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"Somebody to Love" (originally titled "Someone to Love") is a rock song that was written by Darby Slick. It was originally recorded by the Great Society , and later by Jefferson Airplane . Rolling Stone magazine ranked Jefferson Airplane's version No. 274 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time .
Writing for Jefferson Airplane's third album began in the spring of 1967, just as the group's star began to soar with the #5 single "Somebody to Love" and its successful album, Surrealistic Pillow. The group appeared regularly on television to promote the album, and demand for live appearances soared.
Darby Slick Slick in 2011 Background information Birth name Dabney Roger Slick Born (1944-02-26) February 26, 1944 (age 81) Dallas, Texas, U.S. Instrument Guitar Years active 1965–present Musical artist Dabney Roger "Darby" Slick (born February 26, 1944) is an American guitarist and songwriter, best known as a former member of the Great Society and the writer of the Jefferson Airplane song ...
The Airplane's famous appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour performing "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" was videotaped in color and augmented by developments in video techniques. It has been frequently re-screened and is notable for its pioneering use of the Chroma key process to simulate the Airplane's psychedelic light show.
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The Oscar-winning "Devil Wears Prada" star, 41, on Monday performed the hit Queen song "Somebody to Love" at an event in New York supporting Vice President Kamala Har r is' presidential campaign ...
The mono version was deleted in the late 1960s and remained unavailable until 2001. The first United Kingdom release replaced some original songs with tracks from the group's first US LP, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. The album was initially slow to take off until the release of "Somebody to Love" in March.
The first album Slick recorded with Jefferson Airplane was Surrealistic Pillow, and Slick provided two songs from her previous group: her own "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love", written by her brother-in-law Darby Slick and recorded under the title "Someone to Love" by the Great Society. [9]