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• Jeff from UkSadly because it was at 1 in Melody Maker for 1 week then NME for the next 2 (not both at the same time), the BBC average chart as used by Pick and Top of the Pops had it peaking only at 2 for that period, behind The Good The Bad and The Ugly, so really unlucky not to be No. 1 for the general public apart from readers of those 2 papers.
• Daniel from Cape TownThis song reached Number One in the UK. Both the New Musical Express and the Melody Maker listed it as being Number One.
  
  Only the Record Retailer listed it as peaking at Number 2. I have British Music books(encyclopedia/guide types) printed in the 80s and 90s that state unambiguously that it was a British chart-topper.
  
  Sadly, the least-known publication became the so-called "Official" version.
• K from BritainAnybody notice similarities between Eloise The Damned and Angelica by Roy Hamilton?
• Martin from Gloucestershire, EnglandMy Dad, Dougie Wright, played drums on the original recording of Eloise by Barry Ryan. Dougie was the first call session drummer in London during the 60’s and 70’s and played on 15 #1’s and over 40 major hits during that period, including classics such as ‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’ (Jeff Beck), ‘Je t’aime’ (Serge Gainsbourg), ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore’, and ‘Make it Easy on Yourself’ (The Walker Brothers). Now 85 and living in Leicestershire, he’s just released his latest single…in a style he calls “electro accoustic jazz rap”. Check it out on YouTube … search for Our Dougie
• Eloise from Leicester EnglandMy mum named me after this song I was born in November 1968
• Marionrosanna Anna from AustraliaI am a big Led Zeppelin fan. I had no idea they (Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones) did the studio session for "Eloise". What a great discovery 52 years later, as Eloise was a childhood favourite song, all the drama of the film clip set on a windy beach!
• Kerry from Melbourne. Australia.Always liked this. Thanks Paul and Barry.

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