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Fact #97775

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Short story:

The Paramounts have their only UK chart entry with their version of Poison Ivy, which will peak at No35. The band will become better known as Procol Harum.

Full article:

Gary Brooker [The Paramounts] : The only thing I remember about Poison Ivy was that The Rolling Stones had recorded it about the same time but, in the end, they didn't put it out as a single because they heard we were putting it out. Their version only appeared on some obscure EP.

They were never our choices those songs, and they never got recorded the way they sounded on stage for some reason.
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