This song was originally by The 13th Floor Elevators, Oct 1966, from their debut album "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators".

Anthony "Top" Topham was the first lead guitarist of The Yardbirds, an original member from late May 1963 (at their first performance, as a backup band for Cyril Davies) to Oct 1963, when Eric Clapton replaced him. He is on none of their commercially released studio recordings. He died on January 23rd, at age 75. // TOPHAM recalled, "I was only 15 then, three or four years younger than the rest, and there was no way my parents would let me go out five or six nights a week to play music, even though I was already bringing home double what my father was earning. I was going on to Epsom Art School and they wanted me to take it seriously. Eric Clapton was the obvious person to replace me {Topham knew him from art school}." // * - on the archival "The Original Fleetwood Mac" album, released on English CBS in May 1971 - various outtakes recorded in 1967–1968.

Not released as a single in the US / In 2004, this was ranked #381 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of all time" list, and #41 on its "100 Greatest Guitar Songs" list in 2008.

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Click on the Link above, Left to view the original Jamaican single

Click on the Link above, left to view the US single

Anthony "Top" Topham was the first lead guitarist of The Yardbirds, an original member from late May 1963 (at their first performance, as a backup band for Cyril Davies) to Oct 1963, when Eric Clapton replaced him. He is on none of their commercially released studio recordings. He died on January 23rd, at age 75. / * - Stevie Ray Vaughn named his backing band after this song // ** - Idan was a member of the group 1995–2009, also 2015–present.

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This song was "borrowed" (COUGH, COUGH, clearing of throat) from a 1961 single by Don And Bob {Don Level & Bob Love, from Wichita, NE}. Don & Bob never received royalties because somehow Arc (the publishing company for Chess/ Checker/ Argo Records) had copyrighted it but confused this song with the Sonny Boy Williamson song. // Click on the Link above, LEFT to view the original UK single; Click on the Link above, RIGHT to view the Don And Bob single. SCROLL down to read the Comments, they are quite fascinating.

* - he also wrote 'For Your Love' and 'Heart Full Of Soul', their previous two singles / Music critic Cub Koda described this as a "minor-key pop classic" and Beck's solo as "equal parts classical and James Bond soundtrack"

The censored lyrics in question were: "Blinded by colors come flashing from flowers that sway as you lay below me", the latter part of which was changed to "that sway as you stay here by me."

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Rolling Stone #360 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list; also #82 on Billboard's 'Greatest Songs of All Time'. // In September 1972, Flack was opening for Quincy Jones at the Greek Theater in LA; after performing an encore, Flack was advised by him to sing another song. Flack later said "Well, I have this new song I've been working on'... After I finished, the audience would not stop screaming. And Quincy said, 'Ro, don't sing that daggone song no more until you record it."

Click on Link above, left, to view a listing of the soings she performed at that show / *- the B-side of "Tell Msama'

* - real name: Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV

... From Dublin, Ireland

An English post-punk music duo, formed in 2007 in Nottingham, England.

Rolling Stone, 128th on its "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list in 2003