Great list! A lot of personal favorites on there, including Hey! Baby (on which Delbert McClinton played the harmonica part, of course), Let Me In (we-oo, we-oo, oo-we-oo), What's Your Name (shooby doo bop bah dah), Smoky Places...
I really miss the old days. (In 1962 I graduated junior high and started high school.)
One more: John Lennon, who had "Hey! Baby" on his jukebox, was fascinated by McClinton's harmonica.[1] A popular legend is that Lennon was taught to play harmonica by McClinton, but by that time Lennon had already been playing the instrument live for some time. The harmonica segment in "Hey! Baby" inspired Lennon's playing on the Beatles' first single, 1962's "Love Me Do", as well as later Beatles records,[1] and the harmonica break on Frank Ifield's "I Remember You."
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Great list! A lot of personal favorites on there, including Hey! Baby (on which Delbert McClinton played the harmonica part, of course), Let Me In (we-oo, we-oo, oo-we-oo), What's Your Name (shooby doo bop bah dah), Smoky Places...
I really miss the old days. (In 1962 I graduated junior high and started high school.)
Jeff
Hey! Baby, live.
Jeff
One more: John Lennon, who had "Hey! Baby" on his jukebox, was fascinated by McClinton's harmonica.[1] A popular legend is that Lennon was taught to play harmonica by McClinton, but by that time Lennon had already been playing the instrument live for some time. The harmonica segment in "Hey! Baby" inspired Lennon's playing on the Beatles' first single, 1962's "Love Me Do", as well as later Beatles records,[1] and the harmonica break on Frank Ifield's "I Remember You."
Jeff
That's some great trivia, whippersnapper. In March of '62 I was about to complete my junior year of college.
I finished the 9th grade/junior high in '62.
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