peaked at No. 28 in the UK Singles Chart and at No. 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the same year. Lennon produced, McCartney played the guitar and Harrison kept time by tapping his guitar and also playing the tambourine. When the recording was completed, Lennon was so pleased with it that he played it over the phone to Brian Epstein and told him that they had just recorded a No. 1 hit. The Silkie were then scheduled to tour the United States in December 1965 and had even been booked to appear on both The Ed Sullivan Show and American Bandstand, but were unable to obtain the necessary visas and work permits, so their tour was subsequently cancelled. They had already released an album, The Silkie Sing the Songs of Bob Dylan, in 1965 and two further singles, "Keys to My Soul" and "Born to Be With You" were also released in 1966, but all three releases failed to make either the UK or the US charts. In the autumn of 1966 the original Silkie lineup split when Aylesbury and Cunningham departed. Valediction Mike Ramsden and Sylvia Tatler married in January 1966, and they went on to perform as a duo version of The Silkie for a further 35 years, often appearing at their local pub, The Cott Inn at Dartington, Devon sometimes accompanied by their children. Ramsden guested as a vocalist on the album Western Flier, alongside the 20-year-old keyboard player Mike Batt, recorded in 1969 by the proto-psychedelic folk band Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. Mike received a kidney transplant in 1993, but died aged 60 on 17 January 2004 in Totnes, Devon, after a long battle with kidney disease. Sylvia died, aged 73, on 14 July 2018. A funeral wake was subsequently held at The Cott Inn to celebrate Mike and Sylvia's music. Singles "Blood Red River" - June 1965 "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" - October 1965 - UK Singles Chart No. 28, Billboard Hot 100 No. 10 "Keys to My Soul" - February 1966 "Born to Be with You" - June 1966 References External links A retrospective sixteen-track album entitled You've Got To Hide Your Love Away was reissued on CD 30 years after the original group had disbanded English folk musical groups Fontana Records artists