HELEN SHAPIRO DISCOGRAPHY

Trivia:

EMI deleted these singles after two years...

Walkin' back to happiness entered the UK charts on Helen's 15th birthday.

This was also issued as a single in Germany at the beginning of 1962 and just made the top 30, remaining in the German charts for three months.

Walkin' back to happiness- as demand increased, Decca was asked to press copies...note the difference on the press out section.

Walkin' back to happiness single: The black and silver lable version was probably pressed sometime in 1963, when the Columbia Lable switched to this format, and also dropped the 45- suffix.

Don't treat me like a child single: black and silver label again probably pressed sometime in 1963.

The recording appeared on Billboard's "Hot 100" pop music chart for one week at number 100, 9 December 1961.

You don't know was the first UK single to top the Japanese charts

Doubtful whether these acetates are genuine - seen on eBay.

Versions by other artists:

Mein Reklame-Boy (When I'm with you) Peggy Brown Telefunken U 55445 1962

Denk nicht ich wäre noch Kind (Don't treat me like a child): Susan Singer Ariola 45-45 421

Somebody got in touch some time ago, convinced that Helen had recorded a German version, so this is probably where the confusion was...

En Pikkusisko Olekaan (Don't treat me like a child) Monika Aspelund 45-PAR 923 1963. Tu ne sais pas (You don't know), Je reviens vers le bonheaur (Walkin' back to happiness): Georges Jouvin 7 GF 791 (1962?) - trumpet solos. Walkin' back to happiness: Georges Jouvin (Voix de son Maitre) Walkin' back to happiness: Maxim Saury (Pathe)

Many thanks to Stephane Charts

Gillian Hills EP: En dansant le twist. Her 1962 disc included three covers: Les jolis coeurs (Kiss'n'Run), Je reviens vers le bonheur (Walkin’ back to happiness), and Mon cśur est pręt (Don’t treat me like a child) Barclay 70428.

Jean Campbell covered three of Helen's singles on Embassy (sold in Woolworth's): Don't treat me like a child; WB 449; You don't know: WB 459; Walkin' back to happiness: WB 466.
Jean was 34 when she recorded Don't treat me like a child. She was from Glasgow, and had been a member of the Cyril Stapleton band, later achieving pop culture immortality
by singing "Now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face with mild green Fairy liquid". (source: BBC Sounds Of The Sixties)

Walkin' back to happiness: Suzie Z 1105 (1969)-Sweden German and Italian issues Walkin' back to happiness: Britta Martell (Polydor 24709) (1962) Walkin' back to happiness: Margie Singleton (Mercury 72124) (1963) Walkin' back to happiness: Polish version by Helena Majdaniec S nebyvalou ochotou (Walkin' back to happiness in Czechoslovakian):Marta Kubišová-she copied everything about Helen-her voice, her hair, etc.

Many thanks to Stephane Charts

Side 1 track 2. Povratak sreći (Walkin' back to happiness) Vasilija Radojcic RTB EP-50250 Yugoslavian cover 1963

Walking back to happiness Side 2 track 4. Bob Geldof album: The Vegetarians of Love: PHONOGRAM/MERCURY 846 250-1 (1990 NETHERLANDS)

Helena Majdaniec