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| Fairies: Forerunners of the 'Pink Fairies', at one time incorporating drummer 'Twink'. | ||
| Decca F11943 | 1964 | Don't Think Twice, It's Alright/ Anytime At All |
| HMV POP1404 | 1965 | Get Yourself Home/ I'll Dance |
| HMV POP1445 | 1965 | Don't Mind/ Baby Don't |
| Fantastic Johnny C: John Corley born in Greenwood, South Carolina during 1943, but moved to the Philadelphia area before starting his singing career. | ||
| London HL10169 | 1967 | Boogaloo Down Broadway/ Look What Love Can Make You Do |
| London HL10212 | 1968 | Hitch It To The Horse/ Cool Broadway |
| Action ACT4543 | 1969 | Is There Anything Better Than Making Love/ New Love |
| Farinas: This outfit were popular in the Leicester area during the mid-1960s. They evolved into the 'Family'. | ||
| Fontana TF493 | 1964 | I Like It Like That/ You'd Better Stop |
| Faron's Flamingos: Uncharted, but now legendary Liverpool based beat combo whose members included two belated members of the Big Three and a Mojo. | ||
| Oriole CB1834 | 1963 | Do You Love Me/ See If She Cares |
| Oriole CB1867 | 1963 | Shake Sherry/ Give Me Time |
| Fats And The Chessmen: | ||
| Pye 7N25122 | 1962 | Big Ben Twist/ Old Macdonald Had A Twist |
| Fats Waller: Hardly obscure, but never charted in the UK, largely because he died in 1943 at the age of 39. One of the acknowledged all-time greats of jazz. Just a solitary UK 45 single, released as late as 1960. | ||
| RCA RCA1189 | 1960 | Dinah/ When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful |
| Faye Adams: US Gospel singer who turned to R&B and sang with the Joe Morris band. She has only this, extremely valuable, single to her UK credit. | ||
| London HLU8339 | 1956 | I'll Be True/ Happiness To My Soul |
| Federals: UK instrumental group from Watford with Tony Kaye on organ; they were reminiscent of the Tornados. | ||
| Parlophone R4988 | 1963 | Brazil/ In A Persian Market |
| Parlophone R5013 | 1963 | Boot Hill/ Keep On Dancing With Me |
| Parlophone R5100 | 1964 | Dance With A Dolly/ The Climb |
| Parlophone R5139 | 1964 | Marlena/ Please Believe Me |
| Parlophone R5193 | 1964 | Twilight Time/ Lost And Alone |
| Parlophone R5320 | 1965 | Bucketfull Of Love/ Leah |
| Fingers: UK group from Southend in Essex. | ||
| Columbia DB8026 | 1966 | I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing/ My Way Of Thinking |
| Columbia DB8112 | 1967 | All Kinds Of People/ Circus With A Female Clown |
| Fireflies: US | ||
| Top Rank JAR198 | 1959 | Stella Got A Fella/ You Were Mine |
| London HLU9057 | 1960 | What Did I Do Wrong/ I Can't Say Goodbye |
| Five Keys: Moderately successful Virginian R&B ensemble led by Rudy West and Maryland Pierce. They were originally formed as the 'Sentimental Four' from two sets of brothers. However it was the five that started the success rolling through the remake of 'Glory Of Love'. They are regarded as the model for much of the R&B that followed and their original UK 45s are all valuable- if you can find any. | ||
| Capitol CL14313 | 1955 | The Verdict/ Make Me Um Pow Pow |
| Capitol CL14325 | 1955 | Doggone It, You Did It/ Take A Deep Breath |
| Capitol CL14545 | 1956 | Gee Whittakers/ 'Cause You're My Lover |
| Capitol CL14582 | 1956 | She's The Most/ I Dreamt I Dwelt In Heaven |
| Capitol CL14639 | 1956 | That's Right/ Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind |
| Capitol CL14686 | 1956 | The Wisdom Of A Fool/ Now Don't That Prove I Love You |
| Capitol CL14736 | 1957 | Four Walls/ Let There Be You |
| Capitol CL14829 | 1958 | From Me To You/ Whippety Whirl |
| Capitol CL14967 | 1958 | One Great Love/ Really-O Truly-O |
| Five Nite's: US | ||
| Decca F11963 | 1964 | Let's Try Again/ With A Loving Kiss |
| Five Satins: Definitive Doo-Wop Group from New Haven, Connecticut formed under the leadership of Fred Parris, and originally called the 'Scarlets'. Their greatest single, the classic 'In The Still Of The Night' was not released in the UK. The original US issue was on Ember 1005 (if you can find it). | ||
