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The song features strings, brass, a sitar, piano, bass, guitar, drums, breathing sounds, and dissonant string sounds. Its title is a play on, and a mondegreen of, the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" which Fred had initially believed was "Lucy in disguise with diamonds" upon first hearing the song.) [5] [6]
John Fred Gourrier (May 8, 1941 – April 15, 2005) was an American blue-eyed soul, swamp pop, rock and roll, and R&B performer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, best known for the 1967 No. 1 hit song "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)".
The reviewer also wrote that song "Hold Me Tight" had the vibrant and explosive rhythm that was around at the time and combined with the melodic rhythm that was all the rage years ago. In addition to "Hold Me Tight", "Judy in Disguise" was named as one of the standout songs on the album.
Anthony Swete recorded his version of "Judy in Disguise". It was released in Argentina as "Judy Disfrazada". The B side was the Scott English and Larry Weiss composition "Doblame, Modelame" ("Bend Me, Shape Me"). The recordings were released on Groove GS-8005 in 1968. [16]
Top 25 singles of 1968 < 1967 1969 > Other Australian top charts for 1968 top 25 albums Australian number-one charts of 1968 albums singles The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1968. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1968. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards ...
The album and the singles "Judy in Disguise" and "Just Like Eddie" were top ten hits on the UK Indie Chart in 1980. [4] The "group" ceased activity after 1980, but film director John Hughes was so taken with it that their rendition of " Red River Rock " (in a re-recorded version) can be heard in the film soundtrack of the Steve Martin and John ...
Judy Garland’s performance of “The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet Me in St. Louis,” has found new life online nearly 80 years later as an unlikely ...
Reynolds was the credited artist on the B side song "Rhythm of the Rain". [37] Anthony Swete, a PPX recording artist [38] brought the label success in 1968 and 1969 with his versions of "Judy in Disguise" and "Hold Me Tight". Both of them were top-ten hits in Argentina. [39] [40] Ed Chalpin even accompanied Swete to Argentina in February that ...