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Jun 9, 2024 · At this time Deep Purple represented the acceptable face of the Swinging 60s, as evidenced by a surviving clip of the band on Hugh Hefner’s Playboy After Dark show. Here, they enjoy some friendly banter with the pipe-smoking Lothario and perform their hit single, surrounded by Hef’s bunnies and ‘groovy young kids’, dressed in the latest Mr Fish threads and Anello & Davide footwear, and ...
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Apr 25, 2024 · The Song as an Anthem of Its Time. “Black Night” was released during a time when the music industry was undergoing a significant change. The 1960s were over, and the early 1970s were marked by an explosion of experimentation and creativity in music. The song reflects this era, with its mixture of rock, blues, and funk elements.
After leaving Deep Purple, Blackmore formed Rainbow and later founded the medieval folk band Blackmore’s Night. Rod Evans. Rod Evans was the lead vocalist for Deep Purple from 1968 to 1969. He sang on the band’s first three albums, Shades of Deep Purple, The Book of Taliesyn, and Deep Purple. Evans’s vocal style helped shape the band’s ...
- Janey Roberts
— Ritchie Blackmore on the hiring of Roger Glover. Mark II's first release was a Roger Greenaway – Roger Cook tune titled "Hallelujah". At the time of its recording, Nick Simper still thought he was in the band and had called John Coletta to inquire about the recording dates for the song. He then found that the song had already been recorded with Glover on bass. The remaining original ...
Once Deep Purple in Rock had been completed, EMI asked for a suitable single to be recorded to help promote the album. Though Roger Glover states that Ricky Nelson's 1962 hard rocking arrangement of the George Gershwin song "Summertime" was the basis for the Mk II Deep Purple single "Black Night," [4] it is also similar to Blues Magoos's 1966 psychedelic hit song "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet."
Aug 18, 2017 · Deep Purple on “Black Night”: “We thought the whole thing was a waste of time”. How an old blues riff, played “good and drunk” after a pub booze-up, became a huge 1970 hit. 18th August ...
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Jan 19, 2024 · In the late summer of 1975, 20-year-old Sounds writer Geoff Barton journeyed to the US to write an on-the-road piece about Deep Purple. Little did he know what he was getting himself into, as internal bickering, jealousy and addiction began to tear the band apart. In 2003, he revisited the trip for Classic Rock.
