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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.
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", [9] and "Parker's Band" features riffs influenced by Charlie Parker and a lyric that invites listeners to "take a piece of Mr. Parker's band."
The first pressing features "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" using the single edit of the song. This version omits the percussive opening for the song. The second pressing of the box set features the version from the album although it was reissued without any information noting the change. [citation needed]
The record earned a major radio hit with “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” and offered considerable room for auxiliary singer Michael McDonald to roam. The band halted all touring after ...
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (1974) Music video; on YouTube "My Old School" is a song by American rock band Steely Dan. It was released in October 1973 , as the ...
All songs written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. "Reelin' in the Years" (from Can't Buy a Thrill, 1972) – 4:37 "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (from Pretzel Logic, 1974) – 4:32
Rikki Ducornet (/ ˈ r ɪ k i d uː k ɔːr ˈ n eɪ /; born Erica DeGre; April 19, 1943) [1] [2] is an American writer, poet, and artist. Her work has been described as “linguistically explosive and socially relevant,” [3] and praised for “deploy[ing] tactics familiar to the historical avant-garde, including an emphasis on gnosticism, cosmology, diablerie, bestiary, eroticism, and ...
"Hey Nineteen" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1981, [7] number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart, [8] and number 68 on the R&B Singles chart. [9] With a chart run of 19 weeks, "Hey Nineteen" is tied with " Peg " and " Rikki Don't Lose That Number " for being their longest-running chart hit.