"Hang On Sloopy"
歌曲原名是 "My Girl Sloopy", 由歌手作曲家 Bert Russell 和唱片監製 Wes Farrell 兩人共同創作; 1964年二月, 樂隊組合 "The Vibrations" 作首次錄音演譯, 由 Atlantic Records 錄製唱片, 面世後即登上美國 "R&B Chart" 第十位, 和 "U.S. Pop Chart" 榜上第二十六位。
"The Vibrations"
是五十年代, 來自美國加州 Los Angeles 洛杉磯的 "R&B 藍調節奏" 五人組合, 他們把 "My Sloopy Girl" 以拉丁美洲的鼓樂節奏, 和管樂的演譯, 似乎跟不上六十年代樂迷的音樂潮流, 雖然能夠登上 "R&B Chart" 第十位置, 但很快便有新版本出現 ....
"My Girl Sloopy" - The Vibrations
Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy Hang on
Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy Hang on
Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town
And all the girls I know they try to put my Sloopy down.
Sloopy I don't care what your daddy do
Don't you know little girl that I'm in love with you.
Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on
Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on
Sloopy let your hair down
Let it down on me
Hang on Sloopy
Sloopy let your hair down
Girl, let it down on me
Come on Sloopy,
Come on, come on
Come on girl,
Come on, come on
Say yea yea yeah
Good good good good
Good good good good good
I wanna say ahhhhh
A little bit of soul
I want you tell me something
Well don't it make you feel crazy
I wanna say ahhhhh
Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on.
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"SLOOPY" - The Mystics
1964年十一月, 來自 Florida, Tallahassee 的樂隊 "The Mystics" 把歌曲取名 "Sloopy" 演繹之後, 這版本未受流行樂壇注目。1965年五月, 來自加拿大樂隊組合 "Little Caesar & The Consuls" 的版本, 節奏怪異, 不倫不類, 令年青樂迷大失所望 ....
"My Girl Sloopy" - Little Caesar & the Consuls
兩個月後, Eric Clapton 與 Jeff Beck 同加入的英國樂隊 "The Yardbirds", 翻唱的版本 "My Girl Sloopy" 於1965年七月面世, 他們的演譯較迎合當年的樂迷, 但並没有在英美流行樂壇熾熱起來。同月份, 另一版本卻引起流行樂壇一番哄動 ....
"My Girl Sloopy" - The Yardbirds