The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - ANY DAY NOW (MY WILD BEAUTIFUL BIRD)

Artist: Chuck Jackson
Author: Burt Bacharach/Bob Hilliard
Label: Wand
Year: 1962

Ex Del Viking; see also: I Keep Forgettin'.

Covers:

1962:: Dee Dee Sharp
1965:: Milly Scott [as Zeg Eens Eerlijk]
1965:: Alan Price Set [his first solo single]
1966:: Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
1966:: Tom Jones
1967:: Carla Thomas
1967:: Oscar Toney Jr.
1969:: Percy Sledge
1969:: Elvis Presley
1969:: James Brown
1970:: Burt Bacharach [author]
1973:: Eddie Kendricks
1973:: Scott Walker
1978:: Don Gibson
1980:: Long John Baldry
1982:: Ronnie Milsap [n°1 C&W]
1988:: Nick Kamen
1990:: Lou Rawls
1991:: Gerald Alston
2001:: Paul Carrack
2007:: Frankie Valli

Prior to Chuck Jackson's version, producer Luther Dixon cut another one with different lyrics on Tommy Hunt (Lover). Jackson's being far superior, the Hunt version went straight in the bin, although part of his original singing is still audible at the end of Chuck Jackson's version.

ANY DAY NOW (MY WILD BEAUTIFUL BIRD)

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