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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.
A commercial and critical success, the album's hit single, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", helped restore Steely Dan's radio presence after the disappointing performance of their previous album. Pretzel Logic was reissued on CD in 1987, and remastered in 1999, to retrospective critical acclaim.
[8] [14] This is one of the first Steely Dan songs to feature Becker as a lead guitarist. [7] Eduardo Rivadavia cites "Pretzel Logic" as one of several songs on the album on which Steely Dan hones their trademark sound, "as sweetly infectious as it was deceptively intricate, dark and witty." [15] Alvarez rated it one of the best songs on the ...
Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic ... 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 ...
At one point in the documentary, Price rings up Donald Fagen, 76, the surviving full-time member of Steely Dan, the landmark '70s group behind yacht rock classics like "Ricki Don't Lose My Number ...
The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years; Greatest hits album by . Steely Dan. ... "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" Pretzel Logic, 1974: 4:34: 3. "Pretzel Logic"
The Independent’s Robert Webb took a deep dive into the story behind Steely Dan’s “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number”, a 1974 hit that had otherworldly inspiration. Show comments Advertisement
"Any Major Dude Will Tell You" is a song written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker that was first released by Steely Dan on their 1974 album Pretzel Logic. It was also released as the B-side of the first single from that album "Rikki Don't Lose That Number". It was later released on several of the band's compilation albums.