Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas

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Bad to Me 02:23 Tools
Little Children 02:49 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied 01:56 Tools
Do You Want to Know a Secret? 02:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes 02:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret 00:00 Tools
From A Window 01:58 Tools
I'll Be on My Way 01:41 Tools
I Call Your Name 02:06 Tools
Second to None 00:00 Tools
I Know 00:00 Tools
They Remind Me of You 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Doggone 00:00 Tools
We're Doing Fine 00:00 Tools
It's Gotta Last Forever 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe 02:28 Tools
It's Up to You 00:00 Tools
Take My Hand 02:47 Tools
I'm In Love 00:00 Tools
Neon City 00:00 Tools
Sneakin' Around 00:00 Tools
Forgive Me 00:00 Tools
Dance With Me 00:00 Tools
Neon City (Mono) 02:53 Tools
It's A Mad, Mad World 00:00 Tools
Trains & Boats & Planes 02:50 Tools
Don't You Do It No More 00:00 Tools
Oyeh 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Girl 00:00 Tools
Magic Carpet 00:00 Tools
That's The Way I Feel 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Good for Me 00:00 Tools
Da Doo Ron Ron 00:00 Tools
Beautiful Dreamer 00:00 Tools
Under The Boardwalk 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Every Time You Walk in the Room 00:00 Tools
The Millionaire 00:00 Tools
Pride (Is Such A Little Word) 00:00 Tools
Bad To Me - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Little Children (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Plains 00:00 Tools
Humdinger 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Down In The Boondocks 00:00 Tools
Great Balls of Fire 00:00 Tools
To Take Her Place 00:00 Tools
You Can't Live on Memories 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 02:05 Tools
The Cruel Sea 00:00 Tools
When You Ask About Love 00:00 Tools
Tennessee Waltz 00:00 Tools
My Girl Josephine 00:00 Tools
Yes 00:00 Tools
San Diego 00:00 Tools
You Make Me Feel Like Someone 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Twilight Time 00:00 Tools
I Love to Love You 00:00 Tools
Ships That Pass In the Night 00:00 Tools
Little Children - Mono;1998 - Remaster 00:00 Tools
Anything That's Part of You 00:00 Tools
The Twelfth of Never 00:00 Tools
From A Window - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Bad to Me (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
The Cruel Surf 00:00 Tools
Bad To Me (1998 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
I Know (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
It's A Mad Mad World 00:00 Tools
Pride 00:00 Tools
The Twelfth Of Never (Mono) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be On My Way Mono 01:43 Tools
Twelfth of Never 00:00 Tools
Da Doo Ron Ron (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Chinese Girl 00:00 Tools
Don't Do It No More 00:00 Tools
Little Children (2007 - Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Still Waters Run Deep (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
I Call Your Name Mono 00:00 Tools
Dance With Me (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Bad To Me (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Still Waters Run Deep 00:00 Tools
Neon City - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Bad To Me - 2002 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Mad, Mad World 00:00 Tools
Listen 00:00 Tools
Town Of Tuxley Toymaker Part 00:00 Tools
Pride (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Bad To Me (1963) 00:00 Tools
Pride (stereo) 00:00 Tools
I Call Your Name (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Do You Wanna Know A Secret 00:00 Tools
When You Walk In The Room (Live) 00:00 Tools
Great Balls Of Fire (1997 Digital Remaster) (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Little Children (Mono;1998 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
I Call Your Name - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I'll Be On My Way - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Great Balls Of Fire (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Dance With Me (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Still Waters 00:00 Tools
It's Up To You (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Great Balls Of Fire (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret- 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Girl (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Little Children [A-Side; Single] 00:00 Tools
I'm In Love (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Irresistible You 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe (Live) 00:00 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied (Live) 00:00 Tools
From A Window (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Billy J Kramer - Trains And Boats And Planes 00:00 Tools
Irresistable You (Live) 00:00 Tools
Yes (Mono) 00:00 Tools
That's The Way I Feel - Mono 00:00 Tools
Little Children Mono 00:00 Tools
From a Window (1964) 00:00 Tools
Beautiful Dreamer (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Neon City (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
That's The Way I Feel (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Bad To Me (Live) 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Town Of Tuxley Toymaker 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret - Billy J. Kramer 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Girl (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Kinky Chinese Girl (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Kinky Chinese Girl (Mono) 00:00 Tools
The Twelfth Of Never (stereo) 00:00 Tools
Pride (Live) 00:00 Tools
I Call Your Name (Live) 00:00 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied [A-Side; Single] 02:08 Tools
Anything That's Part Of You (Mono) 00:00 Tools
It's A Mad, Mad World (Mono) 00:00 Tools
When You Walked Into The Room 00:00 Tools
It's Up To You (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
I Call Your Name (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Anything That's Part Of You (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Twilight Time (Live) 00:00 Tools
Trains, boats and planes 00:00 Tools
Trains & Boats & Planes - Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas 00:00 Tools
From A Window (Live) 00:00 Tools
Bad To Me (stereo) 00:00 Tools
Yes (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? (Mono;1998 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
Second To None Mono 00:00 Tools
(Listen) Do You Want To Know A Secret 00:00 Tools
Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Twilight Time (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Every Time You Walk In The Room (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Every Time You Walk In The Room - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Da Doo Ron Ron - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
It's Gotta Last Forever (Mono) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Doggone Mono 00:00 Tools
Upstairs (Mono) 00:00 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be On My Way (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Looking Around (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Sorry (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret - 00:00 Tools
