RARE SONNY JAMES 78 FIRST DATE,FIRST KISS,FIRST LOVE M-

A VERY NEAR MINT (ex -shop stock) COPY OF THIS GREAT 1957 UK CAPITOL 78 FROM SONNY JAMES

Born James Loden on May 1, 1929, Sonny James began performing with his show-business family at the age of three and played with his four sisters as the Loden Family while in his teens. The group appeared around the South and on radio shows like the Louisiana Hayride and Saturday Night Shindig. After spending time overseas during the Korean War, Loden took Sonny James as his stage name -- after his teenage nickname -- and joined the local bar circuit. He met and played with Chet Atkins, who later got him a tryout with Capitol Records. The label liked what it heard and offered James a contract. His first single, "That's Me Without You," hit the US country Top Ten in early 1953, but it was three years before "For Rent (One Empty Heart)" became his second big hit. James, who played guitar on virtually all of his records, followed up with two 1956 Top Ten near-misses "Twenty Feet of Muddy Water" and "The Cat Came Back." His next single became his biggest hit: "Young Love" spent nine weeks at number one during 1956-1957 and crossed over to top the US pop charts also. Beginning in 1957, James began to focus his attention on the popular charts. "First Date, First Kiss, First Love" made the Top 25 in the US Billboard Pop charts, but no follow-up placed as high. Several of his failures had still managed to go Top Ten on the US country charts, so James returned to country with a vengeance in 1964. "You're the Only World I Know" hit number one country late that year and spent four weeks atop the chart. That began one of the greatest run of hits country music has ever known: 21 of his next 25 singles hit number one in the US Country charts (and the other four near-misses hit either two or three). James completely dominated the Country charts from 1964 to 1972.

Only two of his hits ever reached the UK charts "The Cat Came Back" and "Young Love" (which reached number 11). 

"FIRST DATE.." JUST FAILED TO MAKE THE CHARTS IN THE UK AND IS GETTING HARD TO FIND .

A SIDE:- FIRST DATE, FIRST KISS, FIRST LOVE

First date
tonight was our first date.
We couldn't anticipate
emotions we now feel.

First kiss
Tonight was our first kiss
and now we know the bliss
that only young love can yield.

I've got a funny feeling
I've worked hard at concealing
But I can't hide this wonderful thrill
I kept up a constant chatter
pretending nothing matters
and I begged my heart
to please , please be still.

Oh, First love
This is our first love,
Our one and only love
our first love and our last.

I've got a funny feeling
I've worked hard at concealing
But I can't hide this wonderful thrill
I kept up a constant chatter
pretending nothing matters
and I begged my heart
to please , please be still.

Oh, First love
This is our first love,
Our one and only love
our first love and our last.

B SIDE: SPEAK TO ME

CAPITOL CL 14708  10" 78rpm

CONDITION - MINT

eBaY IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM HAVE VERY STUPIDLY PUT A FALSE CEILING ON THE COST OF POSTING 78s IN THE UK OF £4 !!

THIS IS A FRAGILE 78 AND THE COMBINED COST OF SAFE PACKING AND  POSTAGE BY 1ST CLASS MAIL  OR BY AIRMAIL SMALL PACKET IS -  IN  THE UK  £ 5 ,  EUROPE  £ 8 ,  AND REST OF WORLD IS £ 12

So for UK customers unless you pay the optional £1 "insurance" charge this record will be posted 2nd class - sorry

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE RATES ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES OF 78S - USUALLY £1 PER EXTRA RECORD IN THE UK £1.50 PER EXTRA RECORD TO EUROPE AND £2 PER EXTRA RECORD IN THE REST OF THE WORLD

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THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORREGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS,

USUALLY FOR MAILING OVERSEAS, I RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN 7 IN A BOX, OTHERWISE IT GOES OVER THE AIRMAIL SMALL PACKET MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 2Kgs WHICH CAUSES A LARGE HIKE IN POSTAL RATES.

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