![]() ![]() ![]() 'Please Don't Touch' had more of a raw rock'n'roll sound than any other British record at the time, and their performance of it on BBC' radio's Saturday Club helped push it into the Top 20. ![]() It was while recording this track (it took 28 takes), and its equally exciting, written-inthe- studio, b-side 'Growl', that the group learned that they would now be known as Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - a decision they presumed had been taken by either Sullivan or Robinson. Simultaneously Johnny was ottered a contract with another EMI label, HMV, and on April 18, 1959, the group recorded their version of that song with upand- coming producer Peter Sullivan, later famous for his work with acts like Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck. In 1959, George Martin produced the duo The Bachelors (Steve Keen & Rikki Gabin - no connection to the later Irish trio) singing 'Please Don't Touch', which Kidd composed with his manager Guy Robinson. Unlike many contemporary British rockers, Johnny also wrote songs. This is a very limited edition and only 250 1st Edition copies were produced, each one numbered with a Certificate of Authenticity from Doc Holliday Productions ®. If you notice that a particular Doc Holliday CD release or compilation is missing from the list above. Doc Holliday From The Vault Doc Holliday Homepage (click on Artist's name above to return to artist's main page) Category: Southern Rock. ![]()
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