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"Rainy Jane"

Single by Neil Sedaka
B-side	"Jeannine"
Released	1969
Genre	Pop
Label	SGC, Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
Producer(s)	Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield

"Rainy Jane"

Single by Davy Jones
from the album Davy Jones
B-side	"Welcome to My Love"
Released	June 1971
Genre	Pop
Label	Bell
Songwriter(s)	Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield

"Rainy Jane" is a song written and originally recorded by Neil Sedaka in 1969, covered two years later by Davy Jones. Sedaka's rendition became a minor hit in the U.S., Canada and Australia.

Davy Jones version

Former Monkees lead singer Davy Jones covered "Rainy Jane" in 1971 on his album Davy Jones. He achieved a medium hit with the song that summer in the U.S. (No. 52 Billboard, No. 32 Cash Box) and a substantially larger hit in Canada (No. 14 Pop, No. 21 Adult Contemporary).

Chart history

Neil Sedaka

Chart (1969)	Peak position
Australia	78
Canada RPM Top Singles	78
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	131

Davy Jones cover

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	78
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary	21
Canada RPM Top Singles	14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	52
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	32

References

"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-08-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 161. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-07-24. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-08-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 31, 1971

v t e Neil Sedaka
Studio albums	Rock with Sedaka Circulate Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits 3 Great Guys Workin' on a Groovy Thing/Sounds of Sedaka Emergence Solitaire The Tra-La Days Are Over Laughter in the Rain Overnight Success The Hungry Years Steppin' Out A Song All You Need Is the Music In the Pocket Now Come See About Me The Good Times
Compilation albums	Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits Italiano Italiano Vol. 2 Oh! Carol Sedaka's Back Oh Carol Let's Go Steady Again Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits (1977) The '50s and '60s 14 Knockouts The Many Sides of Neil Sedaka Sunny Neil Sedaka's Greatest Hits (1980) My Friend Neil Sedaka: All Time Greatest Hits All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974–1980 The Very Best of Neil Sedaka Oh Carol: The Complete Recordings, 1955–66 Stairway to Heaven: The Best of Neil Sedaka Love Songs
Live albums	Live at the Royal Festival Hall On Stage
Singles	"The Diary" "I Go Ape" "Crying My Heart Out for You" "Oh! Carol" "One-Way Ticket To The Blues" "Stairway to Heaven" "You Mean Everything to Me" "Run Samson Run" "Calendar Girl" "Little Devil" "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "Next Door to an Angel" "La terza luna" "Lettera bruciata" "Our Last Song Together" "Laughter in the Rain" "The Immigrant" "That's When the Music Takes Me" "Bad Blood" "Love in the Shadows" "Amarillo" "Should've Never Let You Go" "Your Precious Love" "Rhythm of the Rain"
Other songs	"Stupid Cupid" "Fallin'" "Frankie" "Where the Boys Are" "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" "Rainy Jane" "Puppet Man" "Time Waits for No One" "One Day of Your Life" "Summer Symphony" "One More Mountain to Climb" "Ring Ring" "Solitaire" "Don't Hide Your Love" "The Other Side of Me" "The Way I Am" "Sad Eyes" "Love Will Keep Us Together" "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" "You Never Done It Like That"
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v t e Davy Jones
Studio albums	David Jones (1965) Davy Jones (1971) Incredible Revisited (1987) Just Me (2001)
Singles	"Girl"
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