Have I The Right? was
The HoneycombsThe Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group of the 1960s. Their most distinguishing mark was their female drummer, Honey Lantree.-Career:...
' debut single and biggest hit. It was composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, who had discovered the Honeycombs (then known as The Sheratons) playing in the Mildmay Tavern in Islington. The group were due to audition for independent producer Joe Meek and they played the song for him. Meek decided to record it there and then. It was the last Top 10 UK hit produced by
Joe MeekJoe Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter...
, who composed and produced "
Telstar"Telstar" – – is a 1962 instrumental record performed by The Tornados. It was the first single by a British band to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was also a number one hit in the UK. The record was named after the AT&T communications satellite Telstar, which went into orbit...
" for
The TornadosThe Tornados were an English instrumental group of the 1960s which acted as in-house backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions.-Career:...
, and reached #5 in the U.S.
Have I The Right? was
The HoneycombsThe Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group of the 1960s. Their most distinguishing mark was their female drummer, Honey Lantree.-Career:...
' debut single and biggest hit. It was composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, who had discovered the Honeycombs (then known as The Sheratons) playing in the Mildmay Tavern in Islington. The group were due to audition for independent producer Joe Meek and they played the song for him. Meek decided to record it there and then. It was the last Top 10 UK hit produced by
Joe MeekJoe Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter...
, who composed and produced "
Telstar"Telstar" – – is a 1962 instrumental record performed by The Tornados. It was the first single by a British band to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was also a number one hit in the UK. The record was named after the AT&T communications satellite Telstar, which went into orbit...
" for
The TornadosThe Tornados were an English instrumental group of the 1960s which acted as in-house backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions.-Career:...
, and reached #5 in the U.S. "Have I the Right?" was recorded in
GermanGerman is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by...
as "Hab' Ich Das Recht?" b/w "Du sollst nicht traurig sein" (Deutsche Vogue, DV 14210).
"Have I The Right?" was covered by
Petula ClarkPetula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
on her 1965 album,
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. The song was also covered in 1977 by The Dead End Kids. Their version peaked at #6 in the UK pop charts. The song was covered by the
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on the 1979 live album,
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and by
Les FradkinLes Fradkin is a guitarist, composer and record producer. He is best known for being a member of the original cast of the hit Broadway show Beatlemania...
on his 2006 album "Goin' Back". The single of Fradkin's version is at Apple iTunes.
Charts
| Chart (1964) |
Peak
position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
5 |
| UK Singles Chart |
1 |
| Irish Singles Chart |
3 |
| German Singles Chart |
21 |