British guitarist, singer, and songwriter Stevie Marriott was born on this day in 1947. He co-founded and fronted both The Small Faces and Humble Pie in his career cut short by his death in 1991 when a fire broke out in his home. Stevie and Ronnie Lane wrote "Itchycoo Park" for The Small Faces, and it features the same flanging effect used in Miss Toni Fisher’s "The Big Hurt." It reached #3 in the UK, #2 in Australia, #1 in Canada, and #16 on the Hot 100 in 1967.
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I had.no clue what song this was from its title. When I played it..I went, ” Oh, I know this well!” I didn’t know he died so tragically.
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It was a shame how he died. He was a good singer and pretty good guitar player, and fronted two very good bands.
I do that a lot with songs, and sometimes artists. I was hard-pressed to remember another song by the Little River Band besides “Reminiscing,” so I bought their Greatest Hits album and knew all of the songs…
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That is a fun song. Thank you for the kind words you left on my blog for the loss of Emmy.
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I’ve been there more times than I can count, and I know how hard it can be. Glad you liked the song!
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Classic John.
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It is. Glad you like it!
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Great song, John. Took me back aways.
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I thought it was a good example of Marriott’s work, and it’s a song you hardly ever hear anymore. Glad you like it!
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I haven’t herd it for at least 40 years.
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We had an oldies station in Atlanta that had a very short playlist, only about 100 songs they’d play all the time, and this wasn’t one of them. The guy who did the show at noon would take requests and you could ask for just about anything and he’d find it. I think that was the last time I heard this….
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I worked at a soft rock station and the producer was in charge of the playlist. There were no exceptions to the rotation. Folks would call in and make requests and if the song was on the list for the day all was good. If not, then I had to say, “We’ll do our best,” knowing it wasn’t going to happen. This was the midnight to six am shift and I got some pretty weird calls.
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I can imagine….
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I love this song and it brings on fond memories of the past.
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Glad you like it! It’s got elements of psychedelic as well as being a fun pop song.
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Yes, hubby and I enjoyed listening to it.
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I don’t remember the sixties but this song transports me to then…at least how I think it felt.
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Definitely the way ’67 felt, the “Summer Of Love” and all that.
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That was the year I was born. I was born when the first SuperBowl was being played on the 15th of January
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Great tune, listening to this as young kid put me on Santa’s naughty list!
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I’m sure it did… 😜
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Hi John – another favourite from times gone by … and I learn another snippet of life about people who are part of a talented group. – cheers Hilary
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A great song a talent taken too soon. I met the small faces at top of the pops once 🙂
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