The Righteous Brothers
The following week Black remained in ascendancy at no. 12 with the Righteous Brothers at no. 20. The Righteous Brothers came over to Britain, spent a week promoting the song and performed for television shows in Manchester and Birmingham. At the same time, Andrew Oldham placed a full-page ad on "Melody Maker" promoting the Righteous Brothers version at his own initiative and expense, and urged the readers to watch the Righteous Brothers appearance on the ITV television show "Ready Steady Go!" In its third week on the February 3, 1965 chart, Black jumped to no. 2, while the Righteous Brothers made an even larger jump to no. 3. Hall recalled meeting at a party Brian Epstein, the manager of Black, who said that Black's version would be number one and told Hall, "You haven't a hope in hell."