Produced by the legendary
Joe Meek , was a 1961 UK#1 hit single for
John Leyton , backed by
The Outlaws . It was Meek's first #1 production. Recounting the haunting - real or imagined - of a young man by his dead lover, the song is one of the most noted of the 'death ditties' that populated the transatlantic pop charts in the early to mid 1960s. It is distinguished in particular by its eerie, echoing sound (a hallmark of the Joe Meek production style) and by the ghostly, foreboding female wails that form its backing vocal (by
Lissa Gray ). The recording was arranged by
Charles Blackwell .