Little Children (Live) 00:00 Tools
Tennessee Waltz (Live) 00:00 Tools
They Remind Me Of You (Mono;1998 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
When You Walked In The Room 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes - Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas 00:00 Tools
I Live To Love You (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Little Children (1964) 00:00 Tools
Neon City (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Neon City (Stereo) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Down In The Boondocks (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Going, Going, Gone 00:00 Tools
ill keep you satisfied 00:00 Tools
Listen (Plus Studio Conversation) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Doggone (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Tennessee Waltz (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Neon City Mono 00:00 Tools
When You Ask About Love (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes [A-Side; Single] 00:00 Tools
Pride (In Fact a Little Word) 00:00 Tools
To Take Her Place (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Dance With Me - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children 00:00 Tools
When You Ask About Love (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Upstairs (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes - Billy J. Kramer 00:00 Tools
Under The Boardwalk (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes (Stereo) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Great Balls Of Fire - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Bad To Me 00:00 Tools
Forgive Me (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Going Going Gone (Mono) 00:00 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes (Stereo;2009 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
Dance With Me (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
It's Gotta Last Forever Mono 00:00 Tools
I Live To Love You (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Forgive Me (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Sneakin' Around (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
I Know (1998 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
I'm In Love (Lennon /McCartney) 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? - Remastered 1998 / Mono 00:00 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied (1963) 02:06 Tools
Under The Boardwalk (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Listen (Plus Studio Conversation) (Mono) 00:00 Tools
The Twelfth Of Never - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I Live To Love You - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Beautiful Dreamer - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I'll Take Charge (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Sneakin' Around (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? - Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas 00:00 Tools
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Trains And Boats And Planes / Billy J Kramer 00:00 Tools
It's Gotta Last Forever (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Irresistable You (Mono) (Live) 00:00 Tools
The Twelth Of Never 00:00 Tools
Little Children 1964 00:00 Tools
Pride - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
They Remind Me Of You - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I Know - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
You Make Me Feel Like Someone (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know 00:00 Tools
Cheryl - Call My Name 00:00 Tools
Under The Boardwalk (Stereo) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
You Make Me Feel Like Someone (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Going Going Gone 00:00 Tools
I'm In Love - Mono;2009 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I'll Take Charge 00:00 Tools
Beautiful Dreamer (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Boys Cry 00:00 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied (Mono;1998 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
They Remind Me Of You (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
25 25 - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas - Do You Want To Know A Secret 00:00 Tools
It's Gonna Last Forever 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe (Mono) (Live) 00:00 Tools
I'II KEEP YOU SATISFIED 00:00 Tools
It's Up To You - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
The Twelfth Of Never (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Anything That's Part Of You (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Do You Wanna Know A Secret? 00:00 Tools
Trains and Boats and Planes - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Down In The Boondocks (Stereo) (2008 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Bad To Me [A-Side; Single] 00:00 Tools
Anything That's Part Of You (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sneakin' Around (Stereo) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Forgive Me (Stereo) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I´ll Keep You Satisfied 00:00 Tools
Second To None (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Great Balls Of Fire (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret [A-Side; Single] 00:00 Tools
Little Children (64) 00:00 Tools
When You Walk in the Room 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes (Mono;1998 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
I Call Your Name [B-Side; Single] 00:00 Tools
Twilight Time (Mono) (Live) 00:00 Tools
Still Waters Run Deep (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes 1965 00:00 Tools
Bad to Me ('64) 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
It's A Mad, Mad World (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Little Children ('64) 00:00 Tools
I'm In Love (Compleat Take) 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Yes (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied - 1963 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Good For Me (Stereo) (2008 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
The Cruel Surf (mono) 00:00 Tools
Cruel Sea 00:00 Tools
When You Ask About Love (Stereo) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be On My Way (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
From A Window (stereo) 00:00 Tools
To Take Her Place [#] 00:00 Tools
Tennessee Waltz (Mono) (Live) 00:00 Tools
Second To None - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Do You Want To Know A Secret 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? (1963) 00:00 Tools
It's A Mad, Mad World (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Anything That's Part Of You - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Still Waters (stereo) 00:00 Tools
Yes - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
It's Gotta Last Forever - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
We're Doing Fine - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Girl - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Da Doo Ron Ron (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Trains and Boats and Planes (1965) 00:00 Tools
