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Billboard advertisement, February 24, 1968. Dylan first recorded the song in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions, but did not release a version for another three years.. Meanwhile, the song was picked up and recorded in December 1967 by the British band Manfred Mann, [7] who released it as a single in the US on 8 January 1968 under the title "Mighty Quinn"
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of the song changes the lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's "cut loose like a deuce" is replaced with either "revved up like a deuce" [9] or "wrapped up like a deuce".
"5-4-3-2-1" is a 1964 song by British band Manfred Mann, written by the group's eponymous keyboardist Manfred Mann along with Mike Hugg and Paul Jones.Released as a single on 10 January 1964, the track peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart, [1] becoming the band's breakthrough single and first commercial hit as the theme tune for the weekly ITV pop music television programme Ready Steady ...
It was soon covered by British R&B, beat and pop band Manfred Mann. [6] Manfred Mann's version was released on 10 July 1964. [7] It spent two weeks at No. 1 of the UK Singles Chart in August [8] and two weeks at No. 1 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October. [9] Billboard said it "features powerful beat with Mann's solo echoed by male chorus."
"Pretty Flamingo" is a song written by Mark Barkan, which became a hit in 1966 when Manfred Mann's recording of it was released as a single. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 5 May 1966.
The song was recorded in 1969 by the Czech group Golden Kids with only Václav Neckář singing, released on the Supraphon label in 1970 (CD release in 1993). The Czech lyrics were written by Eduard Krečmar, titled "Šel sen kolem nás". [15] It was covered by American country music singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall.
"My Name Is Jack" is a song written by American record producer John Simon [2] and released as a single by British group Manfred Mann in 1968. [3] Their version reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. [4] It became an international Top 10 hit, but only reached number 104 in the US. [5]
With the 1998 series of remastered reissues, the song was instead appended to the reissue of Criminal Tango. It was also included on the compilations The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered, Odds & Sods – Mis-takes & Out-takes, the Leftovers disc of the 40th Anniversary box set and the deluxe edition of Mannthology.