Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.579. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 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. 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 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. 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

Finnish versions have been recorded by many artists, including Tapio Rautavaara (1962), Olavi Virta (1962), Topi Sorsakoski (1985), and Kari Tapio (1986). [8] a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.320. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 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. 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]Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Conciseed.). Virgin Books. p.753. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.

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The song was covered in 1983 by singer John Spencer in Dutch, titled "Johnny, vergeet me niet". [9] [10] a b Young, Graham (20 December 2013). "Film star who broke into big time". Birmingham Post . Retrieved 3 June 2015. The John Leyton Hit Parade (His Master's Voice 7EG8747) – "Lone Rider" / "Son This Is She" / "Lonely City" / "It Would Be Easy" John Leyton (Top Rank JKP3016) – "Wild Wind" / "You Took My Love for Granted" / "Johnny Remember Me" / "There Must Be" John Leyton - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish) . Retrieved 7 December 2021.