The Honeycombs (album)
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The Honeycombs was the first album by the British
pop
group
The Honeycombs
. In the USA it was called Here Are The Honeycombs (singing Have I The Right And Other Hits). Most songs were written by Ken Howard
and Alan Blaikley
.
Side 2
United Kingdom
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pop
Pop music
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group
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The Honeycombs
The Honeycombs
The Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group, founded in 1963 in North London. The group had one chart-topping hit, the million selling "Have I the Right?", in 1964. After that song the interest in the group ebbed away, and they split up in late 1966...
. In the USA it was called Here Are The Honeycombs (singing Have I The Right And Other Hits). Most songs were written by Ken Howard
Ken Howard (composer)
Ken Howard is an English songwriter, lyricist, author and television director.-International hits in the 1960s and 1970s:...
and Alan Blaikley
Alan Blaikley
-Early life and career:Born in London, where he survived the Blitz, Alan Blaikley was educated at University College School , Hampstead, and Wadham College, Oxford, where he read Classical Moderations and English, and was Reviews Editor of the university newspaper Cherwell.After coming down from...
.
Track listing
Side 1- "Colour Slide"
- "Once You Know"
- "Without You It Is Night"
- "That's The Way"
- "I Want To Be Free"
- "How The Mighty Have Fallen"
- "Have I The Right?Have I the Right?Have I The Right? was The Honeycombs' debut single and biggest hit. It was composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, who had made contact with the Honeycombs, a London-based group, then playing under the name of The Sheratons, in the Mildmay Tavern in the Balls Pond Road in Islington, where they...
"
Side 2
- "Just A Face In The Crowd"
- "Nice While It Lasted"
- "Me From You"
- "Leslie Anne"
- "She's Too Way Out"
- "It Ain't Necessarily SoIt Ain't Necessarily So"It Ain't Necessarily So" is a popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song comes from the Gershwins' opera Porgy and Bess where it is sung by the character Sportin' Life, a drug dealer, who expresses his doubt about several statements in the Bible.The role of...
" - "This Too Shall Pass Away"
Reissues
The album has been reissued on cd in both the UK and Germany:- in the UK: Honeycombs (All Systems Go and It's The Honeycombs) (Sequel Records NEX CD 125, 1990): This is a reissue, together with The Honeycombs' second album All Systems - Go!All Systems - Go!All Systems - Go! was the second album by the British pop group The Honeycombs. Most songs were written by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley. The album features "Emptiness" by Ray Davies from The Kinks, a song the band never officially released themselves....
, on one CD. On the back cover of the CD the contents of the two albums have been reversed, however. Moreover, the debut album has been rechristened It's the Honeycombs here. - in Germany: The Honeycombs (Repertoire Records RR 4098-WZ, 1990), with seven bonus tracks: "Please Don't Pretend Again" / "I'll Cry Tomorrow" / "If You've Got to Pick a Baby" / "I'll See You Tomorrow" / "I Can't Stop" / "Hab ich das Recht" / "Du sollst nicht traurig sein"