Maggie May - Rod Stewart

Inspirat per l’escriptor i blocaire Jesús Tibau, tornem a escoltar a Rod Stewart. Potser Maggie May és la seva cançó més famosa però va tenir un “naixement” interessant. Resulta que era la cara B del single Reason To Believe, fins que els presentadors de la radio es van adonar que la gent volia escoltar més a la cara B que la cara A. 15 dies desprès van canviar l’ordre i en poc temps Maggie May va arribar al numero 1 de les llistes de ventes anglesos. Totes dos cançons son del LP Every Picture Tells a Story de l’any 1971.

Per cert, segur que ja hi ha joves que no saben de que parlem quan parlem de cares A i B, de singles, fins i tot de comprar música ....

Bé, aquí tenim a Maggie May amb el extra d’una introducció amb el comediant anglès Kenny Everett.

Inspired by author and fellow blogger Jesús Tibau, I’ve been listening to Rod Stewart this week. The story behind the number one hit Maggie May is interesting in that it was originally released as “merely” the B-side of the single Reason To Believe. However, DJs soon realised people wanted to hear Maggie May and the record company re-classified the single with Maggie May becoming the A-side! Both songs feature on Rod’s 1971 LP, Every Picture Tells A Story.

Talking about singles, I suppose there’s a young generation of folk out there who don’t know what we’re talking about when we refer to A and B-sides, singles, or even actually buying music ....

So, here’s Maggie May with a bonus – gag with Rod and Kenny Everett.