[5] He was a member of many Merseybeat groups during the early sixties including The Vaqueros, Denny Seyton & The Sabres and Four Just Men who released two singles for Parlophone during 1964-65.

[6] He spent several years in Italy, as vocalist and front-man of the 1960s Liverpool beat band The Motowns (originally called Lally Scott & The Black Jacks).

Scottish pop band Middle of the Road later released their version which went on to top the UK Singles Chart in 1971 for five weeks, also reaching number one in the Netherlands.

[8] The song has been covered in many languages, including Vietnamese, Korean, Estonian, Swedish, French, Finnish, Spanish, Dutch and German.

[citation needed] Stott was killed aged 32 in a traffic accident on 3 June 1977 while riding a small commuter bike close to his hometown of Prescot.