Don Covay - Mercy Mercy
#60smusic #doncovay
This song established Covay's recording career in 1964. One of Jimi Hendrix's first recordings as a sideman. The Stones covered it on Out of Our Heads in 1965.
Don Covay - Mercy Mercy
#60smusic #doncovay
This song established Covay's recording career in 1964. One of Jimi Hendrix's first recordings as a sideman. The Stones covered it on Out of Our Heads in 1965.

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #Fatherhood. Here are five of my favorites:
Ruth Brown: Papa Daddy (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW0v8ZvY4jQ
Shep & the Limelites: Daddy's Home (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGla91-qmk
The Radiants: Father Knows Best (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM2L-J5kLgc
Don Covay & the Goodtimers: Daddy Loves Baby (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_pOdJ-NCg
The Winstons: Color Him Father (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XngIdbFMXwc
#RuthBrown #ShepandtheLimelites #Radiants #DonCovay #Winstons


Today's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #Children. Here are the first five songs that I came up with:
Don Covay & the Goodtimers: Daddy Loves Baby (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tEQBBoedwA
O.V. Wright: He's My Son (Just The Same) (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLrzO1GSHDE
Jackie DeShannon: Child Of Mine (1971, originally unreleased)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWXbddsfPE
Jean Wells: Broomstick Horse Cowboy (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DCkznPSTs
The Playmates: "A" My Name Is Alice (1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Fv__e-olI
#music #doncovay #ovwright #jackiedeshannon #caroleking #jeanwells #playmates
Another old favorite for today's #TuneTuesday theme, #SongsFromTheFuture. Written by Luther Dixon and Don Covay, the lyrics of this song deal with much more gloomy issues:
The Shirelles: Dooms Day (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv3ZCewZFLc
#music #Shirelles #girlgroups #DonCovay #LutherDixon #ScepterWand
🔊 #NowPlaying on #fip
Don Covay:
🎵 Everything I do gonh be funky (from now on)