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Author David Ritz has identified "Gangster of Love" as Watson's "most famous song" [3] and the different recordings have been released on numerous compilations of Watson's music. [4] Additionally, the song has been adapted by a variety of artists. [5] The Steve Miller Band recorded it for their album Sailor (1968).
Popular Favorites 1976–1992: Sand in the Vaseline is a two-disc compilation album released by Talking Heads in 1992. It contains two previously unreleased demo recordings ("Sugar on My Tongue," "I Want to Live"), a non-album A-side ("Love → Building on Fire") and B-side ("I Wish You Wouldn't Say That") and three newly finished songs ("Gangster of Love," "Lifetime Piling Up" and "Popsicle").
All songs on the soundtrack album are presented in the order they appeared in the film. The UK version of the soundtrack album is slightly reordered and omits three tracks; both Beach Boys songs and "Teen Angel" by Mark Dinning. The album is thus retitled "38 Original Hits from the Sound Track of American Graffiti".
I Really Love You; I Want You (Janet Jackson song) I Won't Say (I'm in Love) I Wonder Why; I'm on the Outside (Looking In) I'm So Young; In My Room; In the Still of the Night (The Five Satins song) It's Still Rock and Roll to Me; It's Too Late (Carole King song) It's Too Soon to Know
in your ear and speak to you of the pompatus of love. Although Miller claims he invented the words "epismetology" (a metathesis of the word epistemology) and "pompatus", both are variants of words which Miller most likely heard in a song by Vernon Green called "The Letter," which was recorded by the Los Angeles doo-wop group The Medallions in 1954.
Instead of singing more traditional doo-wop songs, The Bobs started out with original arrangements of their own songs and songs like "Helter Skelter" and "Psycho Killer". Although two of their albums are dominated by songs written by others, the overwhelming majority of their repertoire is original, with songs discussing a diverse array of ...
"Down the Aisle of Love" was the next single, a marriage song which opened with the melody of "Here Comes the Bride". It was initially released on Red Top Records but, once it started to sell, was redistributed by Hunt Records. [1] The song became a nationwide hit, reaching No. 5 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and No. 18 on the Billboard Hot ...
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets is the fourth album by the Mothers of Invention, and fifth overall by Frank Zappa, released under the alias Ruben and the Jets. [4] Released on December 2, 1968 on Bizarre and Verve Records with distribution by MGM Records, it is a concept album, influenced by 1950s doo-wop and rock and roll.