1965
SHOTGUN WEDDING * ROY "C" * ISLAND 273 * UK
Originally released as by Roy Hammond and the Souls on Hammond 001, and subsequently on Black Hawk 12101; it was released in the UK on Island with two different B sides, I Am Gonna Make It - which was the first and corresponds with the American issue - then with High School Dropout which was his follow up cut in the States. The record sold very well in the UK and spent eleven weeks on the charts in the spring of 1966 reaching number 6, it was re-released in 1972 when it spent a further thirteen on the charts peaking at number eight. Given the records success - due in part the the sound of gun fire - it is Surprising he never had many other records released in the UK, the above was his first and there was only one other released during the 60s, an earlier recording Twistin Pneumonia