A THOUSAND MILES AWAY, The HEARTBEATS, Hull # 720 1956
Flipside: OH BABY DON'T (This one is for Uncle Phil)
Of all the great songs The Heartbeats have recorded, A THOUSAND MILES AWAY is their signature song. To me, James Sheppard was a genius when it came to writing songs for The Heartbeats and Shep & The Limelites. In my opinion every song is great! He co-wrote A THOUSAND MILES AWAY after his ex-girlfriend moved away to Texas. It was recorded in 1956 and charted nationally on Billboard in January 1957. It charted for 17 weeks and reached #53. A THOUSAND MILES AWAY was released again in 1960 on Rama #216 and charted again on Billboard in November of that year reaching #96.

The only other song that charted for them was EVERYBODY'S SOMEBODY'S FOOL on Rama #231 which charted in July 1957 for 3 weeks and reached #78.

The Heartbeats hailed from Jamaica, Queens, New York. The members were James Sheppard, Wally Roker, Vernon Sievers, Albert Crump & Robbie Tatum.

Just some of the other artists who covered A THOUSAND MILES AWAY:
The Four Crickets -Tops #702 1956
The Diamonds -Mercury #71021 1956
Johnny Reed/Group - Major #100 1958
Danny & The Juniors-Swan #4060 1960
The Day Brothers -- Chancellor #1059 1960
Big Bo/Arrows -- Checker #1068 1964
The Cheques - Sur-Speed #214 1969
Earl Lewis/Channels -- Channel #1006 1974

Enjoy this great classic-it doesn't get any better than this!

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