Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Great Lost Singles of the Sixties

From 1967, it's Alan Price (who had just quit The Animals for a solo career) and the hilarious "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear."



Incidentally, the song was written by the then little-known Randy Newman; I believe it was his first significant chart hit.

"Now who'd believe a boy and bear/could be well accepted everywhere?/It's just amazing how fair people can be......"

5 comments:

Noam Sane said...

Nillson covered this too. Nice arrangement.

Alan's solo career didn't really take off, did it?

steve simels said...

It did in England -- he's had a bunch of hits, and his own TV show. He's quite beloved over there, actually....

Kid Charlemagne said...

I liked his work on the soundtrack to "Lucky Man." I actually have a copy of that around somewheres.

steve simels said...

I'm not sure if it was before or right after this, but he had a huge UK hit with what I think is the definitive version of "I Put a Spell On You."

Noam Sane said...

definitive version of "I Put a Spell On You

Nina Simone, absolutely no contest.