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"Kicks" is a song composed by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, best known as a 1966 hit for American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders. Mann and Weill wrote the song for the Animals, but the band's lead singer Eric Burdon turned it down. [3] Instead, Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded and released it as a single in 1966.
Midnight Ride is the fifth studio album by American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders.The album featured the U.S. top five single "Kicks" and also includes "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone," which became a U.S. Top 20 hit for The Monkees in 1967.
Paul Revere & the Raiders and their manager Roger Hart were inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame on 13 October 2007. In 2010 the band was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame . The garage rock revival and grunge movements—and individual acts such as the Paisley Underground —have cited the Raiders as an influence.
Paul Revere & the Raiders are an American rock band from Boise, Idaho. Formed in 1958, the band released their first hit single three years later, " Like, Long Hair ", which reached number 38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. [ 1 ]
After leaving Paul Revere & the Raiders, Smith and ex-Raiders Drake Levin and Phil Volk formed Brotherhood. Originally called Phil, Drake & Smitty, the trio became a quartet with the addition of organist Ron Collins. The band was signed to RCA, but their progress was hindered by the members' lingering contractual obligations to Revere and Columbia.
Kicks" is a song composed by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, best known as a 1966 hit for American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders. Mann and Weill wrote the song for the Animals, but the band's lead singer Eric Burdon turned it down. Instead, Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded and released it as a single in 1966.
Around the time "Louie, Louie" was recorded, they decided to use Paul Revere's name as a gimmick and bill themselves as "Paul Revere & the Raiders". They began to dress in Revolutionary War-style outfits. Mark Lindsay carried the theme a bit further by growing his hair out and pulling it back into a ponytail, which became his signature look.
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