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"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is a single released in 1974 by rock/jazz rock group Steely Dan and the opening track of their third album Pretzel Logic. It was the most successful single of the group's career, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1974.
Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a full band lineup, Becker and Fagen chose to stop performing live by the end of 1974 and continued Steely Dan as a studio-only duo, utilizing a ...
[14] Aaron regards it as Steely Dan's song that remains most faithful to the blues, but acknowledges that a few non-blues chords are incorporated into the refrain. [9] Scoppa particularly praised the electric guitar improvisations for their originality and for pedal steel guitar parts that don't sound like country music. [14]
"Any Major Dude Will Tell You" is a song written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker that was first released by Steely Dan on their 1974 album Pretzel Logic. It was also released as the B-side of the first single from that album "Rikki Don't Lose That Number". It was later released on several of the band's compilation albums.
Steely Dan set: On the Eagles tour, Fagen performs 10 songs drawn from Steely Dan’s 1972-1980 albums, and two cover songs to bookend his set. The show includes tracks from “Pretzel Logic ...
At one point in the documentary, Price rings up Donald Fagen, 76, the surviving full-time member of Steely Dan, the landmark '70s group behind yacht rock classics like "Ricki Don't Lose My Number ...
A simple statement on the Steely Dan website reads: “It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of our friend and colleague JIM BEARD 1960 - 2024.” Beard was born in Ridley Park ...
Steely Dan often incorporated jazz into their music during the 1970s. [10] For example, on this album, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" appropriates the bass pattern from Horace Silver 's 1965 song " Song for My Father ", [ 10 ] and "Parker's Band" features riffs influenced by Charlie Parker and a lyric that invites listeners to "take a piece of ...