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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts) Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:14 PM Mar 2018

Number One 🎶 March 13, 1968

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Number One 🎶 March 13, 1968 (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2018 OP

What a great song! Ohiogal Mar 2018 #1

Yes it is! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2018 #2

And it's the SF bay, too! Written in Sausalito (or at least inspired there) ... mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #3

My 11th birthday DiverDave Mar 2018 #4

Ohiogal

(32,006 posts)

1. What a great song!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:43 PM

Mar 2018

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

2. Yes it is!

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 01:58 PM

Mar 2018

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

3. And it's the SF bay, too! Written in Sausalito (or at least inspired there) ...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 03:06 PM

Mar 2018

And it was conceived just days after his breakout perf at Monterey Pop (that of Hendrix's National Anthem fame) ... Pretty sure it was released just days after his tragic demise in a plane crash ... Otis was a major, major talent, gone way too soon.

This song is parcel of the very fabric of American Music (and even America period), man. It doesn't get much more classic. Written by Otis, and the equally genius Steve Cropper ... inter-racial collaboration at it's finest.

DiverDave

(4,886 posts)

4. My 11th birthday

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 01:53 PM

Mar 2018

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