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"Riot in Cell Block #9" is a R&B song composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1954. The song was first recorded by The Robins the same year. [1] That recording was one of the first R&B hits to use sound effects and employed a Muddy Waters stop-time riff as the instrumental backing.
Leon Russell, "pumping chords all the way through" as a session player on The Top-40 Song Book, a 1964 singalong album by arranger H. B. Barnum and producer David Axelrod. [216] The Sentinals, on their 1964 album Vegas Go Go. [175] Pat Metheny, in the 1960s with his first group, The Beat Bombs. [217] John Fogerty, live in 1964 with the ...
The song is a prodigal son allegory about a young man (the story's metaphorical "robin") who could not fly and could only walk all the way back to his old home in Missouri, following a life of partying in the big city jazz scene - or the repercussions that happened as a result. During the course of the song, it transpired that he had "met a ...
Neutral something just sounds wrong about this recording that I can't put my finger on. --Guerillero | My Talk 01:08, 25 February 2011 (UTC) I wouldn't call the first chord "horrid", but yea it's not great. Indeed vibrato is a bit strong. Overall agree with Tony. Jujutacular talk 04:17, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
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The Robins were a successful and influential American R&B group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal groups who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop sound. [2] They were founded by Ty Terrell, and twin brothers Billy Richards and Roy Richards. Bobby Nunn soon joined the lineup.
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A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing song, but with a new melody and arrangement.Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition.