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Zoot Suit" was written by Peter Meaden, the band's first manager. The song is a direct copy of "Misery" by the American R&B group the Dynamics , while the B-side, "I'm the Face", is a copy of Slim Harpo 's "I Got Love If You Want It." [ 2 ] The single was meant for a mod audience, but failed to chart. [ 3 ]
"I Can't Explain" was the A-side of the group's first single as the Who; its predecessor, "Zoot Suit"/"I'm the Face," was released under the name the High Numbers. In the album's liner notes, Townshend noted the song's similarity to the contemporaneous hit "All Day and All of the Night" by the Kinks: "It can't be beat for straightforward Kink copying.
Odds & Sods is an album of studio outtakes by British rock band the Who.It was released by Track Records in the UK on September 28, 1974, and by Track/MCA in the US on October 12, 1974. [10]
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The L.A. County Board of Supervisors condemns the Zoot Suit Riots that targeted Latino, African American and Filipino youths 80 years ago.
The set consists of four CDs that span The Who's career from their early days when they were known as The High Numbers 1964 to their 1991 cover of Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting". It contains well-known tracks from studio albums, rarities, interviews, commercials, and sketches.
'Zoot Suit' is by far the most influential play by a Chicano writer, and the only one to reach Broadway. It changed Los Angeles' historical memory and the American theater forever
A zoot suit (occasionally spelled zuit suit [1]) is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. It is most notable for its use as a cultural symbol among the Hepcat and Pachuco subcultures.