Fact #183959
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Short story:
The Climax Blues Band (aka Climax Chicago Blues Band) enters the UK singles chart with Couldn't Get It Right, which will peak at No10.
Full article:
Peter Haycock (guitarist/vocalist, Climax Chicago Blues Band) : The original draft composition was mine. The band then worked on the arrangement for an afternoon at [drummer] John Cuffley’s place in Milwich, Staffordshire. Later, Colin honed and added to my lyrics to suit his own deep vocal style during the recording period, including evenings in the hotel in London after the sessions, when we would sit together and work on the lyrics.
A good example would be the transition from my original ‘We all went looking for a sign in the middle of the night’ to ‘I kept on looking…’ My original chorus lyric idea was simply about driving around some city in the USA trying to find the Holiday Inn, which despite its brightly illuminated sign became increasingly hard to reach due to one-way systems, etcetera.
Couldn’t Get it Right was a hit in England, we were on Top Of The Pops, all that. About a year later it went to number three in the States. From 1975 to ’76 was our best year. But a long one.
(Source : https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-couldnt-get-it-right-by-the-climax-blues-band)
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A good example would be the transition from my original ‘We all went looking for a sign in the middle of the night’ to ‘I kept on looking…’ My original chorus lyric idea was simply about driving around some city in the USA trying to find the Holiday Inn, which despite its brightly illuminated sign became increasingly hard to reach due to one-way systems, etcetera.
Couldn’t Get it Right was a hit in England, we were on Top Of The Pops, all that. About a year later it went to number three in the States. From 1975 to ’76 was our best year. But a long one.
(Source : https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-couldnt-get-it-right-by-the-climax-blues-band)