Please Don't Touch (song)

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“Please Don't Touch”
Single by Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
B-side "Growl" (Johnny Kidd/Guy Robinson)
Released May 8, 1959 (UK)
Format 7"
Recorded Abbey Road: 18 April 1959
Genre Rock
Label HMV POP 615 (UK)
Writer(s) Johnny Kidd
Guy Robinson
Producer Walter J. Ridley
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates singles chronology
"Please Don't Touch"
(1959)
"If You Were The Only Girl In The World"
(1959)

Please Don't Touch is the debut single by English rock and roll group Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, released in 1959 reaching number 25 on the UK singles charts.

[edit] Personnel

  • Johnny Kidd – vocals
  • Mike West, Tom Brown – backing vocals
  • Alan Caddy – lead guitar
  • Tony Doherty – rhythm guitar
  • Johnny Gordon – bass
  • Ken McKay – drums. McKay was replaced during the session by Don Toye.

[edit] Cover Versions

In 1980 Lemmy chose to record the song as the A-side of the Headgirl (Motörhead and Girlschool collaboration) St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP.[1][2]

Brian Setzer, The Stray Cats, The Meteors, Hellbillys, and Throw Rag have also recorded covers of the song.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Burridge, Alan (April 1991). "Motörhead". Record Collector (140): 19. 
  2. ^ Kilmister, Ian and Garza, Janiss White Line Fever (2002) — Simon & Schuster pp. 126,143-144 ISBN 0-684-85868-1.