"johnny remember me" was the first of a string of british hit recordings from the meek/stigwood/leyton team, and their success set a new pattern for the industry: according to simon napier-bell, within a couple of years, over half the hits in the uk were independent productions. leyton's next single, "wild wind" (september 1961) went to #2, and he scored seven more top 50 hits over the next two years. but his later chart placings were erratic: his third single, "son, this is she", only made #14; and his fourth, a cover of goddard's "lone rider", barely scraped into the chart at #40.