KNOCK ON WOOD

Created on 11/07/2001
Latest update on 15/02/2024

Artist: Eddie Floyd
Author: Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd
Label: Stax
Year: 1966

N°1 R&B. The chord changes are identical-in-reverse with Wilson Pickett's Midnight Hour, another Steve Cropper co-write.

Covers:

1966:

Wilson Pickett

1967:

Otis & Carla [Redding & Thomas]

1967:

James Cotton

1967:

Johnny Hallyday [als Aussi dur que du bois]

1967:

Jimmy Bond [as Que tu ne fais ...qu'un jeu]

1967:

Teddy Nash & The Scales [as Je vais frapper sur du bois]

1968:

Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

1968:

Archie Bell & The Drells

1969:

Albert King

1969:

Tyrone Davis

1969:

Mar-Keys

1969:

Harpers Bizarre

1969:

Ella Fitzgerald

1971:

Salina Jones

1974:

David Bowie

1976:

Cher

1977:

Sir Douglas Quintet

1979:

Amii Stewart [n°1 US]

1980:

Chris Rea [almost as Forever And Ever]

1985:

Eric Clapton

1987:

Larry Carlton

1988:

Toots Hibbert

1998:

Johnny Hallyday [as Aussi dur que du bois in duet with Lionel Richie]

2004:

Safri Duo [Danish work-out hit; vocal: Clark Anderson]

2008:

Seal

2009:

James Taylor

2010:

Ryan Shaw

Contact


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