The Applejacks - I go to sleep

[huterry]

Flippin' good! Gives Chrissie Hynde a run for her money...

[dickla99]

This beat go hard.

[nowaypedrito1]

There's another band called "The Applejacks"!? When I Googled it, another band showed-up on my screen.

[PlantagenetKW]

@nowaypedrito1 yep an American band of the same name from the late fifties early sixties. Presumably they didn't make enough waves in the Uk for the brumbeat outfit to realise the name was taken.

[feloniousmunk]

Superb version of a Ray Davies classic. never recorded by the Kinks to my knowledge but there is a demo version with Ray and a piano on the expanded CD version of Kinda Kinks.

PS Suzi Quatro received a 1957 Fender Precision from her Dad in 1964.

[ftsjr]

Hey, that's great! I never heard this song (from anyone). To my knowledge, the Applejacks didn't get much radio play in the US. Too bad. They were terrific.

[dedeurs]

I listened to the Kink's version (by now EVERYTHING can be looked up on YTube). Better vocals, but Ray sounds feeling ill at ease. The Applejacks' put much more emotion into it. The harsh sound, yes, it's not produced well. But I love their instrumentalics, I love this little record. And I loath the Pretenders for not leaving this one alone.

No, it wasn't a B side. It just never reached the top 20. But me, I ran to the House of Hits. For this very record, I was their fan number 1...

[PlantagenetKW]

@dedeurs The productionis a bit poor isn't it. This came out after they fell out with Decca over Chim Chim Cheree (which they refused to record). Decca didn't give them as much support after that. They had promoted the single but the band never recorded it which must have made them look bad. I believe this contributed to their slow demise. Shame really. Good band.

[dedeurs]

@PlantagenetKW

Not the Chim chim Cheree from Mary Poppins, I hope...? Actually, that one has a ' Link arms with me and hop along' mood, an extrovert cheerfulness that you also find in most Applejacks songs. The lead singer had this 'happy voice'.

Also, they used the then trendy mouthharp, Gary Lewis & the Playboys did, Pinkerton's Colours, A very 1965 instrument. Such a pity it went just as quick out of vogue again.

[lennyw99]

UK 60s pop-beat band Birmingham UK, once described as "Solihull Sound", Al Jackson (lead vocals), Martin Baggott (lead guitar), Don Gould (organ), Phil Cash (rhythm guitar), Gerry Freeman (drums) and Megan Davies (bass); Freeman & Davies married in 1965 (courtesy Wikipedia); biggest hits “Tell Me When” '64 (UK#7); and Lennon/McCartney’s “Like Dreamers Do” '64 (UK#20) and Ray Davies' "I Go to Sleep" ’65; successfully worked the Cunard cruises for years - see also ‘THE APPLEJACKS MARRIAGE'

[Jimmycorvettefan71]

Does anyone know where to find this song done by "The Truth" ?

[flatop47]

@Jimmycorvettefan71 ..........The Truth - I Go To Sleep ......now on youtube

[bunchie1966]

Haven't heard it before.Nice melody.

[bMrboiM3]

please post I wonder

[estud7]

God bless you Ray Davies....god bless you.

[jonnybee48]

God almighty, this takes me back so many years; all local kids, they were originally formed as the Jaguars and used to play at the Solihull Civic Hall every Thursday night.

Mart Baggott (rhythm) and Don Gould (keyboard) were in the year above me at Tudor Grange, and Wal Capewell used to be the front man until Al Jackson took over sometime in 1964.

Good memories of much better times - thanks for posting!

JB.

[rickyrec1]

jimmythe ferret Thanks for posting this. I love the Applejacks! Having grown up in southeast Texas, where the group got zero airplay on the radio, I am grateful that I discovered the group in 1964 during the "British Invasion". First heard them on a San Antonio station while visiting my cousins. An underrated group who deserved to get more recognition here in the states.

[dokwar]

hi can you please upload I Wonder by the applejacks...thanks!!

[Sammy2109]

Not bad at all - but I prefer the versions of Marion and Cher.

[devilwoman52]

This sounds a bit harsh on my ears -- but I think the song would be good with a bit more bass added to muffle the tinny sound. Good message in it!

[charliemctruth]

I am 59== old ive not heard this song....

PS, im quite drunk .thanks for this tuune

(to be continued).

[Psychic777]

My favorite versions is Sia's

[PCMusic75]

Oh Dear, her singing is terrible. Better to listen to the Pretendender with Chrissie Hynde as the lead vocalist.

[RazorbladeKiss248]

My favorite is also Sia. Her singing/music is so soothing and calming.

[OrchidOxycodone]

Great,great song when you are drunk,depressed,and heartbroken.

[babyskai]

sia does the best cover it gives me chills when i hear her version of it

[richard2008michelle]

great haunting song,sounds like a "b" side though,maybe thats why it didn`t chart.

[krankiekat]

God save the KinKs and Ray Davies..still unmatched as a songwriter to this day!

[ninjabluewings]

Also Covered By The Pretenders

[Timmybear]

And now I begin to see where the (false) rumours that Meghan was Ray and Dave's sister came from.

[IDLERACER]

Ray Davies didn't write a whole lot of waltzes. I guess he wasn't too fond of the genre. This one was written for Peggy Lee, but it also wound up getting recorded by Cher and a whole slew of others.

[xwsftassell]

The Marion version being the grail-bearer, in my view.

[travisrlel]

agreed

[jankeijzer]

mooi nummer

[Robpoorsoul]

I guess Ray Davies Gave The Applejacks this song, because It was too sentimental for his group the kinks.