Editing Charlie Drake (section)

=== Recording career ===
Drake made a number of records, most of them produced by [[George Martin]] for the [[Parlophone]] label.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book
| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd 
| location= London
| page= 69
| id= CN 5585}}</ref> The first, "Splish Splash", a [[cover version]] of a [[rock and roll]] song originally recorded by [[Bobby Darin]], got into the [[Top 40|Top 10]] of the [[UK Singles Chart]], reaching number 7 in 1958.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 167}}</ref> In 1961, "[[My Boomerang Won't Come Back]]" became a mid-chart UK hit (No. 14) and an edited, more politically correct, version (with one word overdubbed) was a No 21 US hit, a follow-up to "[[Mr. Custer]]" (No. 12 UK charts).

In 1972 Drake recorded a spoof song called 'Puckwudgie' on Columbia records. It referred to a 2-or-3-foot-tall (0.61 or 0.91 m) being from the [[Wampanoag]] folklore. It reached number 47 in the BBC Top 50 in early 1972.

[[Peter Gabriel]], after leaving [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] in late 1975, produced a single "You Never Know" for Drake (UK Charisma), with [[Sandy Denny]] on backing vocals and [[Phil Collins]] on drums. It was not a [[record chart|chart]] success.