Mercy, Mercy by Don Covay
“Loved the Rolling Stones version, but the original wins on account of a cool guitarist called Jimi something..”
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Loved the Rolling Stones version, but the original wins on account of a cool guitarist called Jimi something..
1964 - Covay's debut single with the Goodtimers, accompanied by a young Jimmy Hendrix on guitar.
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I'm a sucker for that tiny sob. Crow says that it's a young Jimi Hendrix playing guitar on this track!
RIP Don Covay - Covay gave Aretha Franklin one of her biggest hits with Chain of Fools in 1968, a song he had written 15 years earlier.
His singing style also influenced Mick Jagger, as seen in the Rolling Stones cover of his song Mercy Mercy.
Covay started out in music in a gospel group with his siblings at school, before joining doo-wop group Rainbows.
While trying to make it as a solo artist and singer-songwriter he spent time as Little Richard's chauffeur and warm-up act.
His first chart hit came in 1961 with Pony Time. The track, however, became an even bigger hit when Chubby Checker recorded his own version a year later in 1962, topping the pop and R&B; charts.
This pattern continued with this song Mercy Mercy, which he recorded in 1964 with a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix on guitar, which went into the top 40.
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