Honeycombs - Have I The Right (Best Quality)

The Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group, founded in 1963 in North London. The group had one chart-topping hit, the million selling "Have I the Right?", in 1964. After that song the interest in the group ebbed away, and they split up in late 1966. The group's most distinguishing mark was their female drummer, Honey Lantree.

The original group members were:

Denis D'Ell (born Denis James Dalziel, 14 October 1943, Whitechapel, East London; died of cancer 6 July 2005- Lead singer and harmonica player
Martin Murray (born 7 October 1939, The City of London) - Rhythm guitar. He was replaced by Peter Pye (born 12 July 1946, Walthamstow, London) in November 1964
Alan Ward (born 12 December 1945, Nottingham - Lead guitar
John Lantree (born John David Lantree, 20 August 1940, Newbury, Berkshire - Bass guitar
Honey Lantree (born Ann Margot Lantree, 28 August 1943, Hayes, Middlesex - Drums and singer

The group started in November 1963 as an amateur band by Martin Murray. Its members were the hairdresser Murray, his salon assistant Honey Lantree, her brother John and two friends. It is unclear whether originally they called themselves The Sherabons or The Sheratons.

Conspicuous in "Have I the Right?" is the prominent part of the drums that carry the song. Their effect was enhanced by making the members of the group stamp their feet on the wooden stairs to the studio. Meek recorded the sound with five microphones he had fixed to the banisters with bicycle clips. For the finishing touch someone beat a tambourine directly onto a microphone. The recording was also somewhat speeded up.This is the RGM classic that broke up Meek and Goddard...as meek said he wrote the song...but Goddard did..

"Have I the Right?" was released in June 1964 on the Pye record label. The sales started slowly, but by the end of July the record started to climb in the UK Singles Chart. At the end of August the record reached #1. Outside the UK "Have I the Right?" was a big success too. The song became #1 in Australia and Canada.[10] In the US the record reached #5 and in the Netherlands #2.The million sale came from the combined UK (over 250,000), US and other countries totals. The Honeycombs also recorded a German version of the song: "Hab ich das Recht?". Both the English and the German version reached #21 in the German charts: the English one in October, the German one in November 1964.