When You Walk In The Room / Put A Little Love In Your Heart

Originally released on Liberty 55645. This is a beautiful copy of the Capitol Silver Spotlight reissue, in its factory sleeve. Besides being one of the iconic singles of the girl group era (even though it flopped here in the U.S.), this amazing recording is important because it's one of the earliest overt expressions of female sexuality on vinyl. When Jackie sings, \r\n

I can feel a new expression on my face
I can feel a loin sensation taking place

\r\nshe isn't suggesting that she has to hit the bathroom. It's really quite remarkable, and may explain why U.S. radio declined to play it. British radio also stayed away, though they were thrilled when the Searchers covered it later in 1964, taking it to #3. The U.S. release made the top 40 at #35. Two other notable features of this recording are the Beatlesque guitar lead (who is that, anyway?), and the Phil Spector Wall-of-Sound production. This is truly one of those gems that were overlooked in their day but whose genius was acknowledged for posterity to enjoy. Note: This scan is a representative image from our archives.