Kenny Lynch OBE (born Kenneth Lynch in Stepney, London, on 18 March 1938; d… Read Full Bio ↴Kenny Lynch OBE (born Kenneth Lynch in Stepney, London, on 18 March 1938; died 18 December 2019) was a British singer, songwriter, entertainer and actor from London. A popular entertainer, especially in the 1960s, he appeared in a great many variety shows in the '60s. His sister, Gladys (stage name Maxine Daniels) was a jazz singer of some note.
Lynch had many UK hit singles in the early 1960s, including the two top-tens "Up on the Roof" in December 1962 and "You Can Never Stop Me Loving You" in June 1963. In addition, he has written songs for others — notably Small Faces' #3 hit "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" with legendary American songwriter Mort Shuman.
His numerous TV appearances include roles in Celebrity Squares, Room at the Bottom and Curry and Chips as well as minor parts in Z-Cars, The Sweeney, Til Death Us Do Part and Treasure Hunt.
Known for charity work, Lynch has often played in charity football matches and Michael Parkinson's 'Celebrity Cricket' fundraisers.
Whilst on a coach with the Beatles (on tour with Helen Shapiro), Lynch reportedly offered to help them write a song, but quickly became frustrated and criticised their ability to compose music - see From Me to You. Years later he appeared on the cover of Wings 1973 album Band on the Run, along with other celebrities. He attended the funeral of Alan Ball on May 3rd , 2007.
In 2018, Lynch had a concert tour with Jimmy Tarbuck and Anita Harris, as well as appearing in ITV's Last Laugh in Vegas.
Lynch had many UK hit singles in the early 1960s, including the two top-tens "Up on the Roof" in December 1962 and "You Can Never Stop Me Loving You" in June 1963. In addition, he has written songs for others — notably Small Faces' #3 hit "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" with legendary American songwriter Mort Shuman.
His numerous TV appearances include roles in Celebrity Squares, Room at the Bottom and Curry and Chips as well as minor parts in Z-Cars, The Sweeney, Til Death Us Do Part and Treasure Hunt.
Known for charity work, Lynch has often played in charity football matches and Michael Parkinson's 'Celebrity Cricket' fundraisers.
Whilst on a coach with the Beatles (on tour with Helen Shapiro), Lynch reportedly offered to help them write a song, but quickly became frustrated and criticised their ability to compose music - see From Me to You. Years later he appeared on the cover of Wings 1973 album Band on the Run, along with other celebrities. He attended the funeral of Alan Ball on May 3rd , 2007.
In 2018, Lynch had a concert tour with Jimmy Tarbuck and Anita Harris, as well as appearing in ITV's Last Laugh in Vegas.
Misery
Kenny Lynch Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Kenny Lynch:
Mountain Of Love Standin' on a mountain lookin' down on a city The way…
Movin' Away In every part of me I can feel you moving away I…
Movin'Away In every part of me I can feel you moving away I…
Puff Last night I took you out to see a magic…
Puff (Up In Smoke) Last night I took you out to see a magic…
Up on the Roof When this old world starts getting me down And people are…
You Can Never Stop Me Loving You You can take your picture off your shelf You can go…
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Keith RadioGeezer
This was the first-EVER cover version of a Beatles song!
Someone
Beatles version came out later so this is no cover. The Beatles wrote this for a female but she did not like it. Kenny liked it and asked for it.
Paul Byrne
PMC7009 oohhhh get you!
PMC7009
No, it wasn't; that was "Love Me Do" by The Sparrows, which you can hear on my channel. What this is, however, is the first cover version of a Beatles song released as a single.
Johnnralph
Rip : Kenny Lynch (18 March 1938 – 18 December 2019) . He was the first artist to record a cover of a Beatles song with Misery. Written by Lennon & McCartney it was on the Beatles debut album 'Please ,Please me'. He recorded it after he it had been on the same bill as the Beatles on the thier first British tour. The song was originally written for Helen Shapiro who was on top of the tour bill at the time, to record but her record producer turned it down & he took the composition and gave it a much more pop oriented arrangement than the Beatles on thier version.
Tony Kinsella
@winemeister give the guy a break..he's just trying to be helpful too other readers who may not have the time for your extensive research.
Paul Byrne
winemeister 😂😂😂
winemeister
Wow! Straight from Wikipedia, we can all do that. Try and be original please. And you overlook everything that was really important about Kenny's life. What he came through, how he suffered, how he was so talented, how he had to put up being called an Uncle Tom, how he always smiled through adversity. A role model for everyone, black and white. No doubt about it, Kenny was brilliant, so diverse, with an amazing ability to do well at many things, acting and singing among them. Look up his abilities at creating artwork, songwriting, and other less well mentioned talents, but please don't just cut and paste, it's so lazy and disrespectful of the guy.
CÉSAR LEITÃO
Ouvindo do Recife- Brasil. Linda canção
William Zienkiewicz
First time of hearing Kenny singing this thanks. Great beatles song from Please please me LP.