Australian singles charts:
Go Now! entered the Kent charts on 13 February 1965 and peaked at #12. The song was #90 on the Top 100 of 1965.
Album:
The song is on the 1965 Moody Blues debut album The Magnificent Moodies.
Songwriters:
Larry Banks, Milton Bennett
Producer:
Denny Cordell
Record label of Australian release:
Decca
Denny Laine sings Go Now! on television in 1977
Denny sang lead vocals on The Moody Blues recording in 1964. By 1977 he was a key member of Paul McCartney’s band Wings.
Songfacts:
Before The Moody Blues recorded it, Go Now was an obscure soul single by Bessie Banks, who released it in 1964.
This was The Moody Blues’ second single, the first being the unsuccessful Lose Your Money. Their next few releases did not fare as well and the lead singer on this track, Denny Laine, whose pained vocals added so much to the single, left the band to set up his own Electric String Band in 1966. He later joined forces with Paul McCartney in Wings.
The Moody Blues re-formed a short time later with new members Justin Hayward and John Lodge, who became the group’s primary songwriters.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-moody-blues/go-now
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