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"Georgy Porgy" (/ ˈ p ɔːr dʒ i /) is a song by American rock band Toto. It was written by band member David Paich and included on their self-titled debut album in 1978. Released as the album's third single in 1979, the song reached number 11 on the New Zealand Singles Chart and number 48 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . [ 4 ]
Georgie Woods, a Philadelphia radio DJ, is thought to have coined the term "blue-eyed soul" in 1964, initially to describe the Righteous Brothers, then white artists in general who received airplay on rhythm and blues radio stations. [4] [5] [6] The Righteous Brothers in turn named their 1964 LP Some Blue-Eyed Soul.
Blue-eyed soul (also known as white soul) is soul music or rhythm and blues performed by white artists. [ 1 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Toto is the debut studio album by American rock band Toto, released in October 1978 [5] by Columbia Records. It includes the hit singles "Hold the Line", "I'll Supply the Love" and "Georgy Porgy", all three of which made it into the top 50 in the US. [6] "Hold the Line" spent six weeks in the top 10, and reached number 14 in the UK as well. [7]
Georgy Porgy (/ ˈ p ɔːr dʒ i /) may refer to: "Georgie Porgie", the traditional nursery rhyme "Georgy Porgy" (song) by Toto featuring Cheryl Lynn; Georgie Porgie (producer), George Andros, a music producer and recording artist "Georgy Porgy" (short story), a short story by Roald Dahl, collected in Kiss Kiss
"Georgy Porgy" – Toto "What You Won't Do for Love" – Bobby Caldwell "Baby Come Back" – Player "Fly Like an Eagle" – Steve Miller Band "Get it Up for Love" – Ned Doheny "Work to Do" – Average White Band "Lowdown" – Boz Scaggs "How Long" – Sugardaddy "Showdown" – Electric Light Orchestra "Get It Right Next Time" – Gerry Rafferty
Georgie Porgie ran away. These appeared in The Kentish Coronal (1841), where the rhyme was described as an "old ballad" with the name spelled "Georgy Peorgy". [ 1 ] That version persisted through most of the 19th century and was later illustrated by Kate Greenaway in 1881. [ 2 ]
In 1992, Scaggs performed at Toto's tribute concert for Jeff Porcaro, along with Don Henley, Donald Fagen, Eddie Van Halen, George Harrison, and Michael McDonald. [20] His next solo release was the album Some Change in 1994. He issued Come On Home, an album of rhythm and blues, [12] and My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology, an anthology, in 1997.