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"Stormy" is a hit song by the Classics IV released on their LP Mamas and Papas/Soul Train in 1968. It entered Billboard Magazine October 26, 1968, peaking at #5 [ 4 ] on the Billboard Hot 100 and #26 Easy Listening . [ 5 ]
The Classics IV is an American band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, in 1965. [2] The band, founded by Dennis Yost , is known mainly for the hits " Spooky ", " Stormy ", and " Traces " (released 1967–69), which have become cover standards.
Mamas and Papas/Soul Train is the second album by Classics IV, released in 1968 on Imperial Records. The album was reissued in 1984 by Liberty Records, with "The Girl from Ipanema" omitted from it. [2] [3] [4] The album scratched the Billboard Top LPs, peaking at No. 196. "Stormy" was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
They then added lyrics to a local jazz song which became the hit "Spooky" for the Classics IV, of which both Buie and Cobb were members. [3] Cobb and Buie eventually co-wrote most of the hits for what became Dennis Yost & the Classics IV , including the gold-certified singles "Stormy" and "Traces".
Throughout the next few years, the group released four albums and a slew of Top 40 hits, including "Spooky", "Stormy", and "Traces". By 1970, as Yost was the remaining original member in the group, it changed its name again to Dennis Yost and the Classics IV. After Imperial was absorbed into United Artists Records, the group signed with MGM South.
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[4] [5] Its best-known version was created by James Cobb and producer Buddy Buie for the group Classics IV when they added lyrics about a "spooky little girl". The vocalist was Dennis Yost. [6] The song is noted for its eerie whistling sound effect depicting the spooky woman.
In 1967, he started working with the group Classics IV, writing with the group's guitarist, James Cobb, to add lyrics to Mike Sharpe's instrumental "Spooky". [4] Subsequent songs co-written with Cobb included Sandy Posey's " I Take It Back " and the Classics IV hits " Stormy ", " Traces ", "Every Day With You Girl" and "What Am I Crying For?"