Those Memories of You

Those Memories of You was a single by the Bobby Fuller Four (then known as Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics), written by Jim Pewter, and released in December of 1964 on Donna Records. The song was the band's first release upon their relocation to Hollywood, and their first release on the Del-Fi label. This was the group's first and only release on the Donna Records subsidiary; afterwards, the group's records were released on Mustang Records. The B-side to this single was the surf instrumental, "Our Favorite Martian".

History
At the end of November 1964, Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics were signed to Del-Fi by Bob Keane, and "Those Memories of You", written by Jim Pewter, was selected to be the group's first single on the Donna label (the group, however, had freedom over the B-side). Pewter wrote the song earlier in 1964 as a demo for Dick Dale in a publishing agreement with Terry Melcher, however, he never ended up recording it. Instead, Melcher pitched the song to Keane, whose chose it to be recorded by Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics. The single failed to chart. Bassist Randy Fuller recounts that the song sounded "squirrely." In 1975, Pewter and Dale revisited the demo, and Dale eventually released his own rendition of the song as a single in July 1975.

Personnel

 * Bobby Fuller - guitar, vocals
 * Randy Fuller - bass, backing vocals
 * Jim Reese - guitar, backing vocals
 * DeWayne Quirico - drums

Featured On

 * Never to Be Forgotten: The Mustang Years (1998)
 * The Best of the Bobby Fuller Four (2003)

General References

 * Dick Dale and His Del-Tones (CD liner). GNP Crescendo Records. 1992.
 * Never to Be Forgotten: The Mustang Years (CD liner). Del-Fi Records. 1998.