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- "Love Is Strange" was a 1957 Top 40 hit for Mickey & Sylvia, originally released on Groove Records, a division of RCA. It reached #11 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, becoming their only Top 20 hit. The song features a sinuous guitar riff and provocative verbal byplay between Mickey and Sylvia as well as a Latin American beat and a strong melodic hook. The lyrics consist of just eight lines, each of which uses the same basic tune, with some variances in the harmony. The role of the lead guitar, the bright recording technique, and the lush melody had an influence that can be clearly heard in many more modern rock songs, notably "Day Tripper" and other guitar-driven Beatles songs. Dave "Baby" Cortez, used the same break riff of "Love is Strange", on his 1962 hit "Rinky Dink", and got sued for copying down that melodic riff, and had to pay thousands of dollars in damages to both Mickey and Sylvia. The 1963 song "Killer Joe" by one-hit wonders the Rocky Fellers, bears more than a passing similarity to the chorus of "Love is Strange," though it never sparked a lawsuit. In addition to its musical quality, the song is remarkable as an instance of convergence. Although only a one-hit wonder, the recording was touched by, or touched, a large number of important people and musical trends, even down to a dispute over authorship. Mickey was Mickey Baker, guitarist on dozens of rock and roll hits and many recordings, considered the "go to" session guitar player of the 1950s and early 1960s. Sylvia was Sylvia Vanderpool, formerly billed as Little Sylvia Vanderpool, who became in the 1980s the impresario behind Sugar Hill Records and a major force in the emergence of rap music. The song was written by Bo Diddley, (but credited to his wife at the time, Ethel Smith), and Jody Williams, who had developed the distinctive lead guitar riff. Williams had recorded the riff earlier on a song called "Billy's Blues" for Billy Stewart. Eventually the song, much more than just a riff, ended up being credited to Smith, Baker and Vanderpool. Buddy Holly recorded a version of the song and also adopted the riff and melody for his own "Words of Love". Jazz musician Everett Barksdale plays rhythm guitar on the recording. The song also marked the first recording of drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, who went on to become one of the most recorded drummers of all time.
- Love is Strange est une chanson écrite en 1957 par Bo Diddley, sous le pseudonyme de sa femme Ethel Smith, pour le duo Mickey and Sylvia (Mickey Baker et Sylvia Robinson, née et signant Vanderpool à l'époque puis créatrice de Sugarhill Records). Ce hit atteignit la place 11 des 100 premiers hit du Billboard Hot 100 et connut de nombreuses reprises, spécialement par Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Sonny and Cher ou encore Paul Mac Cartney avec les Wings. Il apparait dans des scènes de films comme Dirty Dancing, La Balade sauvage, ou des séries comme Du rouge à lèvres sur ton col ... La rythmique créée et superposée par Jody Williams sur la musique co-inspirée et dirigée par Bo Diddley est particulièrement adaptée à Mickey Baker réputé pour sa pratique élégante et savante de la guitare. Le riff est simple mais demande un certain savoir faire, un touché particulier. La voix et l'audace de Sylvia se prête admirablement bien à ce type de R'N'B novateur et malicieux. Buddy Holly s'en inspirera sur Words of Love et provoque l'un des premiers slows rock classique en adoucissant le pas de danse. Mais sa propre reprise de Love is Strange annonce déjà ce genre que sera le slow.
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- "Love Is Strange" was a 1957 Top 40 hit for Mickey & Sylvia, originally released on Groove Records, a division of RCA. It reached #11 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, becoming their only Top 20 hit. The song features a sinuous guitar riff and provocative verbal byplay between Mickey and Sylvia as well as a Latin American beat and a strong melodic hook. The lyrics consist of just eight lines, each of which uses the same basic tune, with some variances in the harmony.
- Love is Strange est une chanson écrite en 1957 par Bo Diddley, sous le pseudonyme de sa femme Ethel Smith, pour le duo Mickey and Sylvia (Mickey Baker et Sylvia Robinson, née et signant Vanderpool à l'époque puis créatrice de Sugarhill Records). Ce hit atteignit la place 11 des 100 premiers hit du Billboard Hot 100 et connut de nombreuses reprises, spécialement par Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Sonny and Cher ou encore Paul Mac Cartney avec les Wings.
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