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"It's Not Unusual" is a song written by #LesReed and #GordonMills, first recorded by a then-unknown #TomJones, after it had first been offered to #SandieShaw. He intended it as a demo for her, but when she heard it, she was so impressed with his delivery that she recommended he sing it instead. The record was the second Jones single #Decca released, reaching No. 1 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1965. It was his first hit in the #UnitedStates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixva4i2T8aQ

"Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" (translation: "The Bicycles of Belsize") is a song written and composed by #LesReed and #BarryMason. Used as the theme song of the 1968 #eponymousMusicalFilm, it was mimed by #AnthonyMay in the movie and sung by #JohnnyWorth. As a 7-inch 45 rpm single, it was a big hit that year, in parallel English and French versions, for #EngelbertHumperdinck and #MireilleMathieu, respectively.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3AwKJlcRPE

"There's a Kind of Hush" is a popular song written by #LesReed and #GeoffStephens. Originally recorded by Stephens' group #theNewVaudevilleBand in 1967 as a neo-#BritishMusicHall number, this version of the track became a hit in Australia and South Africa. However, in the rest of the world, a near-simultaneous #cover was a big hit for #HermansHermits. The song was later a hit in 1976 for #theCarpenters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1MV-Jy_Bog

"There's a Kind of Hush" is a popular song written by #LesReed and #GeoffStephens. Originally recorded by Stephens' group #theNewVaudevilleBand in 1967 as a neo-#BritishMusicHall number, this version of the track became a hit in Australia and South Africa. However, in the rest of the world, a near-simultaneous #cover was a big hit for #HermansHermits. The song was later a hit in 1976 for #theCarpenters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwDfskKOkw8

It's not unusual
Happens every day
No matter what you say
You'll find it [occurs]
all the⌚️
🥰 will never do
what you want it to
Why can't this crazy 🥰
be mine?
#LesReed
#GordonMills
#TomJones
22 Jan 1965

It's not unusual
for #JimmyPage to play sessions
but Les Reed said it was Joe Moretti🎸
(but Page DID do Bassey's Goldfinger gig).
#pop #music #1960s