“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” – The Walker Brothers
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On this day in 1966, the Walker Brothers’ cover of “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (it was originally recorded by Frankie Valli) made it to #1 in the UK. It reached the top 10 in at least six other countries and peaked at #13 in the US.
According to one source, this is regarded as a “death song” in the UK because of an incident that occurred on March 9, 1966. That's when notorious gangster Ronnie Kray shot and killed rival gangster George Cornell in a London pub. The song supposedly was playing on the pub's jukebox during the shooting and a stray bullet hit the machine, causing the record to repeat the line "The sun ain't gonna shine anymore…anymore…anymore...” while Cornell lay dying a few feet away.
Don’t know how much of this I believe. The part about Kray killing Cornell in a pub is true, but I’m not so sure about the rest of it.
On this day in 1966, the Walker Brothers’ cover of “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (it was originally recorded by Frankie Valli) made it to #1 in the UK. It reached the top 10 in at least six other countries and peaked at #13 in the US.
According to one source, this is regarded as a “death song” in the UK because of an incident that occurred on March 9, 1966. That's when notorious gangster Ronnie Kray shot and killed rival gangster George Cornell in a London pub. The song supposedly was playing on the pub's jukebox during the shooting and a stray bullet hit the machine, causing the record to repeat the line "The sun ain't gonna shine anymore…anymore…anymore...” while Cornell lay dying a few feet away.
Don’t know how much of this I believe. The part about Kray killing Cornell in a pub is true, but I’m not so sure about the rest of it.
