CAN’T YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT
“Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” is a song written by John Carter and Ken Lewis and performed by Herman’s Hermits. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. The song was not released as a single in the United Kingdom, and instead “Show Me Girl” was released. The song appeared on their 1965 album, Their Second Album! Herman’s Hermits on Tour. The song was produced by Mickie Most. The song was ranked #8 on Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of 1965. (More from Wikipedia)
The Goldie and the Gingerbreads 1964 recording of “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” made it to #25 in the UK. Here in this country, Herman’s Hermits released “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” two weeks earlier; the heavy promotion of that song cut them out of the U. S. charts. After meeting Eric Burdon and the Animals, Goldie and the Gingerbreads was signed for a European tour, where they performed with the Who’s Who of the British Invasion: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Yardbirds, the Hollies, the Kinks, and others.
(October 2013)
