FLASHBACK: Haunting 1961 hit

On this day, this is a song became a 1961 UK #1 hit single for John Leyton, backed by The Outlaws.

The song  is recounting the haunting (real or imagined) of a young man by his dead lover.

It is one of the most noted of the ‘death ditties’ that populated the pop charts in the early to mid-1960s.

It has a particular eerie, echoing sound and by the ghostly, foreboding female wails that form its backing vocal.

The song is Johnny Remember Me by John Leyton.

Were you a fan of this haunting hit?