IF BRIAN EPSTEIN OR GEORGE MARTIN WERE KNOW AS A FIFTH BEATLE THEN DICK JAMES GOES UNDER THE RADAR A BIT AS A " SIXTH " BEATLE. HE SET UP NORTHERN SONGS WITH THEM & REMAINED QUITE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THEM UNTIL HE SOLD HIS STAKE TO LEW GRADE AT ATV MUSIC WITHOUT TELLING THEM, LARGELY BECAUSE HE WAS FED UP WITH JOHN & PAUL MOANING ABOUT THEIR ORIGINAL PERCENTAGE ( THERE IS FILM OF ONE OF THESE ACRIMONIOUS EXCHANGES FROM THE SUMMER OF 1968 ). & EVEN RECENTLY PAUL STILL COMPLAINS HE HAS NOT HAD A PAY RISE ! ASIDE FROM BEING A MUSIC PUBLISHER JAMES WAS A MINOR ARTIST IN HIS OWN RIGHT & FANCIED HIMSELF A BIT OF A CROONER, SO, LIKE GEORGE MARTIN WOULD RECORD HIS VERSIONS OF THEIR SONGS LIKE THIS ONE WHICH ARE MUCH LESS WELL KNOWN. I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITE.
