Billie Davis - I Want You To Be My Baby

Billie Davis (born Carol Hedges, 22 December 1945, Woking, Surrey, England) is an English female singer who had hits in the 1960s, and is best remembered for the UK hit version of the song, "Tell Him" (1963) and "I Want You to Be My Baby" (1968), which is shown here.

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[Khultan]

Never heard of her, she's great, but why doesn't she dance it up????

[sambda]

@Khultan I think the camera trickery going on means she has to stay put.

[nuipret]

now this lass REALLY was a sexy chick. that lucky twat jet harris was seeing her when she was about....17 i think. it caused a load of fuss at the time but hey...who can blame him? not me! billie always reminded me of being a good laugh and a passionate chick. pity i never got the chance to find out for myself!

[sambda]

@nuipret Surprised that seeing a girl of 17 mattered even *slightly* then (age of consent was 16 then, as now). After all Mandy Smith (13) dating Bill Wyman didn't generate *that* many waves 15 years later!

[cckcai]

Great stuff thanks for posting

[colbluvsmusic]

I useter play this as a DJ back in the day. First time I've heard it for about 40 years. A very overlooked song and singer. Her version of 'Angel of the Morning' is terrific.

[CydnotCharrise1]

The reason a lot of these folks didn't DANCE is because they were SINGERS> Adele has pretty much prove that the wannabes who lip-synch on stage with their big dance crew are just corporate "Talent" while the real talent often languishes for years refusing to sell out or put out to a corrupt industry. Props for singers who SING. I love dancing and used to be a dancer way bad in the day but the best thing a singer can do on a stage is to SING. DUH.

[cozener1]

DLT the hairy fuckin cornflake!

[Khultan]

@sambda No, I think (IMHO), most of these artists had such unbelievably good, catchy music grooves but didn't know how to reflect that in movement. Even Mick Jagger in his early days proves he didn't know how to dance on beat, just does tremor legs and weird movement. Steve Marriot could move.

[TheWhitehall]

R.I.P Jet.

[freethoughtmusic]

My folks gave me my first half-decent record player when I was 7 for my birthday. I got a Decca hit compilation LP with it that included this song, I loved it. the record is still playable (in Glorious Mono). I love Mono recordings, they would make a little four inch speaker kick ass and cause the next door neighbours to thump on the wall. Try to make your digital stuff do that on a speaker that size.

[TheLydiaR]

Simply brilliant! 

[crazyrabbit84]

When Billie Davis recorded this song in 1969, few of us knew that it was an oldie dating from 1954, recorded first by Louis Jordan and His Timpany Five. By the way, the song was written by Jon Hendricks from the jazz trio Hendricks, Lambert and Ross. Billie Davis brought the song to the atention of a new generation. King Solomon said: "There´s nothing new, just old forgotten things"