TOP 100 SONGS OF 1967 ― NUMBER 34

50 years ago this year these songs were released. I took the top 100 from Rolling Stone for 1967 and put them in the order in which I think they should have listed, since this was the decade of the music I grew up on. Enough of the formalities, here we go. Enjoy.  

CLASSIC IV ― SPOOKY

Genre ―  Jazz Fusion /Pop



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"Spooky" was originally an instrumental song performed by saxophonist Mike Sharpe (Shapiro), written by Shapiro and Harry Middlebrooks, Jr., which first charted in 1967 hitting #57 on the US pop charts. Its best-known version was created by James Cobb and producer Buddy Buie for the group Classics IV when they added lyrics about a "spooky little girl". In 1968, the vocal version of the song reached #3 in the U.S. (Billboard Hot 100) and #46 in the UK.

Cobb and bandmate Dean Daughtry later became part of the Atlanta Rhythm Section and re-recorded "Spooky" in 1979, also produced by Buie. ARS's version hit #17 in the US and #48 in the UK.

"Spooky" has also been covered by a number of artists including Dusty Springfield (whose gender-flipped version was featured prominently in the Guy Ritchiefilm Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Percy Sledge, Andy Williams, Deana Martin, Martha and the Vandellas, Michel Pagliaro (recorded song in French), Velvet Monkeys, Daniel Ash, Lydia Lunch, R.E.M., The Jazz Butcher, Joan Osborne, Imogen Heap, Kid Montana, who issued the song as a single on Les Disques du Crepuscule in 1986, David Sanborn, The Golden Cups, The Puppini Sisters, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Marc Antoine, The Boris GardinerHappening, Element of Crime, Phish, The Lettermen, The Nylons, Pizza Delivery Boys, AP Mike and the Conti Bros. which appeared on the soundtrack to the film The Haunted Mansion in 2003.

The song's main riff is sampled in the song "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?" by Bloodhound Gang, released in 1996, as well as "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Barry Adamson from the Lost Highway soundtrack released in 1997.

Versions ― 

Andy Williams – 1968
Al De Lory – 1968
Atlanta Rhythm Section – 1979
The Boris Gardiner Happening – Leal UK
David Sanborn (Instrumental) – 1996
Dusty Springfield – 1970
Joan Osborne – 1998
Element of Crime – 1999
Gary Walker And The Rain – 1968
The Jazz Butcher – 1988
Lawrence Welk – 1968
Lydia Lunch – 1980
Pizza Delivery Boys – 2015
Shakin' Stevens – 1979
Shock of Pleasure - 2008
Skinny Girl Diet - 2013
Stanley Turrentine - 1968
Vicious Pink – 1985
Year 2000 – 1969
Daniel Ash — 2002
Deana Martin -- 2016

From Wikipedia and Google