The song was covered in French in 1963 by Les Chats Sauvages (lead singer Mike Shannon) as "Johnny Rapelle-Toi". [ citation needed] [ importance?]

John Leyton (Top Rank JKP3016) – "Wild Wind" / "You Took My Love for Granted" / "Johnny Remember Me" / "There Must Be" The song was covered in 1983 by singer John Spencer in Dutch, titled "Johnny, vergeet me niet". [9] [10] John Leyton - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish) . Retrieved 7 December 2021. In 1985, Bronski Beat covered the song in a medley with " I Feel Love" and " Love to Love You Baby" in a collaboration with Marc Almond. Released as a single, it reached number 3 in the UK chart and earned Geoff Goddard a platinum disc with sales over 300,000. [11] Robertson, Peter (26 March 2016). "Where are they now...? Johnny Remember Me singer John Leyton". Express.co.uk . Retrieved 5 December 2021.But Auntie Beeb could do nothing to stop the creepiest of all these fatal 45s: John Leyton’s “Johnny Remember Me”, which, despite the BBC censor, went to number 1 in July 1961, stayed there for six weeks, then left behind its own trail of tears. Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Conciseed.). Virgin Books. p.753. ISBN 1-85227-745-9. On Juke Box Jury in 1961 Spike Milligan dismissed it as "son of ' Ghost Riders in the Sky'", predicting, along with the others on the panel, that it would not be a hit. [6] a b Young, Graham (20 December 2013). "Film star who broke into big time". Birmingham Post . Retrieved 3 June 2015.

The creation and success of the song plays a significant role in the 2009 film Telstar: The Joe Meek Story in which Goddard is portrayed by Tom Burke and Leyton by Callum Dixon Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.579. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Alongside singing, Leyton's acting career saw him appearing in television and films throughout the 1960s. His films included The Great Escape, Guns at Batasi, Von Ryan's Express and Krakatoa, East of Java. In 2009 he also had a small role in the film Telstar, a biopic based on Joe Meek's life in which Leyton himself was portrayed by Callum Dixon. [4] Career [ edit ]

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a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1sted.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p.60. ISBN 0-85112-250-7. a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.320. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

Breihan, Tom (9 May 2018). "The Number Ones: The Tornados' "Telstar" ". Stereogum . Retrieved 10 June 2023. ...Meek found his calling by making strange, damaged pop songs like John Leyton's "Johnny Remember Me" and the Honeycombs' "Have I The Right"... Leyton married his wife Diana in 1967 and they had a son, Dominic and daughter, Lara. [12] Discography [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] Beautiful Dreamer (His Master's Voice 7EG8843) – " Beautiful Dreamer" / "On Lovers Hill" / "I'll Cut Your Tail Off" / "Lovers Lane" Leyton went to Highgate School and after completing his national service with the Royal Army Service Corps, he studied drama, paying his way through drama school with bit-part roles in films and on television. His first major acting role was his portrayal of Ginger in a 1960 Granada TV adaptation of Biggles, which earned him a large following of young female fans and led to the formation of a John Leyton fan club. [2] Singer-actor [ edit ] The multiple untimely deaths of those surrounding him became known as “the curse of Joe Meek”. Burt and Goddard died within a month of each other in 2000, aged only 57 and 62 respectively. Meek’s greatest rival Phil Spector, whom Meek imagined to have bugged his studios to copy his techniques, murdered actress Lana Clarkson at his Los Angeles mansion in 2003. The date was February 3.JOHN LEYTON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com . Retrieved 7 December 2021. Tom Ewing, "The best No 1 records: John Leyton – Johnny, Remember Me1961: This Gothic romance tells a story of loss and madness", The Guardian, 31 May 2012 In 2012 the journalist Tom Ewing described the song as "the weirdest and most gripping British record to hit the top yet", with Leyton's vocal "clutching at your sleeve, desperate to tell a story of loss and madness. Meek turns the drums into phantom horsemen and fills the record's dark spaces with melodrama – a keening female voice on the chorus rounds the effect off." [7] Covers [ edit ]

Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1sted.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p.60. ISBN 0-85112-250-7. I lived and worked in Hollywood, where I starred in my own TV series, Jericho, and in films like Krakatoa: East Of Java. Diana and I got married in 1967 and we have a son, Dominic, and daughter, Lara.

Leyton as a singer is best known for his hit song " Johnny Remember Me" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), [2] which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. [3] His follow-up single, "Wild Wind", reached number two in the same chart. Twentieth Century Fox put me under contract and I started work with Richard Attenborough and Britt Ekland on Guns At Batasi, just after I’d completed a singing tour supported by The Rolling Stones. Tell Laura I Love Her (His Master's Voice 7EG8854) – "Tell Laura I Love Her" / "The Girl on the Floor Above" / "Johnny Remember Me" / "Wild Wind"