Say It Again - RAY BROWN & THE WHISPERS (1965) - Pop Archives - Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s and 70s

RAY BROWN & THE WHISPERS
Say It Again
(P.F. Sloan - Steve Barri)
Australia 1965
#1 Sydney

Single on Leedon, B-side of Pride. Both sides co-charted in Sydney.

Chart-topping Sydney band that originated in the surf music scene as The Nocturnes. After acquiring Ray Brown as their lead singer, they went on to become one of the most popular Australian bands of the British Invasion era.

Further reading: Ray Brown history at Milesago.

Disambiguation: 1. This is not Ray Brown, the American jazz bassist (1926-2002). 2. These Whispers are not the American R&B vocal group formed in 1964.

TERRY BLACK
Say It Again
(P.F. Sloan - Steve Barri)
Canada 1964
Original version
#44 Canada #25 Perth

Single on Canadian label ARC, also on Tollie in USA.

Terry Black: Canadian singer from Vancouver, born 1949, who moved to Hollywood in 1966.

On his album The Black Plague (Canada, 1964) on the ARC label. Many of the songs on the album were written and produced by Sloan and Barri. See the Terry Black page at the P.F. Sloan website which includes P.F. Sloan's comments on working with Terry Black.

P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri's compositions include Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers) and A Must To Avoid (Herman's Hermit's). They wrote What Am I Doing Here With You, recorded in Australia by Bev Harrell.

P.F. Sloan's best-known composition is probably Eve Of Destruction (Barry Maguire), and he also wrote, for example, Take Me For What I'm Worth (The Searchers).

Further reading: Discographies and background at the P.F. Sloan website.