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A version by Ry Cooder, from his album Bop Till You Drop, was a number-one hit in New Zealand. [7] [8] An answer song to "Little Sister", with the same melody but different lyrics, was recorded and released under the title "Hey, Memphis" by LaVern Baker on Atlantic Records (Atlantic 2119-A) in September 1961.
Ryland Peter Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.
Little Sister (band), Sly & the Family Stone's background vocalists "Little Sister" (Elvis Presley song), a song released by Elvis Presley in 1961, and later covered by Ry Cooder and by Dwight Yoakam
My Name Is Buddy: Another Record by Ry Cooder is the thirteenth studio album by Ry Cooder. It is the second social-political concept album by Ry Cooder. Cooder has described it as the second in a trilogy that began with Chávez Ravine and concluded with I, Flathead . [ 1 ]
The album consists almost entirely of covers of earlier rhythm and blues and rock and roll classics, including Elvis Presley's "Little Sister" and the 1965 Fontella Bass-Bobby McClure hit "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing", on which Cooder duetted with soul star Chaka Khan. Khan also performed on the only original track on the album, "Down in Hollywood".
In 1938, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973) recorded a gospel version of the song under the title "That's All". [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She subsequently recorded several versions with orchestral accompaniment. In 1972, Ry Cooder recorded the song on his album Into the Purple Valley .
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"Sister Morphine" is a song written by Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Faithfull released the original version of the song as the B-side to her Decca Records single "Something Better" on 21 February 1969. [1] A different version was released two years later by the Rolling Stones for their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. [2]