This song was a hit for the Merseybeats in 1965, and Bowie does a fantastic not Mersey beat version for his Pinups covers album. But the Merseybeats English hit was a cover of a song by the US one-hit-wonder band, the McCoys. That one hit was not Sorrow, though the song had a long and vital subsequent life.
I remembered the blonde on the swing because she was all over music stuff during that time period. Here she is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Lear