‘Hey Girl’: The Small Faces Think Big With Their First Self-Written Hit

‘Hey Girl’: The Small Faces Think Big With Their First Self-Written Hit

Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott often made no secret of his disdain for the lightweight pop sound that he wanted the group to rise above. But after their first UK Top 10 hit, the team around them, and especially manager Don Arden, wanted more. So the pressure was on to find an appropriate follow-up to “Sha La La La Lee,” which climbed all the way to No.3 in the British charts in March 1966, spending six weeks in the Top 10. After that Kenny …