DESCRIPTION:
South African artist born in Durban in 1945. He formed The Blue Jeans in 1957 (when all the members were still at school), with:
• Dickie Loader – guitar, vocals
• Ian Wells – piano
• Ray Boonzaaier – bass
• Des Ray – sax
• Noel Glover – drums

In 1960 Dickie backed Marty Wilde on his tour of South Africa, which resulted in him spending a year in London playing guitar with Georgie Fame and Billy Fury. On his return to South Africa he reformed The Blue Jeans with:
• Graham Beggs – guitar
• Don Christie – bass (killed in a car accident in 1965, replaced by Adrian Agrella)
• Noel Glover – drums

Dave Pollecut (guitar) and Mike Slavin (1967 - guitar) joined the group at later stages, as did Neil Herbert (guitar) and Howie Jones (drums) in 1968. Pamela Dean also sang with The Blue Jeans occasionally. They broke up in 1968 when Dickie was involved in a serious car accident, and was forced to retire from the live music scene. He did, however, continue with studio recordings, either solo or with his wife Karleen. In 1979 he and Karleen resumed live appearances as Romeo, later changing their name to Scotland Yard, before settling on Dickie and Karleen Loader.

This song is off their first album, “My Babe”, released in 1963. It was written by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera, "Porgy and Bess", with lyrics by DuBose Heyward. There are over 25,000 recordings of the song, with Billie Holiday's 1936 recording being the first to reach the US pop charts.