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"Kicks" is a song composed by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, best known as a 1966 hit for American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders. Mann and Weill wrote the song for the Animals, but the band's lead singer Eric Burdon turned it down. [3] Instead, Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded and released it as a single in 1966.
Midnight Ride peaked at number nine on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. [6] The album was certified gold in the U.S. on March 20, 1967. [7] Music critic Bruce Eder said the album "marked just about the pinnacle of Paul Revere & the Raiders' history as a source of great albums."
The circumstance of their meeting was later referred to in the tongue-in-cheek song "Legend of Paul Revere", recorded by the group. Lindsay joined Revere's band in 1958. Originally called the Downbeats, they changed their name to Paul Revere & the Raiders in 1960 on the eve of their first record release for Gardena Records.
Paul Revere Dick (January 7, 1938 – October 4, 2014) [1] was an American musician, best known for being the leader, keyboardist and (by dropping his last name to create the stage name) namesake of Paul Revere & the Raiders.
"Paul Revere" is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the third single from their debut album Licensed to Ill (1986). It was written by Adam Horovitz, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Rick Rubin. It was produced by Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys. The song tells a fictional story of how the Beastie Boys met.
"Louie, Go Home" is a song written by Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay as a sequel after Richard Berry declined their request for a follow-up to "Louie Louie". [2] It was recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders in 1963 and released in March 1964. The group recorded two versions of the song. The original (with sax opening) was only released as a ...
Here They Come! is the third studio album by American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders and the group's first release on Columbia Records. [2] It was released on May 3, 1965. The first side of the album, produced by Bruce Johnston , features cover songs that were recorded live.
The band's popularity began to wane during the late 1960s, but in 1971 they released their first U.S. number one single, "Indian Reservation", a song written by John D. Loudermilk. [2] However, the band did not duplicate the song's success with any subsequent singles, and by 1975 Columbia Records abandoned the group. [2]