Here you see it honored with an Authentic, Disc Award Ltd., In-House Gold Record. A classic award format of the period…
Here’s the backstory of the accomplishment (from Wikipedia)…
In early 1965, The Strangeloves, a New York Cityrock band, wanted to make the song the follow-up to their hit single “I Want Candy” and began performing the song in concert. However, the Dave Clark Five, with whom they were touring, told the Strangeloves that they were going to record their own version of the song when they returned to England, copying the Strangeloves’ crowd-pleasing arrangement. The Strangeloves realized that the Dave Clark Five’s version would probably outsell their own, but they weren’t ready to release a new single yet because they were still enjoying the success of “I Want Candy” from a few months earlier. The answer presented itself when a young rock group named Rick and the Raiders opened for (and provided backing for) The Strangeloves in July in Dayton, Ohio. The Strangeloves — who were, in reality, three successful writer/producers from Brooklyn, New York — recruited Rick and The Raiders to release the song under their name. Their 16-year-old leader, Rick Zehringer, was flown to New York to record his lead vocal over The Strangeloves’ already-recorded backing tracks. It was decided to change the name of Rick’s group to The McCoys to avoid confusion with another popular band of the era, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and Rick himself began using the stage name Rick Derringer. The single was released on Bang Records and entered the chart on August 14, 1965, effectively beating the Dave Clark Five to the charts. The single went on to hit number one on October 2.
