Monday, December 31, 2012

New Year's Eve Good Lovin'

Repost. Why tamper with perfection? Well, because last year's Rascals video disappeared off YouTube, so I've plugged in an alternate.

Here's a great tune to kick off New Year's Eve for you, the Young Rascals live in 1966 doing their megahit version of The Olympics' earlier recording of "Good Lovin'":



You can listen to the Rascals' 45rpm version here; and you can see the Olympics themselves doing the song on the 60's TV series Shindig! in this video (yes, that's Billy Preston on organ):



This year's bonus: the history of the song, including a link to the absolute first recording, with slightly different lyrics, reproduced below.



Allow me to raise a toast to you. Would you like a martini?
Or perhaps a glass of wine?

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