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The song was actually recorded by the Blossoms with Darlene Love on lead vocals and attributed to the Crystals. [2] [3] Notably on the LP is "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)," a withdrawn single by the "real" Crystals group. [2] This was actually a repackaging of Twist Uptown, the Crystals' debut.
The song is about a girl in love with a young man who spurns society's conventions. Despite his being misunderstood by others, the singer claims he is sweet and faithful and vows to be the same towards him. Steve Douglas performs a saxophone solo during the song's bridge. The piano riff at the beginning was contributed by Al DeLory.
The song was a top 10 hit in both the US and the UK, as was the follow-up single "Then He Kissed Me", with lead vocals also sung by Brooks. Both these songs were actually recorded by Brooks, the Blossoms and other session singers (including a young Cher ). [ 19 ]
"Uptown" was originally written for Tony Orlando, but Spector convinced songwriters Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann to give him the song. [5] After acquisition, Spector changed some of the notes to ones that Barbara Alston of the Crystals could sing and modified the lyrics to be about an African American instead of a Latin American. [4]
"Crystal" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their 1975 eponymous album. Written by Stevie Nicks, the song originally appeared on her and Lindsey Buckingham’s studio album, Buckingham Nicks (1973). Two years later, after the duo joined Fleetwood Mac, it was re-recorded and released for a second time. [1]
Twist Uptown is the first studio album by the Crystals, as well as the first album issued on Philles Records.It was released in August 1962 to capitalize upon their success with the Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann composition "Uptown" which was a #13 US hit, and their first top forty hit "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" (#20 US).
While the Crystals were on tour, Darlene Love of the Blossoms was asked by Phil Spector to record "He's Sure the Boy I Love". After being discredited from "He's a Rebel", Love urged Spector to give her a royalty contract with a rate of three cents per record. [ 5 ]
The Nation of Ulysses song "The Sound of Jazz to Come" reworks the song's title into "she hit me it felt like a kiss" after riffing on John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." Lana Del Rey uses the line "Hit me and it felt like a kiss" in her 2014 song "Ultraviolence" from the album of the same name. Prior to this, she used it in her unreleased song ...