I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE

Created on 04/09/2018
Latest update on 29/01/2024

Artist: Otis Redding
Author: Otis Redding
Label: Volt
Year: 1965

Top 20 R&B, top 30 UK. The groove comes directly from the intro of I Can't Help Myself (Sugarpie Honey Bunch) by The Four Tops, released earlier that year.

Covers:

1966:

Alan Price Set

1968:

Chambers Brothers [top 40 US]

1969:

Janis Joplin [at Woodstock with Snooky Flowers]

1969:

Booker T. & The MG's [same groove under Time Is Tight; top 10 R&B]

1970:

Tom Jones

1972:

Edgar Winter's White Trash

1972:

Sly & The Family Stone

1973:

Bar-Kays

1973:

Ike & Tina Turner

1975:

Herbie Mann

1977:

Anthony White [dance hit]

1977:

James Carr

1978:

Blues Brothers [opening Hey Bartender]

1980:

Aretha Franklin

1988:

Was (Not Was)

1992:

LaVern Baker

2003:

Rolling Stones [live]

Contact


If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:

Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)

info@originals.be

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