Over and Over

OVER AND OVER
 
 
“Over and Over”  is a song written by Robert James Byrd and recorded by him using the stage name Bobby Day.   In 1965, the most successful version was recorded by the Dave Clark Five, one of the early British Invasion bands of the mid-1960s.  In the US, “Over and Over” was the group’s 12th Top 40 hit and was their only #1 hit. though the single only reached number 45 in the band’s native United Kingdom.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

Part of the reason has to do with the Liverpool music scene in the 1960’s:  Other than you-know-who, most of the big British Invasion bands came from somewhere else.  The Beatles’ early competitors on the American charts were the Dave Clark Five; their first big hit song “Glad All Over” hit the Top Ten in February 1964, though the Five wouldn’t make #1 until “Over and Over” came out in November 1965.  The Dave Clark Five were from North London and were being promoted as the progenitors of the “Tottenham Sound”. 

 

(July 2013)