<P> Meek used his apartment at 304 Holloway Road, Islington (north London) as a recording studio . Three U.K. No. 1 hits were produced there: "Johnny Remember Me" by John Leyton in 1961, "Telstar" by The Tornados in 1962, and the last of them, "Have I the Right?" in 1964 . </P> <P> Conspicuous in "Have I the Right?" is the prominent part of the drums that carry the song . Their effect was enhanced by having the members of the group stamp their feet on the wooden stairs to the studio . Meek recorded the sound with five microphones he had fixed to the banisters with bicycle clips . For the finishing touch someone beat a tambourine directly onto a microphone . The recording was somewhat speeded up, reportedly to the disappointment of Dennis D'Ell, who regretted that he could not reproduce this sound on stage . </P> <P> "Have I the Right?" was presented by Meek to several major labels, who turned it down . It was released in June 1964 on the Pye record label (Pye 7N 15664). Louis Benjamin (1922--1994), Pye's later chairman, rechristened the group The Honeycombs, a pun on the drummer's name and her job as a hairdresser's assistant . The single's sales started slowly, but by the end of July the record started to climb in the UK Singles Chart . At the end of August the record reached No. 1 . Outside the UK "Have I the Right?" was a big success too . The song became #1 in Australia, Canada and Sweden . In the US the record reached #5 and in the Netherlands #2 . "Have I the Right?" sold worldwide about two million copies within a year . </P> <P> In July 1965, the British music magazine NME reported that it had been agreed in the London High Court that "Have I the Right?" was the work of Howard and Blaikley . Composer Geoff Goddard agreed to drop allegations that he, and not they, had written the song . Goddard had been Meek's principal songwriter, but the two had fallen out . He claimed that the song was adapted from his earlier song "Give Me The Chance", but was too shy to testify in court . </P>

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