newman.

New to this section is The O'Jays with the co written Stand Tall
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SONGS WRITTEN BY P.J.PROBY RECORDED BY OTHER ARTISTES
TITLES	ARTIST	FORMAT	LABEL NR
Stand Tall	The O'Jays	45	Imperial IR 66007
In My Dreams	Rick Nelson	LP	Decca DL 74608
I Only Came To Dance With You	Dalton Brothers	45 rpm	Martay MT-2001
I Only Came To Dance With You	Scott Engel & John Stewart	45 rpm	EMI K 23 229
I Only Came To Dance With You	Scott Engel	45 rpm	Capitol CR - 1747
I Only Came To Dance With You	Jerry Fuller	45 rpm	Challenge 59217
I Only Came To Dance With You	John L. Watson and the Hummelflugs	45 rpm	PYE 7N.15746
I Only Came To Dance With You	Pat Powdrill	45 rpm	Reprise R - 20166
I Only Came To Dance With You	Mary Ford	45 rpm	Challenge
I Only Came To Dance With You	Sonny and Sean	45 rpm	PYE 7N. 17165
I Only Came To Dance With You	Bernd Spier	C.D.	Bear Family BCD 15591
Das War Mein Schönster Tanz	Bernd Spier	45 rpm	CBS 1639
De Fijnste Dans Met Jou	De Selvera's	45 rpm	Artone 05 25.287
After Last Night	Jackie DeShannon	L.P.	Imperial 9286
After Last Night	Chiffons	45 rpm	Reprise 20103
After Last Night	Rev-Lons	45 rpm	Reprise RR 27.054
After Last Night	Ribbons	45 rpm	Marsh 203
Handsome Guy	Dick Lory	45 rpm	Liberty F-55415
Handsome Guy	Steve Monahan	45 rpm	Vee-Jay VJ 571
Handsome Guy	Collin Cook And The Strangers	45 rpm	W & G 8028
Handsome Guy	Antoni Williams	45 rpm	La Gloria GSP-059
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Ribbons	45 rpm	Marsh 202
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Sandpapers	45 rpm	Charger 114
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Suzie Clark	45 rpm	Rendezvous R - 196
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Jean Martin	45 rpm	Decca F 11751
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Dora Hall	L.P.	Premore No : 9201 - T
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Searchers	E.P.	PYE NEP .24177
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Simone Jackson	E.P.	Vogue PNV .24111
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Key Notes	45 rpm	Europa SE 11
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Telstars with Rene' And His Alligators	45 rpm	Fontana YF 2780.34
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	The Pleasers	45 rpm	Red Rooster RR3
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Decoy	45 rpm	Challenge TALS 17
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	The Starlings	45 rpm	Embassy WB 597
Clown Shoes	Johnny Burnette	45 rpm	Liberty 55416
The Life You Offered Me	Leroy VanDyke	45 rpm	Mercury 71988
Wicked Woman	Don Lang & Boulder Rollers	45 rpm	Decca 45-F.11483
In A Moment	Gordon Terry	45 rpm	Liberty 55533
In A Moment	Katy Moffatt	CD	Philo CD PH 1133

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P.J. co. wrote In My Dreams that Rick Nelson used
on his 1964 Album Spotlight On Rick. It's a great song but I have heard P.J.'s demoversion and it's far better than Ricks more laidback release.
One of the co writers was Elvis Presley's former girlfriend
Dotty Harmony !

I really good version of Stand Tall - The O'Jays.
This is so near P.J.'s voice that one think it is
the man himself who is singing
Same co. writers as In My Dreams.
Smith - Tenen - Fayne - Harmony.

Dick Lory (Dick Glasser) who produced some of P.J.'s early
Liberty recordings did a wonderful version of "Handsome Guy"

Colin Cook from Australia did " Hansome Guy " probably
after hearing Dick Lorys great version.
( it was a hit for Lory in Australia )
Still Dick Lorys version is the best !

Steve Monahan , American ? singer who obvioudsly liked
the Proby penned song.

Antoni Williams probably from New Zealand.
I guess that even he listened to Dick Lorys hit record.

Johnny Burnette reached # 35 in the U.K. charts -62 with "Clown Shoes".

