Jesamine

"Jesamine" is a song written by Marty Wilde (Frere Manston) and Ronnie Scott (Jack Gellar), and recorded by the English band the Casuals. Initially recorded by the Bystanders as "When Jezamine Goes", the version released by The Casuals became a hit song when it was released as a single in August 1968. It reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1968.[2]

Not to be confused with Jessamine.
"Jesamine"
Single by The Casuals
B-side"I've Got Something Too"
ReleasedAugust 1968
Genre
Length3:30
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Frere Manston, Jack Gellar

Background

The song was written by Marty Wilde and Ronnie Scott under the pseudonyms of Frere Manston and Jack Gellar.[3] It was originally recorded by the Bystanders, a band managed by Scott, and released under the title "When Jezamine Goes" on Pye Records.[4][5] The song, however, failed to make any impact on the chart.

A version of the song was then recorded by the Casuals based largely on the Bystanders' arrangement. This version was successful in many countries; in the UK it reached No. 2, but kept off the No. 1 spot by Mary Hopkin's "Those Were The Days".[6]

Reception

Paul Weller has described "Jesamine" as one of his favourite records.[6] It was one of the songs in his record collection that he discussed on the 8 February 1998 BBC Radio One edition of All Back to Mine, describing it as "a beautiful record", that he loved the melody, and found it "sad", "nostalgic" but "really inspiring".[7] He included it in the 2003 compilation of songs that influenced him, Under the Influence.[8]

Robin Carmody of Freaky Trigger praised the song's "charming, sun-kissed flight" and grouped it among other early British bubblegum pop songs, like the Love Affair's "Everlasting Love" (1967) and the Tremeloes' "Suddenly You Love Me" (1968) for their emerging sense of optimism, "not in a cloying or false way, but appealingly (and unreachably) pre-ironic."[1]

Charts
Chart (1968–69) Peak
position
Australia (Go-Set)[9] 21
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[11] 28
France[12] 62
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 8
New Zealand (Listener Chart)[15] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[16] 6
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 2
West Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 9

References
  1. Carmody, Robin (1 January 2002). "The Cottage Industry of Moments". Freaky Trigger. p. 1. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. "The Casuals: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  3. Carlin, Marcello (2011). The Blue in the Air. Zero Books. ISBN 9781846945960.
  4. "The BystandersWhen Jezamine Goes / Cave Of Clear Light".
  5. Driver, Jim (2010). The Mammoth Book of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9781849014618.
  6. Dunbavan, Peter (2017). An Avid's Guide to Sixties Songwriters.
  7. "All Back to Mine: Paul Weller". BBC Genome. 5 February 1998. Event occurs at 29'55"–34'05". p. 114. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  8. "Track listing of Under the Influence". Amazon.com. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  9. "Go-Set Australian charts - 1 January 1969". Poparchives.com.au.
  10. "The Casuals – Jesamine" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  11. "The Casuals – Jesamine" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  12. "Les Compagnons de la chanson". infordisc. Select "Casuals" from list
  13. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Jesamine". Irish Singles Chart.
  14. "The Casuals – Jesamine" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  15. "The Casuals (search)". Flavour of New Zealand.
  16. "The Casuals – Jesamine". VG-lista.
  17. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Casuals – Jesamine". GfK Entertainment charts.
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