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Cat. No. VV 1199: RAL DONNER ~ YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT. PYE NSPL 28269.
Cat. No. VV 1199: RAL DONNER ~ YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT. PYE NSPL 28269.

Cat. No. VV 1199: RAL DONNER ~ YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT. PYE NSPL 28269.

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USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

RAL DONNER (RALPH STUART EMANUEL DONNER) SCORED SEVERAL ROCK & ROLL / POP HITS IN THE USA IN THE EARLY 1960s. RAL HAD A VOICE SIMILAR TO ELVIS PRESLEY'S AND HIS RECORDINGS WERE OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR THOSE OF "THE KING'S" AND MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVED IT WAS ELVIS RECORDING UNDER A PSEUDONYM BECAUSE AT THE TIME THERE WERE RUMOURS SPREADING THAT ELVIS WAS NOT HAPPY WITH MAKING THE MOVIES HE WAS SADDLED WITH AND WAS LOOKING TO SPLIT WITH COLONEL TOM PARKER. IN FACT HIS VOICE WAS SO SIMILAR TO ELVIS THAT HE PROVIDED A VOICE-OVER NARRATION (IN THE VOICE OF ELVIS) IN THE FILM "THIS IS ELVIS" MADE AFTER ELVIS'S DEATH

RALPH DONNER SANG IN LOCAL TALENT SHOWS AS A TEEN AND FORMED TWO OF HIS OWN BANDS, THE "ROCKIN' FIVE" AND "THE GENTS" WHILST IN HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1959, HE APPEARED ON ALAN FREED'S BIG BEAT PROGRAM AND RELEASED A SINGLE WITH "THE GENTS" SOON AFTER. RAL RECORDED A COVER OF PRESLEY'S "THE GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND" ALONG WITH A BACKING BAND CALLED THE STARFIRES. AFTER BEING PICKED UP BY GONE RECORDS, HE RE-RECORDED AND RE-RELEASED THE TUNE WHICH BECAME A NATIONWIDE HIT. SOME PEOPLE EVEN THOUGHT IT WAS PRESLEY HIMSELF. HIS NEXT SINGLE, "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT (UNTIL YOU LOSE IT)" BECAME HIS BIGGEST AND ONLY TOP TEN HIT ON THE BILLBOARD CHART IN THE UNITED STATES PEAKING AT #4. THE TRACK PEAKED AT #25 ON THE UK SINGLES CHARTS IN 1961. RAL MANAGED A FEW MORE HITS THE LAST OF WHICH WAS IN 1962. RAL DIED OF LUNG CANCER ON APRIL 6, 1984

THIS ALBUM IS AN ENGLISH RELEASE FROM 1978 ON THE PYE LABEL. THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY SOME MINOR DAMAGE AROUND THE EDGES AND A VERY SMALL TEAR ON THE FRONT OF THE COVER NEAR THE BOTTOM EDGE WHERE SOMETHING SHARP HAS PIERCED IT. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - You Don't Know What You've Got / Please Don't Go / Girl Of My Best Friend / School Of Heartbreakers / She's Everything / (What A Sad Way) To Love Someone / Loveless Life / Bells Of Love / To Love / She's My Baby. Side 2 - Your Skies Are Blue / For Love Nor Money / Pray For Me / Will You Love Me In Heaven / Night Owl / Standing Here / Puddle Of Tears / Nine Times Out Of Ten / I Didn't Figure On Him To Comeback / So Close To Heaven.

12" VINYL RECORD

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