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Topic: "Lucky Lips": Steel Guitar Cover of Cliff Richard Tune |
Kay Das
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Posted 1 May 2014 11:00 pm |
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Set your toes a-tapping...'Lucky Lips' was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller It was originally recorded by R&B singer Ruth Brown for Atlantic Records in New York in 1957, and was successfully covered by Cliff Richard and The Shadows in 1963. The version went to #4 in the UK, and in Belgium, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland became a number one single.
This steel guitar cover version was recorded with the Steelocaster, with two acoustic rhythm tracks ( Martin Custom X) adding to a backing track by Richard of mbt.com. Key of E.
https://soundcloud.com/kay-das/lucky-lips
Enjoy
Kay
Cliff Richard and The Shadows
Ruth Brown
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Kay Das
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Los Angeles CA
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Kay Das
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 6 May 2014 11:37 pm
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Thanks for sharing, Joachim! I did not know Cliff knew German. Did he sing any other of his famous songs in German?
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Dieter Stoll
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Germany
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Posted 7 May 2014 3:43 am
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Sorry to barge in, but as a native German speaker I think I can provide an answer to this one.
Sir Cliff, to the best of my knowledge, does not speak German. My guess is that he was provided with a rough transliteration. Many foreign language artists did that back in the 1960s and 70s. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 7 May 2014 4:58 am
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I think Dieter is right. But there were some English artists that speak or spoke fluent German. Spencer Davis and Alexis Korner come to mind.
I don't like everything what Cliff has done but "It's so funny how we don't talk anymore" gets me everytime. Another one is "Visions". Sung in German here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcfkuJdNd1g
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 7 May 2014 7:55 am
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When I was a kid I went to the record store to buy "She Loves You," but they were all sold out. They did have "Sie Liebt Dich," so I purchased that 45 instead.
Everyone already knew the English words, because it was played about every 11 minutes on all the top 40 stations. I just dug the music, especially that big 6th chord sung in harmony at the end. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Posted 7 May 2014 9:20 am
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Hope you don't mind Kay.
Here's one original "Berliner Lied" with the British Invasion sound painted all over it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60eEyqOi-kI
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Kay Das
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 7 May 2014 5:52 pm
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Very interesting follow-up and feedback. Music transcends all kinds of boundaries... Good to hear from all of you... Doug, I sure enjoy your contributions.. would like to visit you one day..
From Joachim...
Here is my version of this tune, accompanied by Charles Campbell of the UK.
https://soundcloud.com/kay-das/visions
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