SONNY CHILDE 'GIVING UP ON LOVE' TERRIFIC 1965 UK DECCA PROMO (F-12218) RAREST
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Description
Sonny Childe ?– Giving Up On Love / Mighty Nice
Label: Decca ?– F.12218 Format: Vinyl, 7", SingleCountry: UK Released: 1965 Genre: Rock, Pop Style: Pop Rock, Vocal
Tracklist
A Giving Up On Love B Mighty NiceCredits
- Directed By [Music Director] – Ivor Raymonde
- Producer – Mike Smith (2)
Greaves was born in 1943 on the US Army Air Forces base at Georgetown, Guyana.[1] A nephew of Sam Cooke, he grew up on a Seminole Indian reservation in the United States, but he moved to England in 1963.
Greaves had built a career both in the Caribbean and in the UK, where he performed under the name Sonny Childe with his group the TNTs. His debut recording, "Take a Letter Maria", was released under the name R.B. Greaves and produced by the president of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegün.[citation needed]
The song is the story of a man who learns of his wife's infidelity and dictates a letter of separation to Maria, his secretary, who the last verse suggests may become his new love. The song has a distinct Latin flavor, complete with a mariachi-style horn section.[citation needed]
The record stayed in the Billboard chart for 15 weeks in the United States, selling a million copies. It received gold record certification from the RIAA on December 11, 1969. By 1970, sales of this song totalled 2.5 million.
Greaves was often accompanied in Southern California and vicinity by his long time guitarist/band leader Phillip John Diaz and keyboardist/songwriter Mike Baxter.[citation needed]
Greaves recorded a series of cover versions as follow-ups, including Burt Bacharach's and Hal David's "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" and Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale".[1] Greaves left the label in the 1970s in favour of Sunflower Records, and then signed to Bareback Records. His only chart release for the latter label was "Margie, Who's Watching the Baby".
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