Before I came to Australia in 1965 I had just started noticing pop music on the radio back in Blackpool, England. I only remember a few that I can relate to those times. Most of the stuff I like from the early sixties I got into later. However there are a few that take me back to that time. Lulu and Luvvers "Shout" is one of them. Probably because on seeing old videos of this song it's amazing how dynamic Lulu is compared to the other girl singers that were around at the time. She really does shout out the lyrics to the song. And she's got a terrific rock and roll voice combined with a ton of pure Scottish energy. She couldn't help but be noticed.
I never had a crush on her but she put out some amazing singles in her time. And of course she was in "To Sir With Love"..also another great Lulu track.
I finally managed to pick up this track in the late Seventies when I found it on these Decca compilations that came out full of all these great sixties tracks full of stuff of didn't have and more often than not never heard of. This was a song I played at the Rubber Soul. Purists would say the original by the Isley Brothers was better but I'll go for this version anytime.
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