I Can’t Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles – 1973

One hit wonder? Yep, probably… Ann Peebles made the top 40 in the US and UK only once; in 1973 with I Can’t Stand the Rain.

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• Known for Memphis soul albums released throughout the 70s, Ann Peebles began her career as a gospel singer opening for artists such as Mahalia Jackson and the Soul Stirrers featuring Sam Cooke.
• While singing in clubs in St Louis, Ann was offered a recording contract with Hi Records. A number of albums followed, seven of them in just nine years throughout the 70s; she scored a number of R&B hits from them but only once dented the Top 40. That was in 1973 with I Can’t Stand the Rain.
• Hi Records closed in 1979 leaving Ann without a label. She took a break from singing but returned in 1989 with her album Call Me.
• Ann continued to perform through to 2012 when she suffered a stroke.

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• I Can’t Stand the Rain was originally recorded by Ann Peebles who wrote the song with her husband Don Bryant, and Bernard Miller.
• I Can’t Stand the Rain was Ann’s biggest hit, reaching #38 on the US charts & #41 on the UK charts.
• John Lennon called I Can’t Stand the Rain, “The best song ever,” in a Billboard magazine article and Ian Dury chose this as one of his eight songs on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs programme.
• In 1978, disco band, Eruption released a cover version which went on to become the group’s biggest hit, reaching the top ten in a number of countries around the world – peaking at #18 on the US charts.
• Then, in 1984 Tina Turner recorded the song. It was released as a single in Europe and was fairly successful. It peaked at #57 in the UK.
• I Can’t Stand the Rain lyrics.

i can’t stand the rain – ann peebles – 1973 – video

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At the Hop – Sha Na Na – 1970

First performed (as a cover) by Sha Na Na at Woodstock in 1969, the song later appeared on the 1970 Woodstock album.

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• Sha Na Na began as part of the Columbia University a cappella group, the Kingsmen, but changed their name when a band of the same name gained fame for Louie, Louie.
• Performing 50s hit songs, accompanied by dance moves and harmonies, Sha Na Na began performing in 1969 at the height of the hippie counterculture but went on to achieve US-wide fame after opening for Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock Festival. Fame that went on to inspire similar groups throughout North America, as well as Grease, American Graffiti and the television show Happy Days.
• The band then hosted the Sha Na Na variety television show from 1977 to 1981 with guests including James Brown, the Ramones, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, the Ronettes, and Chubby Checker.
• Still performing today, the current line-up includes Donny York and Jocko Marcellino, two of the original 12 members, and long-time member Screamin’ Scott Simon, who joined in 1970.
• In their early years, Sha Na Na band played at venues such as Fillmore East and Fillmore West, opening for the Grateful Dead, the Mothers of Invention, and the Kinks. Soon the band began headlining at such venues – one of their opening acts was Bruce Springsteen. In 1972, Sha Na Na was one of just four acts invited by John Lennon and Yoko Ono to perform with them at their One-to-One benefit concert at Madison Square Garden.

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• At the Hop was written by Artie Singer, John Medora, and David White and originally released by Danny & the Juniors in late-1957, reaching #1 on the US charts on January 6, 1958. It peaked at #3 on the UK charts.
• The song was covered by Sha Na Na at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and featured in the 1973 George Lucas movie American Graffiti.
• Notable covers, other than Sha Na Na’s version, include, Elvis Presley and The Beach Boys. It also formed part of Uriah Heap’s song, Rock’n’Roll Medley.
• At the Hop lyrics.

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at the hop sha na na – 1969 – woodstock video

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