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"Frankenstein" is an instrumental track by the American rock band Edgar Winter Group that was featured in the 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night and additionally released as a single. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1973, being replaced by Paul McCartney & Wings 's " My Love ".
They Only Come Out at Night is the debut studio album by American rock band The Edgar Winter Group, released in November 1972 by Epic Records. [3] [4] A commercial success, the album reached #3 on the US Billboard 200 chart and features the band's signature songs, "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride".
Edgar Holland Winter [3] (born December 28, 1946) [4] is an American multi-instrumentalist, [5] working as a vocalist along with playing keyboards, saxophone, and percussion. [6] His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their popular songs "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride". [7]
Derringer later became part of Edgar Winter's White Trash and subsequently the Edgar Winter Group. [6] In 1973, Derringer released his first solo album, All American Boy, [7] which featured his hit song "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo". [8] By then, the song had already appeared on Johnny Winter And (1970) [6] and the White Trash Roadwork (1972 ...
"Free Ride" is a song written by Dan Hartman and performed by the Edgar Winter Group from their 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night, produced by Rick Derringer. The single was a top 15 U.S. hit in 1973, reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 [2] and number 10 on Cash Box. In Canada, it peaked at number 8. [3]
The Edgar Winter Group, 1975. L–R: Chuck Ruff, Rick Derringer, Dan Hartman, Edgar Winter. Ruff was born in Reno, Nevada, on May 25, 1951, to Charles W. "Bill" Ruff II and Georgie Ruff. He played in the rock group Sawbuck with Ronnie Montrose and Bill Church from 1968 to 1970. Ruff and Montrose later joined Edgar Winter with Dan Hartman to ...
Perhaps one of his best-loved albums, Edgar Winter's White Trash combined funk, blues, R&B, and rock & roll to create one of the freshest sounds of the early '70s. Touching on gospel with "Fly Away" and "Save the Planet," Winter and his band cover all the bases, climbing into the lower end of the Top 40 with "Keep Playin' That Rock and Roll."
The longest track on the album was the band's own version of the John D. Loudermilk song, "Tobacco Road", which lasted over 17 minutes, taking up an entire side of the album. Derringer contributed lead vocals to "Still Alive and Well" and " Back in the USA ", and Johnny Winter made a special appearance singing lead and playing guitar on "Rock ...