| London HL8501 | 1957 | To The Aisle/ Wish I Had My Baby |
| Top Rank JAR199 | 1959 | Wonderful Girl/ Weeping Willow |
| Top Rank JAR239 | 1959 | Shadows/ Toni My Love |
| MGM MGM1087 | 1960 | Your Memory/ I Didn't Know |
| Flairs: Group formed in Los Angeles during 1953, whose original line up included the great bass vocalist Richard Berry. | ||
| Oriole CB1392 | 1957 | Swinging Pretty Mama/ I'd Climb The Hills And Mountains |
| Flaming Youth: A group that featured two guitarists, a pianist and a long haired drummer called Phil Collins. | ||
| Fontana TF1057 | 1969 | Guide Me Orion/ From Now On |
| Flip And The Dateliners: Very rare Joe Meek production by a UK young lady singer who also recorded as Vivienne Chering. | ||
| HMV POP1359 | 1964 | My Johnny Doesn't Come Around Anymore/ Please Listen To Me |
| Flirtations: US Girl Group who had one solitary hit in the USA. They carried on well in to the 1970s, and probably deserved more chart success than they achieved. | ||
| Deram DM195 | 1968 | Someone Out There/ How Can You Tell Me |
| Deram DM216 | 1968 | Nothing But A Heartache/ Christmas Time Is Here Again |
| Deram DM252 | 1969 | What's Good About Goodbye My Love/ Once I Had A Love |
| Fontane Sisters: Trio of girls backed by the Billy Vaughn Orchestra were highly successful in the US with a series of records (mostly R&B covers). However despite trying over more than five years they never charted in the UK. Their early 45s are particularly hard to find. | ||
| London HL8099 | 1954 | Happy Days And Lonely Nights/ If I Didn't Have You |
| London HL8113 | 1955 | Hearts Of Stone/ Bless Your Heart |
| London HL8126 | 1955 | Rock Love/ You're Mine |
| London HL8177 | 1955 | Seventeen/ If I Could Be With You |
| London HL8211 | 1955 | Daddy-O/ Rolling Stone |
| London HL8225 | 1956 | Playmates/ Adorable |
| London HL8265 | 1956 | Eddie My Love/ Yum Yum |
| London HL8289 | 1956 | I'm In Love Again/ You Always Hurt The One You Love |
| London HL8318 | 1956 | Voices (with Pat Boone)/ Willow Weep For Me |
| London HL8343 | 1956 | Silver Bells/ Nuttin' For Christmas |
| London HL8378 | 1957 | Banana Boat Song/ Lonesome Lover Blues |
| London HL8415 | 1957 | Please Don't Leave Me/ Still |
| London HL8488 | 1957 | Fool Around/ Which Way To Your Heart |
| London HL8621 | 1958 | Chanson D'Amour/ Cocanut Grove |
| London HL8861 | 1959 | Billy Boy/ Encore D'Amour |
| London HL9037 | 1960 | Listen To Your Heart/ Please Be Kind |
| London HL9078 | 1960 | Theme From 'A Summer Place'/ Darling It's Wonderful |
| Forrie Cairns And The Clansmen: UK Traditional Jazz band. | ||
| Fontana 267240 | 1962 | Salty Dog/ Cockles And Mussels |
| Forum: Black vocal group from Los Angeles | ||
| London HLM10120 | 1967 | The River Is Wide/ I Fall In Love Again |
| (The) Four: | ||
| Decca F11999 | 1964 | It's Alright/ There's Nothing Like It |
| Four Coins: Original members were George Mantalis, Jim Gregorakis, Michael & George James | ||
| Fontana H101 | 1958 | My One Sin/ Broken Promise |
| Fontana H168 | 1958 | The World Outside/ Be Still My Heart |
| Four Freshmen: Four part male harmony group from Indianapolis. Probably influenced other later harmony groups, especially the Beach Boys. | ||
| Capitol CL14196 | 1954 | Love Turns Winter To Spring/ Mood Indigo |
| Capitol CL14338 | 1955 | How Can I Tell Her/ Day By Day |
| Capitol CL14580 | 1956 | Love Is Just Around The Corner/ Angel Eyes |
| Capitol CL14610 | 1956 | Graduation Day/ Lonely Night In Paris |
| Capitol CL14633 | 1956 | You're So Far Above Me/ He Who Loves And Runs Away |
| Capitol CL14699 | 1957 | What's It Gonna Be/ That's The Way I Feel |
| Capitol CL14731 | 1957 | Charmaine/ Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye |
| Capitol CL14780 | 1957 | Julie Is Her Name/ Sometime I'm Happy |
| Capitol CL14855 | 1958 | Whistle Me Some Blues/ Nights Are Longer |
