My Little Red Book
In 1966, the L.A. band
Love did their own version, a definitive and far superior one. They released it as a single as well as the lead-off track to their debut album
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You're right about that. Back in the 60's, in my neck of the woods,
My Little Red Book was an obligatory song for every garage band to cover, and everyone did the Love version.
Also from 1966 was a nice lounge version sung by Mel Torme
One of the things that made the song was the dissonant vocal notes. Mel threw them out.
There has been quite a few subsequent versions since then. For instance, in the early 80s we have Toni Basil
She was a very good dancer and choreographer. And, with enough reverb and other studio tricks, her vocals didn't suck.