The Heavy Boxes' stellar set at the Uke Cabaret this Saturday was made up of several mini-themes, such as state songs, originals, Obscure 60's non-hits and the comings and goings of people named Johnny. From the latter two came a pair of songs I felt compelled to track down and present to you here. The first, "My Johnny Doesn't Come Around Anymore" is a B standard girl group ode to loneliness and abandonment from Flip and The Dateliners, one of the many recording projects from Joe Meek, a legendary UK record producer...like a British Phil Spector, guns and all (he shot himself to death at age 37. The second is "Think of Rain" by Margo Guryan, from her 1968 debut album Take a Picture, a break-up song that would later be covered by Astrud Gilberto among others.

Obscure 60"s non-hits