I'll Keep You Satisfied (Stereo) (2008 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Doggone [B-Side; Single] 00:00 Tools
Still Waters Run Deep (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
It's Up To You (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
From A Window [A-Side; Single] 00:00 Tools
You Make Me Feel Like Someone (Stereo) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I Know (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I Call Your Name (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Pride (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Looking Around 00:00 Tools
Take My Hand (stereo) 00:00 Tools
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Bad To Me 00:00 Tools
Pride(In Fact A Little Word) 00:00 Tools
Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad 00:00 Tools
To Take Her Place (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I Know (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Train And Boats And Planes 00:00 Tools
Trains and Boats and Lanes 00:00 Tools
Dance With Me (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Trains & Boats & Planes - Billy J.Kramer With The Dakotas 00:00 Tools
Don't Do It No More (Mono) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Doggone (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Pride (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Doggone - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
It's Up To You (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Still Waters Run Deep - Mono;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Great Balls Of Fire (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Forgive Me - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
To Take Her Place - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad - Mono 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Good For Me (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Beautiful Dreamer (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
It's Gotta Last Forever (Stereo) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Doggone (Stereo) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Good for Me [#] 00:00 Tools
Dance With Me (Stereo) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? (Pan Am OST) 00:00 Tools
I Live To Love You (Stereo) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Pride (Is Such A Little Word) (stereo) 00:00 Tools
We're Doing Fine [A-Side; UK Single] 00:00 Tools
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Do You Want To Know A Secret 00:00 Tools
We're Doing Fine (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe - Stereo;1997 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Thats The Way I Feel [B-Side; Single] 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? - 2002 Digital Remaster;Mono 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret? (Mono;1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Under the Boardwalk [#] 00:00 Tools
Do you want to a secret 00:00 Tools
From A Window (Mono;1998 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
Take My Hand (1966) 00:00 Tools
Unknown 00:00 Tools
From A Window - 2002 Digital Remaster;Mono 00:00 Tools
I Live To Love You (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Magic Carpet [A-Side; Single] 00:00 Tools
Little Children (Mono;1998 - Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Listen [Studio Conversation] 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
It's A Mad, Mad World - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I Live To Love You - Stereo;2009 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Under The Boardwalk - Mono;1998 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Forgive Me (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sneakin' Around (Mono) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Trains And Boats And Planes (Mono;1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - I'll Keep You Satisfied 00:00 Tools
Do You Want To Know A Secret - 1963 00:00 Tools
Don't Do It No More - Mono;2009 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
You Make Me Feel Like Someone - Mono;2009 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Going Going Gone - Mono;2009 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Upstairs - Mono 00:00 Tools
Take My Hand (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Sugar Babe (Mono) (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Irresistable You (Mono) (Live) (2009 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - I'll Keep You Satisfied 00:00 Tools
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Billy J. Kramer (born William Howard Ashton, 19 August 1943, in Bootle, Liverpool, England) was a British Invasion / Merseybeat singer. He is known today primarily as the singer of various Lennon-McCartney compositions that The Beatles did not use. The performing name Kramer was chosen at random from a telephone directory. It was John Lennon's suggestion that the "J" be added to the name to further distinguish him by adding a 'tougher edge'. Billy soon came to the attention of Brian Epstein, ever on the look-out for new talent to add to his expanding roster of local artists. Kramer turned professional but his then backing band, The Coasters were less keen, so Epstein sought out the services of a Manchester based band, The Dakotas, a well-respected combo then backing 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. 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 TV shows Shindig!, Hullabaloo and The Ed Sullivan Show. The Dakotas, meanwhile, enjoyed Top 20 success in 1963 on their own with Mike Maxfield's composition "The Cruel Sea", an instrumental retitled "The Cruel Surf" in the U.S., which was subsequently covered by The Ventures. This was followed by a George Martin creation, "Magic Carpet", evoking a dreamy atmosphere with a subtle echo laden piano, playing the melody alongside Maxfield's guitar. 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. The three big hits penned by Lennon and McCartney meant that Kramer was always seemingly in the Beatles' shadow, unless he tried something different. Despite being advised against it, he insisted on recording the Stateside chart hit "Little Children" - the lyrics were allegedly about getting his girlfriend's brothers and sisters out of the way so they could make love. 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 became a Top Ten hit. 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' cover 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. 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 today. Drummer Pete Hilton joined the band in 1996 replacing Tony Bookbinder and after Mike maxfield sufferred a stroke in 2004 guitarist Alan Clare along. In January 2008 Eddie was asked to replace Rod Allen, the Fortunes frontman who had sadly died in Dec 2007. Another new face now fronts The Dakotas - Paul Rafferty. In 2005, Kramer recorded the song "Cow Planet" for Sandra Boynton's children's album, Dog Train. A long-time fan of Kramer's, Boynton had sought him out for her project: in 1964, at age 11, she had bought Little Children as the first album she ever owned. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.