| Capitol CL15244 | 1962 | Teach Me Tonight/ Shangri La |
| Capitol CL15336 | 1964 | Charade/ Funny How Time Slips Away |
| Four Jacks: | ||
| Decca F10984 | 1958 | Hey! Baby/ Prayer Of Love |
| Four Jacks And A Jill: A South African quintet, who are apparently still going strong. | ||
| RCA RCA1669 | 1968 | Master Jack/ I Looked Back |
| Four Sights: | ||
| Columbia DB7227 | 1964 | But I Can Tell/ And I Cry |
| Four Spices: | ||
| MGM MGM944 | 1957 | Fire Engine Boogie/ Armen's Theme |
| France Gall: Luxembourg winner of Eurovision in 1965 | ||
| Philips BF1408 | 1965 | Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son/ Le Coeur Qui Jazze |
| Frank Cherval: | ||
| MGM MGM1183 | 1962 | How Come/ Tag Along |
| Frank Holder: | ||
| Decca F10880 | 1957 | The Caterpillar Bush/ Red Beans And Rice |
| Decca F10908 | 1957 | Battle Of The Century/ Chines Cricket Match |
| Decca F10919 | 1957 | Champion Calypso/ Sweetie Charlie |
| Parlophone R4459 | 1958 | Nor The Moon By Night/ Bechuanaland |
| Frank Kelly And The Hunters: The Hunters, a similar sounding outfit to the Shadows, had only one chart entry which was as backing group on Dave Sampson's self penned 'Sweet Dreams'. | ||
| Fontana 267242 | 1962 | Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On/ 'Cept Me |
| Fontana 267261 | 1963 | I Saw Linda Yesterday/ Good And True |
| Fontana 267277 | 1963 | What Do You Wanna Do/ She Loves Me So |
| Fontana TF454 | 1964 | Some Other Time/ Why Baby Why |
| Frankie Miller: US | ||
| Melodisc MEL1519 | 1959 | True Blue/ Black Land Farmer |
| Melodisc MEL1529 | 1959 | Poppin' Johnnie/ Family Man |
| Melodisc MEL1552 | 1960 | Baby Rocked Her Dolly/ Rain Rain |
| Frankie Townsend: | ||
| Fontana H375 | 1962 | I'm The Greatest/ At The End Of A String |
| Frankie Valli: The lead singer of the Four Seasons had no luck as solo artist in the UK until the 1970s. | ||
| Philips BF1467 | 1966 | (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself |
| Philips BF1512 | 1966 | You're Ready Now/ Cry For Me |
| Philips BF1529 | 1966 | The Proud One/ Ivy |
| Philips BF1556 | 1967 | Beggin'/ Dody |
| Philips BF1580 | 1967 | Can't Take My Eyes Off You/ The Trouble With Me |
| Philips BF1603 | 1967 | I Make A Fool Of Myself/ September Rain |
| Philips BF1634 | 1968 | To Give/ Watch Where You Walk |
| Philips BF1795 | 1969 | The Girl I'll Never Know/ A Face Without A Name |
| Fred Walking Stick: | ||
| Pye 7N15390 | 1961 | Well I Ask Yew!/ Ain't She Sweet |
| Freddie Starr & The Midnighters: Freddie Starr's career in entertainment began as a singer not a comedian though the comedy was allegedly already there. As he made his three singles at Joe Meek's studio his discs are all very collectable. The Midnighters, a Liverpool group, were originally fronted by Gus Travis who moved on when Freddie arrived. | ||
| Decca F11663 | 1963 | Who Told You/ Peter Gunn Locomotion |
| Decca F11786 | 1963 | Baby Blue/ It's Shaking Time |
| Decca F12009 | 1964 | Never Cry On Someone's Shoulder/ Just Keep On Dreaming |
| Freddy Davies: | ||
| Major Minor MM536 | 1967 | Sentimental Songs/ Cynthia Crisp |
| Freddy Quinn: | ||
| Polydor 56213 | 1967 | Lonesome/ Only A Fool Like Me |
| Frida Boccara: French entry to the 1969 Eurovision song contest. It shared joint victory with three other songs including Britain's Lulu with 'Boom Bang A Bang' | ||
| Philips BF1765 | 1967 | Through The Eyes Of A Child/ So Fair |
| Fugs: This US group developed from a simple hippie 'Jug band' to a radical rock group. They began in New York City around the beginning of 1965 with Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, Ken Weaver, Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber. With an idiosyncratic blend of beatnik poetry and Yiddish melody the Fugs found a following on both sides of the Atlantic, but were just a little too far from the mainstream for significant singles sales. | ||
| Big T BIG115 | 1968 | Crystal Liaison/ When The Mode Of The Music Changes |
