Johnny Worth

Les Vandyke (born John Worsley; 21 June 1931 in Battersea, South London, England) is a former English popular music singer and later songwriter from the 1950s to the 1980s. He also used the pseudonyms Johnny Worth and John Worth. Over the years Vandyke has penned songs that were recorded by various artists, including Petula Clark, Vince Hill, Engelbert Humperdinck, Anthony Newley, Bobby Vee, Shirley Bassey, Herman's Hermits, Marty Wilde, Bobby Rydell, Cleo Laine, Barbra Streisand, Jimmy Justice, John Leyton, Freddie and the Dreamers, Sammy Davis, Jr. and many more.