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"Egyptian Shumba" has grown to become an underground classic. [2]During the 2000s, "Egyptian Shumba" became a cult favorite at Northern soul dances. [18]While reviewing the 2005 compilation One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost And Found, Jeremiah Tucker of The Joplin Globe described it as "one of the most peculiar girl group songs I've ever heard, sounding like the modern freak ...
The collection also contains several Christie hits with backing vocals by the Tammys. "Egyptian Shumba" was included in the Grammy nominated box set One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost and Found. In 2006, Pitchfork Media included "Egyptian Shumba" in its list of top 200 songs of the 1960s at number 177. [3]
Herbert and Christie also composed for his backup singers, a girl group named the Tammys, a handful of songs, including the eccentric single, "Egyptian Shumba," which with its over-the-top, savage vocals and faux-Middle Eastern melody, has become a cult classic. [6] Herbert died in Phoenix, Arizona in 2009, at the age of 87. [7]
"Two Faces Have I" is a song written by Twyla Herbert and Lou Christie and performed by Christie in his signature falsetto. The song was produced by Nick Cenci [1] and was featured on his 1963 album, Lou Christie. [2]
The band formed in 1960, and took their name from the Tam o'shanter hats they wore on stage. [2] By 1962, they had a hit single on Arlen Records. "Untie Me", a Joe South composition, became a top 20 on the Billboard R&B chart. [2]
We Get There When We Do, stylized as (We Get There When We Do.), is an album by the American band Suddenly, Tammy!, released in 1995. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first single was "Hard Lesson". [ 4 ] The band supported the album with a North American tour.
Fall Arts Guide: The Tammy Faye Bakker musical with music by Elton John opens soon. We talk to star Katie Brayben and lyricist Jake Shears.
During this pre-Army phase of his career, the female vocalists featured on Christie's records were The Tammys, a trio from Pleasantville, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Christie and Herbert wrote the single "Egyptian Shumba" for the group, and although it was not a hit, it became a cult favorite in the Northern Soul scene in the early 1970s.