First heard this song on Live At Leeds, the 1970 album from The Who. Great tune with remarkable bass playing by John Entwhistle. Knew it was a cover of an older song which I assumed was American and from the late 50s. To my surprise I recently discovered it was by a British band in 1960 and was a #1 song in the U.K. and a flop in the U.S.
The band was Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. The song was written by Johnny Kidd and the slinky guitar by Joe Moretti. Very cool sounding song for its time. Johnny Kidd died in a nightime head on car collision in 1966 at the age of 30. Moretti was a session guitarist through the 1960s and 70s, before moving to South Africa in the late 70s where he became a house musician at a Sun City Casino. He passed in 2012.
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