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"Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns. Rhythm and blues vocal group the Vibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. Atlantic Records released it as a single, which reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [ 2 ]
The Yardbirds were signed to EMI and their records were released through the Columbia Graphophone Company in the UK and Epic Records in the US. [13] In other countries, the group's releases were handled by a variety of labels, including affiliates of Columbia and Epic, Capitol (Canada), Riviera (France), Ricordi International (Italy), Odeon (Japan), and CBS (international). [14]
For Your Love features three songs from Jeff Beck's first recording sessions with the Yardbirds: "I'm Not Talking", "I Ain't Done Wrong", and "My Girl Sloopy". [4] Eric Clapton provided the guitar for the remainder of the tracks, that include the three Yardbirds singles (with B-sides) released up to that time and two demos which were not released in the UK until the 1980s (see discography for ...
The first Mickie Most-involved recordings took place at Olympic Studios in London on 5 March 1967. This session produced the single "Little Games" [3] backed with "Puzzles". ". Although Dreja and drummer Jim McCarty were present to record "Little Games", Most used studio musicians John Paul Jones (bass and cello arrangement) and Dougie Wright (drums) for their parts to cut down on studio t
William Keith Relf (22 March 1943 – 12 May 1976) was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds.He then formed the band Renaissance with his sister Jane Relf, the Yardbirds ex-drummer Jim McCarty and ex-The Nashville Teens keyboardist John Hawken.
"Heart Full of Soul" saw its first album release on the Yardbirds' second American LP record, Having a Rave Up (1965). [5] In Canada, Capitol Records included the song on both their first album, titled Heart Full of Soul (1965, also known as Presenting the Yardbirds), and second album, Having a Rave Up (1965). [10]
Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds has been reissued numerous times. [17] Sometimes the tracks were resequenced and the cover art was updated with photos of the later period Yardbirds. [ 17 ] Questions over the ownership of the master tapes and the rights to authorize their release has led to many competing and overlapping albums. [ 18 ]
These were taken from the UK debut album Five Live Yardbirds. [36] The album was produced by the Yardbirds' manager Gomelsky with Samwell-Smith. [25] Clapton acknowledges that Samwell-Smith was behind the group's rave up sound [10] and on "For Your Love", Samwell-Smith assumed the role of de facto producer.