P. J. Proby

P. J. Proby

The Day Lorraine Came Down	Go Girl Go recording as Jett Powers
Good Things Are Coming	Hold Me
I Apologize	Let The Heartache Begin
Linda Lu	Loud Perfume recording as Jett Powers
Maria	The Masquerade Is Over
Mission Bell	Niki Hoeky
Que Sera Sera	Question
She Cried	Somewhere
That Means A Lot	That's The Tune
Tip Of My Fingers	Together
To Make A Big Man Cry	True Love Ways
You Can't Come Home Again	You'll Never Walk Alone
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

Biography - Snippet

Real name, James Marcus Smith: He began as a Hollywood odd jobber recording demos for Elvis and making the occasional record. Recording as "Jett Powers", listen to his very Elvis style in "Go Girl Go" He was discovered so to speak by TV producer Jack Good. Jack good took him to the UK for his TV spectacular, "AROUND THE BEATLES" .

Proby with his unusual pony tailed hair for the time, had a hit with "HOLD ME" and parodied Billy Eckstein's style on "SOMEWHERE" and "MARIA" both from West Side Story.

He was set to become a big star in the UK but through being unpredictable, unreliable and after a storm of controversy over splitting his velvet pants on stage, never regained his popularity.

Proby did make an album with Led Zeppelin in 1969 called "THREE WEEK HERO" and later recorded with "FOCUS".

Proby's later music genre became very much "Country Western".

Snippet as told by Ferret

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