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Got my mojo working

Postby colonel snow » Sat May 04, 2019 11:17 am

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Re: Got my mojo working

Postby Suspicious Minds » Sat May 04, 2019 9:58 pm

Here’s a live recording from 1966

https://youtu.be/8hEYwk0bypY

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Music historian Larry Birnbaum states that the 1955 R&B hit "Hands Off", written by Jay McShann and recorded by him with singer Priscilla Bowman, was the "obvious basis" for "Got My Mojo Working", and the two songs were combined by Elvis Presley.

Larry Birnbaum, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock ‘n Roll, 2013, p. 182.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yJe ... le&f=false
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Re: Got my mojo working

Postby Mojo Filter » Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:57 pm

There is no one like Muddy Waters.
she's well acquainted with a touch of the velvet hand, like a lizard on a window pane


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Re: Got my mojo working

Postby Mister Moon » Thu Dec 30, 2021 5:42 pm

colonel snow wrote:The original version was recorded on 1 december 1956 by Muddy Waters (Chess 1052).


I love Muddy's music, and his recording of this song is a total classic, but it looks like it was originally performed by Ann Cole.

The Wikipedia page of this song tells about the controversy behind this R&B anthem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got_My_Mojo_Working

Cole's recording of the song was released by the legendary Baton label from New York City, and it's totally out of this world. No wonder Waters was knocked out when he heard her perform it live :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY9XvUc6xWE


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