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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

745-Adam Faith-What Do You Want?

1959-Number 1 single.

Best Bit-At 0.43.Blink and you’ll miss it.At 1.33, this is the shortest UK Number 1 song ever.

Adam Faith was born Terence Nelhams-Wright on 23rd June 1940, in Acton, Middlesex, England, he died on 8th March 2003, from a heart attack, he was the first UK artist to reach the top 5 with each of his first seven hit singles.In total he had 23 top 40 entry’s including two Number 1’s, with ‘Poor Me’ being the other.As well as being a ‘Teen Idol’ Faith was also an actor in films, and television, starring in ‘Budgie’ between 1971-1972, and appearing in eight films including ‘Beat Girl’ in 1960, and ‘Stardust,’ in 1974. In the 1970’s he went into music management, managing Leo Sayer, among others,he also co-produced Roger Daltrey’s first solo Album, which included the hit ‘Giving It All Away.’

‘What Do You Want?’ was the breakthrough hit for Adam Faith, it was written by Les Vandyke (see also best songs 997,) produced by John Burgess (1932-2014,) and arranged by John Barry (1933-2011.) Vandyke has written 25 top 40 UK hits, including ‘Poor Me,”Gonna Make You an Offer You Can’t Refuse'(Jimmy Helms,) and ‘Jack in the Box’ (Clodagh Rodgers.)

‘One of these days when you need my kissing, one of these days when you want me too.’