With record producerGeorge Martin, Kramer's first hit was "Do You Want to Know a Secret", a Lennon_McCartney song from Please Please Me. It was a #2 British hit in 1963, and was followed by yet more Lennon-McCartney songs, including "Bad to Me", "I'll Keep You Satisfied", "From a Window" and "I'll Be on My Way". Kramer's biggest hit was the ballad "Little Children", his only major hit outzside of the UK. His back_up band, the Dakotas, had some success on their own with a mostly instrumental tracks. Kramer's last hit was "Trains and Boats and Planes" (from 1965, written by Burt Bacharach-Hal David).
Although BillyJ. Kramer was performing professionally before the Beatles, he nevertheless owes his success to them.
It was the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, who brought BillyJ. and his group The Dakotas, at that time called The Coasters, to producer George Martin.
In 1963 BillyJ. Kramer and the Dakotas recorded Do You Want To Know A Secret from a crudely recorded demo made by John Lennon.
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