My Ship Is Coming In - Jimmy Radcliffe (1965)

Original Big Ballad Version by The "King Of The Pipes & Thunder" Vocalist Jimmy Radcliffe That Inspired And Blows Away The Cover Attempts By The Walker Brothers, Matt Pimperel And Walter Jackson That Followed. Written By Joseph Brooks Later Of "You Light Up My Life" Fame.

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Joseph Brooks
• Shawni Lucier
• Northern Soul
• The Walker Brothers
• You Light Up My Life

[miketheshanmanmangan]

THIS VERSION IS GOOD AND VERY SOULFUL BUT i STILL THINK THE WALKER BROTHERS REALLY BROUGHT THIS TO THE FOREFRONT.I PLAYED THE WALKER BROTHERS WITH NUMEROUS REQUEST WHEN IT CAME OUT ON MERCURY NEVER GOT ANY RADCLIFFE REQUEST.

[Mangomn2003]

Cheers My Man... I Appreciate Your Sentiment But Don't Really Understand Your Point. There Are Countless Accounts Of "Pop" Artist Covering "Race", R&B, Or Soul Artist And Scoring The Major Promoted Hit While The "Original" Talent Remained Unheard Of. As A DJ, In Clubs Or In Radio How Did This Harsh Fact Escape You Mate? More Importantly The Song Was Written For Radcliffe Not The Walker Brothers Just Like "This Diamond Ring" Was For The DRIFTERS Not Gary Lewis & The Playboys.

[Mangomn2003]

@miketheshanmanmangan At The End Of The Video It Says This Version Is Available On Amazon & itunes On Jimmy's "Where There's Smoke There's Fire" Release From 2008. Thanks For Appreciating The Original Version Of A Brilliant New York City Uptown Big Ballad.

[bentheballadeer]

The accoustic version of this song is superb to

[Mangomn2003]

It's Pure Magic!

[Mangomn2003]

Glad you liked the alternate take of the original version of this classic!

The song was written for Jimmy by one of his co-writers, Joey Brooks. The Brooks-Radcliffe writing team wrote many songs like "It's Been A Long Time Comin'" recorded by Tom Jones and Eric Burdon & The Animals.

The original acoustic demo of "my Ship", with Joey on piano & backing vocals, is now playing on Jimmy's myspace page and is also quite stirring.

Joey Brooks went on to write "You Light Up My Life" in the 70's.

[miketheshanmanmangan]

Still love the mainstream version of this by The Walker Brothers even though it is not nearly as soulful.By the way The Original This Diamond ring was by Sammy Ambrose on Musicor not the Drifters...TheShanman!!

[denplanet1]

@MrDoncos YOU my friend have EARS! The one dissapointment here is I find the SINGLE version (this is an alternate take which changed the mid section's improv) MORE MOVING THAN THIS particular take.

[denplanet1]

@miketheshanmanmangan YOU ARE DEAF!

[liscrisprod]

@MrDbonius Interesting considering that the guy who wrote this song specifically wrote it for Jimmy Radcliffe. Most people are of the opinion that his original that inspired all the rest remains the best.

[MrDbonius]

i 1st heard this song sung by Walter Jackson. its no doubt a great song but after listening to the walkers and jimmy my honest opinion walter jacksons version is still the 1 i would rather listen 2!!!

[devore504]

@miketheshanmanmangan ummmmmm cause they dont like blacks

[uboob67]

I never heard this song before... Not by the Walker Bros or Jimmy Radcliffe... I find them equally compelling... Maybe Jimmy Radcliffe's a bit better. Either way, you HAVE to approach it with an open mind. With my open mind, I found that listening to it, I almost heard a Sam Cooke replacement brewing here... What do you all think?

[Sk8ZML]

I LOVE THIS SONG <3333

[MrDoncos]

The Walker Brothers version is brilliant as is Walter Jackson but this is the best because of Jimmy's sensational vocals