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Delilah cover by P.J. Proby

Submitted by

Ronn

On August 16, 2008

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Delilah

By P.J. Proby

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Delilah

Written by Barry Mason, Les Reed

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14%

Processed by

walt

On February 10, 2014

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Delilah

By P.J. Proby

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Delilah


P.J.Proby did the first ever recording of this song.Les Reed/Barry Mason wrote it with him in mind.Proby cut it didn't like it & didn't even want it on his latest album at the time.Les Reed took Proby's recording of it to Tom Jones & his manager Gordon Mills.They listened & liked it,Tom recorded it & had a world wide smash hit.Big mistake I'm afraid by P.J.

Ron Tennant

P.S. It's on P.J.'s latest CD album "The EMI Years 1961-1972 & it's actually superior to the Jones boy version because the guy had just knifed his girlfriend in the song & P.J. actually sounds deranged & dangerous as he waits for the cops to arrive!

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Comment by hounddogman
2014-02-21 10:22:37 UTC

Delilah has been added by Walt.

 
Change by shs
2015-08-14 18:00:00 UTC
Conversion from forum topic to cover submission