Kit Kats cover of "Funny How Love Can Be" is very good... Seems like that song was shopped around in the U.K. and U.S..... The U.K. Group "The Ivey League' (which UK session "king" Tony Burrows was a brief member....also covered "Funny How Love Can Be" ,, a few years later Tony along with Jon Carter as The First Class "Beach Baby" session group... I believe "Funny How Love Can Be" was the second U.K. Records single release from The First Class projects. Thanks for sharing :o)
Amazing! The Ivy League were a polished and professional act that take some beating - but this is an excellent alternative version. Thumbs up from me!
The group was also known as New Hope at some point. They were best known for two songs, "Let's Get Lost On A Country Road" and "Won't Find Better", which was their only Billboard Hot 100 entry. It charted under the New Hope name. Although I now live in the Philadelphia area, I knew their songs from their being played on DC area radio stations and never heard Kit Kats/New Hope songs on Phila. oldies radio, for which their sound is not gritty/r&b enough.
@rslitman In York, PA, Shady Dellers and other fellers flipped over "Find Someone," the killer B side of "Country Road." Another piece of Kit Kats ear candy was "That's the Way," a Jamie side that rocketed to #1 on the top tunes survey of WLAN, Lancaster. Thank you, my friend, for your comment here and for posting on my blog a while back!
@sfratpack And I'm still hoping to eventually hear their version of Neil Diamond's song "I Got the Feeling (Oh No, No)". Neither it nor the hit version of "Won't Find Better" by New Hope made it to that 2-CD anthology that was released several years ago.
@DaddyClb Yep! I've owned that CD compilation for several years now and never get tired of those glorious harmonies. Won't find better, right Daddy? Thanks for your comment, my friend!
Awesome! New version to me. Great 60's harmony! Too close to "The Ivy Leagues" version to share any of the love I fear. Thanks for posting! Thumbs Up!
Kit Kats cover of "Funny How Love Can Be" is very good... Seems like that song was shopped around in the U.K. and U.S..... The U.K. Group "The Ivey League' (which UK session "king" Tony Burrows was a brief member....also covered "Funny How Love Can Be" ,, a few years later Tony along with Jon Carter as The First Class "Beach Baby" session group... I believe "Funny How Love Can Be" was the second U.K. Records single release from The First Class projects. Thanks for sharing :o)
TheRokjok 6 months ago
they played at my fathers club kit was great big john
rip
neilp19401 10 months ago
This definitely has that "Sixties" sound. Excellent post!
justmusicandme 1 year ago
@justmusicandme As I often say, gangsta rap was light years away when songs like these were recorded. Thanks so much for your comment, Loretta!
sfratpack 1 year ago
Amazing! The Ivy League were a polished and professional act that take some beating - but this is an excellent alternative version. Thumbs up from me!
hrpman 1 year ago
@hrpman Thumbs up to you for your kind comments, my friend!
sfratpack 1 year ago
The group was also known as New Hope at some point. They were best known for two songs, "Let's Get Lost On A Country Road" and "Won't Find Better", which was their only Billboard Hot 100 entry. It charted under the New Hope name. Although I now live in the Philadelphia area, I knew their songs from their being played on DC area radio stations and never heard Kit Kats/New Hope songs on Phila. oldies radio, for which their sound is not gritty/r&b enough.
rslitman 1 year ago
@rslitman In York, PA, Shady Dellers and other fellers flipped over "Find Someone," the killer B side of "Country Road." Another piece of Kit Kats ear candy was "That's the Way," a Jamie side that rocketed to #1 on the top tunes survey of WLAN, Lancaster. Thank you, my friend, for your comment here and for posting on my blog a while back!
sfratpack 1 year ago
@sfratpack And I'm still hoping to eventually hear their version of Neil Diamond's song "I Got the Feeling (Oh No, No)". Neither it nor the hit version of "Won't Find Better" by New Hope made it to that 2-CD anthology that was released several years ago.
rslitman 1 year ago
Real nice, Tom! I, too, have that LP in near mint condition. Was always a Kit Kats fan...they had such a unique sound. Cool post!
PS- I see you got the new double CD (as pictured).
DaddyClb 1 year ago
@DaddyClb Yep! I've owned that CD compilation for several years now and never get tired of those glorious harmonies. Won't find better, right Daddy? Thanks for your comment, my friend!
sfratpack 1 year ago
Awesome! New version to me. Great 60's harmony! Too close to "The Ivy Leagues" version to share any of the love I fear. Thanks for posting! Thumbs Up!
Jim
nipsterstang 1 year ago
@nipsterstang Yes, the two versions are quite similar and both great! Thanks so much for your comment, my friend!
sfratpack 1 year ago
Good tune. Thanks for posting.
whopfrog2 1 year ago
@whopfrog2 Glad you like it, whopfrog. Thanks for your comment, my friend!
sfratpack 1 year ago
LOVE this one! Beautiful harmonies - kind of like a rock'n'roll British Lettermen! Straight to playlists! Thank you :-)
angelofbebop 1 year ago
@angelofbebop You're welcome, Angel of Bebop! Thank you for your comment!
sfratpack 1 year ago
@angelofbebop Thanks for the share. Great sound. I don't recall hearing this group before though. Thanks,sfratpack.
belovia50 1 year ago
@belovia50
You're welcome Bel. I had never heard of them either :-)
angelofbebop 1 year ago
@angelofbebop Great Share Angel !!! The Kit Kats had a had a nice sound :-))
OLdies1960s 1 year ago
@angelofbebop thanks Angel,beautiful!!! :))
vespa202 1 year ago
@angelofbebop : Thanks for sending this, angel!! i enjoyed listening to this one!
justmusicandme 1 year ago