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=== Billy J. Kramer===

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'''Billy J. Kramer''' (vero nome William Howard Ashton, nato il 19 agosto 1943, a Bootle, Liverpool, Inghilterra) è stato un cantante del genere Merseybeat che aveva invaso la Gran Bretagna. Oggi è conosciuto sopratutto come cantante delle varie canzoni firmate Lennon-McCartney che i Beatles non utilizzarono.

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* 1 Inizi della carriera

* 2 Successo

* 3 Dopo la vetta

* 4 Lo show finale

* 5 Collegamenti esterni

[edit] Inizi della carriera

Il nome d'arte Kramer fu scelto a caso da un elenco telefonico. Fu un'idea di Lennon che la "J" fosse aggiunta al nome per distinguerlo ancor più by adding a 'tougher edge'. Billy presto catturò l'attenzione di Brian Epstein, sempre in cerca di nuovi talenti da aggiungere alla sua collezione sempre più ricca di artisti locali. Kramer ebbe la svolta professionale ma il suo gruppo di allora,i Coasters, era poco conosciuto,così Epstein sought out il servizio di una band ormai solida di Manchester, i Dakotas, a well-respected combo che allora affiancava Pete MacLaine.

Even then, the Dakotas would not join Kramer wihout a recording deal of their own. Once in place, the deal was set and both acts signed to Parlophone under George Martin. Collectively, they were named Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas to keep their own identities within the act. Once the Beatles broke through, the way was paved for a tide of "Merseybeat" and Kramer was offered the chance to cover a song first released by the Beatles on their own debut album, Please Please Me. The track had been allegedly turned down by Shane Fenton (later Alvin Stardust) who was looking for a career reviving hit.

[edit] Success

With record producer George Martin, the song "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" was a number two UK singles chart hit in 1963, and was backed by another tune otherwise unreleased by The Beatles, "I'll Be on My Way". After this impressive breakthrough another Lennon/McCartney pairing "Bad To Me" c/w "I Call Your Name" reached number one. "I'll Keep You Satisfied" ended the year with a respectable number four placing.

Billy was given a series of songs specially written for him by the John Lennon and Paul McCartney which launched him into stardom and a proper place in the history of Rock and Roll. I'll Keep You Satisfied, From A Window, I Call Your Name and Bad To Me all became international million sellers for Billy, and won him appearances on the T.V. shows Shindig!, Hullabaloo and The Ed Sullivan Show.

I Dakotas, nel fratempo,entrarono nella top 20 nel 1963 con la loro stessa canzone scritta con Mike Maxfield "The Cruel Sea", un brano strumentale poi reintitolato "The Cruel Surf" negli States,che divenne successivamente una cover dei Ventures.A questa canzone seguì poi una creazione di George Martin, "Magic Carpet", immerso in un'atmosfera sognante con un sottile eco di piano che accompagnava la melodia della chitarra di Maxfield. But it missed out altogether and it was a year before their next release. All four tracks appeared on a highly-collectable EP later that year.

I tre grandi successi firmati Lennon-McCartney dimostravano che Kramer aveva sempre vissuto nell'ombra dei Beatles, tranne quando provava a fare qualcosa di diverso.Sebbene fosse stato messo al corrente di ciò, egli insistette per registrare the Stateside chart hit "Little Children" - the lyrics trattavano il tema del cacciare i fratelli e le sorelle della sua ragazza fuori dai piedi per poter fare l'amore in pace con lei. It became his second chart topper and biggest hit. It was Kramer's only major hit outside of the UK. In the U.S., this was followed up with "Bad to Me" which reached number nine. Despite this success Kramer went backwards with his second and last UK single of 1964; another Lennon/McCartney cast-off "From A Window", which only just became a Top Ten hit.

[edit] After the peak

The year 1965 saw the end for the Merseybeat boom, and the next Kramer single was "It's Gotta Last Forever", which harked back to a ballad approach. In a year where mod-related music from the likes of The Who prevailed, the single missed completely. Kramer's cover of "Trains and Boats and Planes" saw off Anita Harris' version only to find itself in direct competition with its composer, Burt Bacharach's effort, which won the day. Kramer's effort still reached a respectable number 12, but was the group's swansong, as all future cuts missed the chart.

The Dakotas ranks were then strengthened by the inclusion of Mick Green, the ex-guitarist with the London band the Pirates who backed Johnny Kidd. This line-up cut a few tracks which were at odds with the balladeer's usual fare. These included a take on "When You Walk in the Room" and "Sneakin' Around". The Dakotas final outing whilst with Kramer was the blues driven "Oyeh!" - but this also flopped.

[edit] The final showing

After releasing "We're Doing Fine", it too missed the charts leaving singer and group to part company. Kramer had a brief solo career which took him eventually to live in America.

The Dakotas re-formed in the late 1980s and recruited vocalist Eddie Mooney and session musician Toni Baker. They still tour and record. Other latter-day members are drummer Pete Hilton and guitarist Richard Benson.

[edit] External links

* Billy J. Kramer Official website

* The Dakotas Official Tribute Page

* The Dakotas Official Website

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