Editing Small Faces (section)

=== Decca years (1965–67) ===

====Signing to Decca and first two singles (1965)====
{{Main|Whatcha Gonna Do About It|I've Got Mine}}
The band signed a management contract with management impresario [[Don Arden]], and they were in turn signed to [[Decca Records]] for recording.<ref name="allmusic"/> They released a string of high-energy mod/soul singles on the label. Their debut single was in 1965 with "[[Whatcha Gonna Do About It]]", a Top 20 [[UK singles chart]] hit.<ref name="allmusic"/> Marriott and Lane are credited with creating the instrumental to the song, "borrowing" the guitar [[riff]] from the [[Solomon Burke]] record "[[Everybody Needs Somebody to Love]]".<ref name="allmusic"/> The lyrics were co-written by the Drifters band member [[Ian Samwell]] (who wrote one of the first British [[rock'n'roll]] records, "[[Move It]]") and [[Brian Potter (musician)|Brian Potter]].<ref name="allmusic"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Hewitt, Hellier|pages=93–94|year=2004|title=All Too Beautiful|publisher=Helter Skelter Publishing|title-link=Steve Marriott – All Too Beautiful...}}</ref>

The group failed to capitalise on the success of their first single with the follow-up which was written by Marriott/Lane, the hard-edged mod number "[[I've Got Mine]]".<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="bbc3"/> The band appeared as themselves in a 1965 [[crime film]] titled ''[[Dateline Diamonds]]'' starring [[Kenneth Cope]] as the band's manager and it featured the band playing their second single release.<ref name="movie">{{cite web|title=Dateline Diamonds |publisher=The Spinning Image|url=http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1318|access-date=2011-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Muise|page=90|year=2002|title=Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer & Trower: their lives and music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JI4LHXgz7YEC&q=Dateline+Diamonds++Small+Faces&pg=PA90|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780634029561}}</ref><ref name="radio">{{cite web|title=Dateline Diamonds|publisher=Radio London|url=http://radiolondon.co.uk/rl/scrap60/fabforty/65fabs/april66/datelinediamonds.html|access-date=2011-01-30}}</ref> Arden thought the band's song would receive publicity from the film; however, the film's UK release was delayed, and "I've Got Mine" subsequently failed to chart despite receiving good reviews.

Shortly thereafter, Jimmy Winston left the band for an acting and music solo career. He went on to succeed as an actor in TV, film and became a successful business man.<ref name="ianmclagan2">{{cite web|title=Small Faces Talk to You: The Story of the Small Faces in their own Words – Four Small Faces|publisher=Ian McLagan Official Site|url=http://www.ianmclagan.com/sf/four.htm|access-date=2011-01-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114134258/http://www.ianmclagan.com/sf/four.htm|archive-date=14 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="allmusic3">{{cite web|title=Jimmy Winston Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p139105/biography|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2011-01-31}}</ref> In a 2000 interview, Kenney Jones said the reason Winston was fired from the band was because "He (Winston) got above his station and tried to compete with Steve Marriott."<ref name="officialfaces">{{cite web|title=Kenney Jones Interview|publisher=the Official Faces Homepage|url=http://www.the-faces.com/kenney/kenint1.htm|access-date=2011-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610215336/http://www.the-faces.com/kenney/kenint1.htm|archive-date=10 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Winston subsequently said he left the group over conflicts between Arden and Winston's brother.<ref>{{Cite web|title=interview|url=http://www.wappingwharf.com/winston.htm}}</ref>

==== ''Small Faces'' and further hit singles (1966) ====
{{Main|Small Faces (1966 album)}}
[[File:SmallFaces1966.png|thumb|Small Faces in 1966]]
Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan, whose keyboard talents and diminutive stature fit with the groove of the band perfectly.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="ianmclagan2"/> McLagan played his first performance with the band on 2 November 1965.<ref>{{Cite book|title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years|last=Tobler|first=John|publisher=Reed International Books Ltd.|year=1992|location=London|page=152|id=CN 5585}}</ref>
The new Small Faces line-up hit the charts with their third single, "[[Sha-La-La-La-Lee]]", released on 28 January 1966.<ref name="allmusic"/> It was written for the group by [[Mort Shuman]] (who wrote many of [[Elvis Presley]]'s biggest singles, including "[[Viva Las Vegas (song)|Viva Las Vegas]]") and popular English entertainer and singer [[Kenny Lynch]]. The song was a big hit in Britain, peaking at number three in the UK singles chart.<ref name="allmusic"/> Their first album, ''[[Small Faces (1966 album)|Small Faces]]'', released on 6 May 1966, was also a considerable success.<ref name="bbc3"/><ref name="allmusic4">{{cite web|title=The Small Faces Review|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r49569/review|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2011-01-31}}</ref> They rapidly rose in popularity with each chart success, becoming regulars on British pop TV shows such as ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'' and ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', and toured incessantly in the UK and Europe. Their popularity peaked in August 1966, when "[[All or Nothing (Small Faces song)|All or Nothing]]", their fifth single, hit the top of the UK charts.<ref name="bbc3"/> According to Marriott's mother Kay, he is said to have written the song about his breakup with his ex-fiancée Susan Oliver. On the success of "All or Nothing" they were set to tour America with [[the Lovin' Spoonful]] and [[the Mamas & the Papas]], but these plans were shelved by Don Arden after details of Ian McLagan's recent drug conviction were leaked.<ref>{{cite book|author=Twelker, Schmitt|page=42|year=2002|title=The Small Faces & Other Stories|publisher=Bobcat Books}}</ref>

By 1966, despite being one of the highest-grossing live acts in the country and scoring many successful singles, including four UK Top 10 chart hits, the group still had little money. After a confrontation with Arden who tried to face down the boys' parents by claiming that the whole band were using drugs, they broke with both Arden and Decca.<ref>{{cite book|author=Muise|page=91|year=2002|title=Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer & Trower: their lives and music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JI4LHXgz7YEC&q=Small+Faces+Don+Arden&pg=PA89|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780634029561}}</ref>