Here's the U.K.and the U.S release

British Don Lang did " Wicked Woman"
and Leroy VanDyke ( remember Just Walk On By ) did
" The Life You Offered Me " .

Two copies of Gordon Terrys Liberty release of " In A Moment" .

Ribbons went # 83 in the U.S. Charts with " Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya "

Suzie Clark , for me an unknown femael singer.
She is doing a fine version of "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" !

Collaboration between dutch groups Telstars ( vocals ) and Rene' And His Alligators ( instrumentals ) resulted in one Proby penned song on Fontana label

Spanish release of Searcers "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" E.P.

# 1

Searchers topped the U.K. E.P. charts in
-63 with "Ain't gonna kiss ya"

Swedish group from Stockholm have
" Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" as flip on their
second and last 45 from -66.

To me an unknown U.K.female
singer who was at the Piccadilly label .
Anyway , she did a fine version of
"Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya"

This is a weird one . Dora Hall an older lady
who on this LP sung teenage songs !

A signed copy of Pleaser 45 "Ain't Gonna Kiss You".
A very nice version of the song !

Suzie Clark , for me an unknown femael singer.
She is doing a fine version of "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" !

Collaboration between dutch groups Telstars ( vocals ) and Rene' And His Alligators ( instrumentals ) resulted in one Proby penned song on Fontana label

1.   What's The World Needs Now Is Love
2.   Take Me Away
3.    Summertime
4.    Am I Making It Hard On You
5.    Go On Your Way
6.    After Last Night
7.    A Lifetime Of Lonlieness
8.    Take Me Tonight
9.    Hellos And Goodbyes
10.   I'm Gonna Be Strong
11.   Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
12.   I Remember The Boy

P.J. recorded a few songs written by Jackie DeShannon but here we have a P.J. penned song "After Last Night" on Jackie's
"This Is Jackie DeShannon" -65 Imperial LP

The Rev - Lons and The Ribbons were probably the same group

Same versions all the three. Original released in -63 as Dalton Brothers ( Scott Engel and John Stewart ) . Later on
in -66 released as the "Original members of Walker Brothers" ( well , it was only Scott , John Stewart never was in Walker Brothers) surfing the wave of the Walker Bros. sucsess. In Japan it was released as a Scott Engel 45.

Jerry Fuller is a singer/songwriter who has written many
songs for artistes like Ricky Nelson , Union Gap ,
Walker Brothers and many many others. "Travelling Man" ,
" Young Girl " , " Lady Willpower " to name a few.

The Starlings chared this Embassy 45 with another artist called Ray Pilgrim on the other side

Picture sleeve of the Pat Powdrill 45

Pat Powdrill here with a Jack Nitzche arranged and conducted
fine version of " I Only Came To Dance With You"

Dutch female duo singing "I Only Came To Dance With You"

Artone was the label and the year was 1965
Also take a look at sheetmusic section.

" Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya " in the 80-ies . Decoy single from -85 with a disco dancebeat rhythm. I can tell you that it works. The song ends up with a meaty sound of a kiss ! Great version with a funny end.

Jean Martin with a strong voiced version of " Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya"

# 1

Bernd Spier peaked the top of the German single charts 13 - 03 -65 with

"Das War Mein Shönster Tanz"

"I Only Came To Dance With You" sung in German !!
Both German and English versions exists on a Bernd Spier Cd called "Ohne Ein Bestimmtes Zeil"

Canadian release of Bernd Spier's versin of " T Only Came To Dance With You "

Sonny and Sean Irish duo did
" I Only Came To Dance With You " in -66

In my opinion , maybe the best version of this song.
John L Watson and the Hummelflugs !

Female Country singer Katy Moffat did a great version of P.J.'s "In A Moment" . It's a track on her CD "Child Bride" from -90

AFTER LAST NIGHT
on CD

For those who wants to hear "After Last Night" there's a chance to obtain a Jackie DeShannon CD ( -98 ) called "The Early Years".
The Pixie Girls CD was released in 1990 and will be a little bit harder to get. It contains two versions of "After Last Night" . One by Chiffons and one by Rev-Lons.
A strange thing is that Chiffons version has totally different lyrics than Jackie DeShannons and Rev-Lons versions !!??

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