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Artist: Wild Ones
Author: Chip Taylor
Label: U.A.
Year: 1965
Substandard, sank like a stone (except in New York). Line up: Jordan Christopher, Tom Graves, Tommy Trick and Eddie Wright. Written in a hurry and by request. Chip would never keep anything that sexual for himself. When he demonstrated the demo to his brother Jon (Voight), that was just for laughs. No wonder stand-up comedian Jerry Branigan used the song right away in his routine, even prior to the first proper recording. Other Chip Taylor songs: Angel Of The Morning and Anyway That You Want Me (see there).
Covers:
Hedgehoppers Anonymous [also pre Troggs (for Decca) but shelved]
Troggs [n°1 US, n°2 UK; ocarina solo]
Senator Bobby [parody of senator Bobby Kennedy, one year before he got shot]
Jimi Hendrix [live at Monterey Pop, burning his guitar on stage]
Senator Everett McKinley [even bigger parody, stretching the gap between moral majority and summer of love]
Fancy [hit US]
Hank Wangford [as a country parody]
Mr. Ed Jump The Gun [as Wild Thang]
Chip Taylor [finally the author, apart from his demo of course (where he whistles during the interlude)]
Ace Frehley [with Lita Ford]
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)