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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.
"Just Like Me" is a 1965 single by Paul Revere & the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay as vocalist. It was released on Columbia Records and marked the beginning of a string of garage rock classics. As their second major national hit, "Just Like Me" reached #11 on the US charts and was one of the first rock records, due to guitarist Drake Levin ...
The band's keyboardist Paul Revere promoted the single on radio stations across the country. After four years without a Raiders Top 10 hit since " Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be? ", "Indian Reservation" reached the top of the charts on July 24, becoming the first and only number one hit for the band.
Paul Revere & the Raiders and their manager Roger Hart were inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame on 13 October 2007. In 2010 the band was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame . The garage rock revival and grunge movements—and individual acts such as the Paisley Underground —have cited the Raiders as an influence.
In contrast with the Raiders' previous top 10 hit, the guitar-driven "Kicks", the single "Hungry" has bassist Phil Volk playing the main riff. [4] The creation of the bass line in "Hungry" was complex. It required that the bass part be recorded 3 times, then overdubbed. The components had to be synchronized: first, a normal bass line.
The song is one of the two songs of Paul Revere & the Raiders, along with "Indian Reservation", to be included in the Kent Hartman's list of songs played by the Wrecking Crew in the book The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret. [4]
In the meantime, the American band Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded the song which appeared on their album Midnight Ride, released in May 1966. The song is simple musically, with a repeating verse chord progression of E major, G major, A major, and C major, and a repeating bridge in cut time of E major, G major, A major, and G major.
"Let Me!" is a song written by Mark Lindsay and performed by Paul Revere & the Raiders. The song was arranged and produced by Mark Lindsay. [1] It was featured on their 1969 album Alias Pink Puzz. [2] It reached #20 on the U.S. pop chart in 1969. [3] The song ranked #100 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1969. [4]