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"You've Got Your Troubles" became the inaugural composition by the prolific songwriting team of Roger Cook and
Roger Greenaway Roger John Reginald Greenaway, (born 23 August 1938) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for his collaborations with Roger Cook. His compositions have included "You've Got Your Troubles" and the transatlantic mill ...
in 1964. "You've Got Your Troubles" became a number 2 UK hit for
the Fortunes The Fortunes are an English harmony beat group. Formed in Birmingham, the Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the US, Canadian, and UK Top 10s. Afterwards, they had ...
in the
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in August 1965, affording the group international success including a Top Ten ranking in the US. The track was included on the Fortunes' self-titled 1965 debut album release, the group's only album release of the 1960s.


History

Cook and Greenaway wrote "You've Got Your Troubles" while they were both members of the group
the Kestrels The Kestrels were a vocal harmony quartet from Bristol, England, most notable as the group through which the songwriting team of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway first met and started composing jointly. They were one of the busiest vocal groups i ...
, the song being composed while that group was on a pop package tour. Cook recalls he and Greenaway were in a theatre. "Roger reenawaysaid 'I've
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a little tune' and we both brought our ukuleles out and he played is tuneand he said 'Could you help me with the lyric?' and in the space of two hours we'd written the whole song". Cook and Greenaway cut a
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to pitch the song which was accepted by Mills Music Publishing, where the two were signed as staff writers by
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. Hiller, who had written "Caroline" the second of four previous non-charting singles by The Fortunes, placed "You've Got Your Troubles" with that group. Noel Walker, an in-house producer for
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, recalled: "The Fortunes' contract came up for renewal and Decca didn't want to renew it ... I told Decca that they sung wonderfully and deserved another chance. I wanted to use them as singers backed by professional musicians he Fortunes would receive some adverse publicity for not playing on the track themselvesand I found a beautiful song 'You've Got Your Troubles'." Les Reed, who arranged the session for the Fortunes' recording, conceived the track's striking trumpet motif. (Reed believes that on their demo Cook and Greenaway vocalised the notes which Reed would have played on the trumpet.) This song is noted for the
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melody heard towards the end of the song.
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North DJ Mike Ahern would claim that his radio station was responsible for the breakout of "You've Got Your Troubles", which reached number 2 on the UK chart dated 25 August 1965, held off from number 1 by
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", then in the final week of its three-week tenure at number 1 UK. In the US, "You've Got Your Troubles" peaked at number 7 on the 2 October 1965
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. The song reached number 1 in Canada and New Zealand, number 3 in Ireland, and was especially successful in the Netherlands, spending 14 weeks in the Top Ten, peaking at number 3. Other international hit parade rankings were achieved in Australia (number 12), Belgium (French number 24 / Flemish number 10), Germany (number 28), and South Africa (number 6). The demo of "You've Got Your Troubles" by Cook and Greenaway also came to the attention of
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who wanted to have the songwriters record their own song, but due to his time being taken up producing The Beatles' album ''
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'' (1965), Martin was unable to produce Cook and Greenaway's recording of "You've Got Your Troubles" prior to The Fortunes' version hitting the charts. Martin did have Cook and Greenaway cover the ''Rubber Soul'' track " Michelle" which afforded the duo a Top 20 hit in both US and the UK, and number 1 in Canada, being billed as
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(Cook and Greenaway had had a previous non-charting single release: their composition "Laughing Fit to Cry", which was not produced by Martin). "You've Got Your Troubles" was featured on the 1966 David and Jonathan album which was self-titled in the UK and titled ''Michelle'' for US release. The Fortunes would remake "You've Got Your Troubles" for the group's album ''Their Golden Hits'' recorded in the summer of 1982 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for domestic release by Phonogram-Holland.


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Notable cover versions

*"You've Got Your Troubles" became a chart single in 1966 for Nancy Wilson. Taken from her ''Touch of Today'' album, Wilson's version reached number 48 R&B in ''
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'' and number 10 on the magazine's A/C chart. *
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(featuring the song's writers
Roger Greenaway Roger John Reginald Greenaway, (born 23 August 1938) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for his collaborations with Roger Cook. His compositions have included "You've Got Your Troubles" and the transatlantic mill ...
and Roger Cook) on album ''David and Jonathan'' in the UK and entitled ''Michelle'' for US release (1966) *As "You've Got Your Troubles (I've Got Mine)" the song became a Country & Western hit for
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan were an American country music duo from Florida consisting of guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Jack Blanchard (born May 8, 1942) and his wife, keyboardist/vocalist Misty Morgan (May 23, 1945 – January 1, 2021). The du ...
whose version – taken from their 1969 album ''Birds of a Feather'' – reached number 27 on the Billboard
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, and number 11 in Canada. *Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway produced the recording of their composition "You've Got Your Troubles" recorded by the session group White Plains which version was featured on their 1970 debut album self-titled in the UK and released in the US as ''My Baby Loves Lovin. *Cook and Greenaway also produced a remake of "You've Got Your Troubles" by
the Drifters The Drifters are several American doo-wop and R&B/Soul music, soul vocal groups. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, f ...
which was issued as a single off of the group's 1973 album ''The Drifters Now''. *
Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adul ...
covered the song on his 1978 LP ''
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''.


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