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The Snake (song) " The Snake " is a song written and first recorded by civil-rights activist Oscar Brown in 1963; it became a hit single for American singer Al Wilson in 1968. [2][3] The song tells a story similar to Aesop 's fable The Farmer and the Viper and the African American folktale "Mr. Snake and the Farmer". [4]
Wilson was signed to the Soul City imprint and Rivers produced the sessions that yielded the 1968 U.S. R&B hit single "The Snake" (U.S. Pop number 27), which became popular on the Northern soul circuit in the United Kingdom. It also provided Wilson with his only UK Singles Chart hit, reaching number 41 in 1975. The minor hit "Do What You Gotta ...
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1968 which peaked in 1967 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten November 25 "Daydream Believer" The Monkees: 1 December 2 10 December 2 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Gladys Knight & the Pips: 2 December 16 9 December 9 "I Second That Emotion" Smokey Robinson & The ...
The Beatles were the only group or artist to have more than one #1 song in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. Their song "Hey Jude" was the best-performing single in 1968, spending a total of nine consecutive weeks atop the chart and tying the record at the time for the most consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, set by "Theme from A ...
Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1968. The Beatles had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Hey Jude", the number one song of 1968. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1968. Aretha Franklin had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This list is of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 ...
"Grazing in the Grass" is an instrumental composed by Philemon Hou and first recorded by the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Released in the United States as a single in 1968, it followed United States trumpeter Herb Alpert's vocal performance of "This Guy's in Love with You" to the top spot on the Hot 100 chart, [1] ranking it as the 18th biggest hit of the year. [2]
Harvey Mandel. Harvey "The Snake" Mandel (born March 11, 1945) [1] is an American guitarist best known as a member of Canned Heat. He also played with Charlie Musselwhite and John Mayall as well as maintaining a solo career.
The Gymnasium, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, December 30, 1968 Audience recording. The Rising of The Zeppelin: Fillmore West, San Francisco, April 24, 1969 Erroneously credited as being on January 9, 1969. The original LP was released in a magnificent red, green and blue color. Killing Floor: Boston Tea Party, Boston, January 26, 1969.