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R.B. Greaves-Take a letter Maria
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The label refers to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, and was one of the early records made there by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, a/k/a The Swampers, after they left FAME Studios to start their own venture. The studio opened in 1969, the same year this song was recorded and released, eventually reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
That's the biggest hit with Maria in the title until Santana's "Maria Maria" thirty years later, if I'm not mistaken. B.W. Stevenson hit with "My Maria" in 1973, going to #9.
Plus, you're right. It's a good song and well worth revisiting.
That's the biggest hit with Maria in the title until Santana's "Maria Maria" thirty years later, if I'm not mistaken. B.W. Stevenson hit with "My Maria" in 1973, going to #9.
Plus, you're right. It's a good song and well worth revisiting.
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Re: R.B. Greaves-Take a letter Maria
The New Riders Of The Purple Sage do a really good cover of that song.
There's also Maria from West Side Story.
There's also Maria from West Side Story.
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Also "Maria" by Blondie (from 1999 "No Exit").
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From ABC "The Music Scene" hosted by David Steinberg from late 1969 Monday nights, here is "Take A Letter Maria" which R.B. Greaves tries to start the reel to reel tape but explodes at the end!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Y0x1j ... ssikRocker
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The other Top 40 song by R.B. Greaves was "Always Something There To Remind Me" (written by David & Bacharach) & went to # 27 in February of 1970. Later done by Naked Eyes in February of 1983.
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Greaves died on September 27, 2012 at 68 years old. Story from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._B._Greaves
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Re: R.B. Greaves-Take a letter Maria
When I was a kid I thought he was singing gibberish, with the only recognizable words being "on a Saturday night" (which are not even actually said anywhere in the song, lmao).
I should post that one in the misheard lyrics thread
I should post that one in the misheard lyrics thread
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Re: R.B. Greaves-Take a letter Maria
I always liked that punchline:
It just so happens I'm free tonight
Would you like to have dinner with me?
It just so happens I'm free tonight
Would you like to have dinner with me?
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Pop songs from 1969 and 1970 have a special sound. The energy and enthusiasm of the 60s, plus an extra bit of punch in the production that was a preview of the heavily produced pop songs of the 1970s. My family had a swimming club membership those two years, and I can still hear those songs playing on the jukebox in the big recreation room.