I KEEP FORGETTIN'

Created on 20/05/2005
Latest update on 20/02/2024

Artist: Chuck Jackson
Author: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Gilbert Garfield
Label: Wand
Year: 1962

Ex Del Vikings. Bongo intro played on a boo-ban. Backing vocals: Dionne & Dee Dee Warwick.

Covers:

1963:

Artwoods [with Jon Lord]

1969:

Checkmates [produced by Phil Spector]

1975:

Procol Harum

1979:

Roger Chapman

1982:

Michael McDonald [as I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near), top 5 US; despite just a slightly similar tune and newly written lyrics, Leiber & Stoller got co-credits to avoid any legal action]

1983:

Ringo Starr

1984:

David Bowie

1994:

Warren G & Nate Dogg [sample Michael McDonald's version in Regulate; n°2 US]

2005:

Patti Labelle

2020:

Joan As Police Woman

See also: Any Day Now.

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