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"Knock on Wood" is a 1966 song by Eddie Floyd and written by Floyd and Steve Cropper. [6] The song was later covered by other artists, most notably Amii Stewart in 1979. Stewart's disco version was the most successful on weekly music charts.
In 2008, Floyd returned to Stax Records, which was owned by Concord Music Group since 2004. His first new album in six years, Eddie Loves You So, was released in July 2008. [1] In November 2012, Floyd was inducted into the Carolina Beach Music Hall of Fame as a Pioneer Award Recipient. In December 2012, Floyd released a new album at Christmas time.
On the week of 20 July, Kal Rudman in his Money Music section in Record World confirmed that the single was now a hit in Atlanta and Memphis. [8]As shown in the 3 August 1968 issue of Cash Box, the 24 July tally for the radio stations that had added "I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)" to their schedule was at 18% to date. [9]
Alternative variants are easy from this tuning, but because several chords inherently omit the lowest string, it may leave some chords relatively thin or incomplete with the top string missing (the D chord, for instance, must be fretted 5-4-3-2-3 to include F#, the tone a major third above D). Baroque guitar standard tuning – a–D–g–b–e
Duane Allman played guitar on the song too, FYI. Before Clapton became the musical bore he’s been for the last 40 or so years, he was one of, if not the, most exciting rock guitar players recording.
Raise Your Hand" is a song written by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, and Alvertis Isbell (Al Bell). It was recorded by Floyd and appeared on his 1967 debut album Knock on Wood . [ 1 ] It was released as a single that year, where it reached #16 on the Black Singles Chart and #79 on the Pop Singles Chart .
Also in 1967, it was also covered by Eddie Floyd and included on Floyd's Knock on Wood album. In 1969, a version was recorded by Wilmer & the Dukes. [11] In 1976 a cover was included on The Best of Redbone by Redbone. In 1981, Australian band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons covered the song, which was released as a single from their Step Lively album ...
Knock on Wood is the debut album of soul singer/songwriter Eddie Floyd, released in 1967 on Stax Records. [3] The album was recorded between July and December 1966 at Stax Recording Studio. It features his most well-known single, the title track, "Knock on Wood".