Don't Treat Me Like a Child

"Don't Treat Me Like a Child"
Single by Helen Shapiro
B-side"When I'm With You"
Released10 February 1961 (1961-02-10) (UK)
Recorded1961
GenrePop
LabelColumbia (EMI)
Songwriter(s)John Schroeder, Mike Hawker
Helen Shapiro singles chronology
"Don't Treat Me Like a Child"
(1961) 		"You Don't Know"
(1961)

"Don't Treat Me Like a Child" is the 1961 debut single of then fourteen-year-old Helen Shapiro, and was written by John Schroeder and Mike Hawker.[1] The song was recorded at Abbey Road, with a nine piece band under the direction of Martin Slavin.[2]

After Helen's appearance on the ITV musical programme Thank Your Lucky Stars, the record took off and reached a peak position of No. 3 in the UK charts, as well as being relatively well received in the rest of Europe.[2]

  1. ^ Leigh, Spencer (10 July 2014). "Mike Hawker: Songwriter who won an Ivor Novello for 'Walkin' Back To Happiness', and also wrote for Dusty Springfield - Obituary". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Dowse, Tony (2011). The Ultimate Helen Shapiro. EMI Gold.