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The original studio version, recorded at Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle, Washington, features prominent piano, played by Durkee in one take. Randy Bachman had repeatedly claimed that Durkee was delivering pizzas to the studio, and convinced the band upon hearing playbacks of "Takin' Care of Business" that the song needed a piano part that he could play.
"Mockin' Bird Hill" is a song written in 3/4 time by Calle Jularbo, with lyrics by George Vaughn Horton. It is perhaps best known through recordings by Patti Page , Horton's own Pinetoppers, and the duo of Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1951, or by Donna Fargo 's 1977 version, but many other artists have also recorded the song.
He was on the album at the age of seventeen and he didn't know a lot about life and music, but he knew 8 chords and he recorded the song, Shortnin' Bread, and it became a hit. By the early 1960s, the group disbanded, leaving DiGregorio to find other gigs which included playing in a lounge band in Florida under the name of Little Joe and the ...
Lydia Lunch released her version of the song on her 1980 album Queen of Siam. The lyrics are addressed to "a spooky little boy". Another gender-flipped version was recorded by Martha Reeves and released on the album In the Midnight Hour in 1986. In this version, the line "spooky little girl like you" is changed to "spooky old lady like me".
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". Cobb later wrote or co-wrote a number of hits ...
In 2017, the Long Ryders recorded their own version of the song as their first new studio recording in 30 years and released it as a digital download single. [32] [49] In September 2012, Stevens recorded the song "Bitter Fruit" for the 2013 benefit album Skrang: Sounds Like Bobby Sutliff. Sutliff, a former Devil in the Woods labelmate, had been ...
The track was covered by The Crew-Cuts, who took the song to the top of the charts, arguably registering the first U.S. rock and roll number one hit record. [ 2 ] The enthusiasm doo-wop fans had for the Chords' music was dampened when Gem Records claimed that one of the groups on its roster was called the Chords; consequently the group changed ...
"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 final line of the chorus has the singer pleading to the girl: "Bring back that sunny day."