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I was living in France and listening to Radio Luxemburg when I heard David and Johnathan. When I returned to the States I found that they were virtually unheard of here. Since then I have periodically search the web for them, so I was really pleased to find this compilation. It is a great collection and I would recommend it to fans of this obscure pair of performers.
David And Jonathan can in no way be compared to Simon And Garfunkel and I'm hard pressed to think of a US equivalent, maybe The Righteous Brothers. From the 1960s in the UK it would be Peter And Gordon. Anyway 2 amazing songs here, Softly Whispering I Love You and Lovers Of The World Unite. Great vocal harmonies on above songs, but much of remainder don't have the same quality. If you like 1960s vocal duos and see this for a good price, you could give it a listen.
Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway first came together as members of the Kestrels, a group that also featured Tony Burrows. Given the subsequent careers of the three men, it is surprising that the Kestrels were a commercial failure. After that group broke up, Tony went on to sing with several groups including the Ivy League and Edison Lighthouse, but the other two focused initially on their songwriting. They wrote You've got your troubles, giving a copy to George Martin (of Beatles fame). He signed them to a recording deal but it was left to the Fortunes to have the hit with You've got your troubles.
David and Jonathan had two UK hits - a cover of Michelle (which made number eleven despite losing the head-on contest with the Overlanders, who topped the chart with their version of the song) and Lovers of the world unite, one of their own songs, which did better in the UK, peaking at number seven. In between those hits, they missed the charts completely with another Beatles cover (She's leaving home) and other singles. Their version of Michelle made the American top twenty.
With so little reward for their own efforts, they gave up recording and performing and reverted to songwriting, though Roger Cook enjoyed more success as a singer when he became a member of Blue Mink, in which he was co-lead singer.
This compilation, book-ended by their two Beatles covers, includes all the essentials including their own versions of songs they wrote for the Fortunes (You've got your troubles, This golden ring). As performers, David and Jonathan were only a minor part of the sixties music scene but as songwriters, they were much more successful.
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