The 'In' Crowd (song)
| "The 'In' Crowd" | ||||
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| Single by Dobie Gray | ||||
| from the album Dobie Gray Sings for 'In' Crowders That 'Go Go | ||||
| B-side | "Be A Man" | |||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | Charger | |||
| Writer(s) | Billy Page | |||
| Producer | Fred Darian | |||
| Dobie Gray singles chronology | ||||
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"The ‘In’ Crowd" is a 1965 song written by Billy Page and arranged by his brother Gene that was originally performed by Dobie Gray on his album Dobie Gray Sings for 'In' Crowders That 'Go Go. Gray's powerful Motown-like version, complete with brass section, reached #13 in the US Billboard charts and #25 in the UK charts.[1] Despite the Mods' admiration of the song, and the fact that they took its lyrics as depiction of their own lifestyles, Gray's rendition was not the only one that made the song an 'evergreen.'
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[edit] Ramsey Lewis instrumental versions
The Ramsey Lewis Trio recorded an instrumental version of the tune later that same year at the suggestion of a coffee shop waitress.[citation needed] Their jazzy take, recorded live in a Washington, D.C. night club, reached #5 in the U.S. and was used for many years as background music of Jimmy Savile's Savile's Travels and Jimmy Savile's Old Record Club on BBC Radio 1.
The Ramsey Lewis Trio also recorded a smooth jazz version of the song for the 2004 album Time Flies, 39 years after recording their original instrumental version.[2]
[edit] Bryan Ferry version
In 1974, a version by Bryan Ferry, frontman of Roxy Music, finally got the song into the Top 20 in the UK where the single reached #13 on the hit parade. The song also featured as the lead track on Ferry's top five album Another Time, Another Place. The song also appears in the Mafia classic "Casino."
[edit] Other cover versions
Numerous artists have covered the song. These include:
- The Chipmunks on the 1965 album Chipmunks à Go-Go
- The Coasters[3]
- The First Gear in 1965 using Jimmy Page as a session guitarist
- The Fabulous Echoes, on their 1965 Hong Kong-based Diamond Records album, Lovin' Feeling
- The Fourmost[4]
- The Mamas & the Papas, on their 1966 debut album, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
- Jack Jones
- James Last
- Joe Jackson, on his 2000 album, Summer in the City: Live in New York[5]
- Julee Cruise
- Lawrence Welk, on his 1966 Dot Records album, Today's Great Hits
- Marshall Crenshaw, on his 1996 Razor and Tie album, Miracle of Science
- Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs on At The Beach (live in '65), aka Live at Myrtle Beach
- The Mike Flowers Pops, on the 1996 album A Groovy Place
- Petula Clark, on her 1965 album, I Know a Place
- Quincy Jones, a big band jazzy version on his album, Talkin Verve,[6] which was recorded August 1965[7]
- Sylvie Vartan recorded a French version in 1966 called Sauve-Toi
- The Ventures
- Young-Holt Unlimited
[edit] In popular culture
- The Ramsey Lewis instrumental version was used in a 2010 TV commercial for the Nikon Coolpix S8100 digital camera.[8]
- The band The In Crowd took their name from this song.
[edit] References
- ^ "Drift Away and In Crowd singer Dobie Gray dies at 71". BBC news. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16069811. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ Amazon track listing of Ramsey Lewis' Time Flies album
- ^ The Coasters, 20 Greatest Hits Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ^ Fourmost Version On Youtube
- ^ Joe Jackson, Summer in the City: Live in New York Retrieved February 19, 2012
- ^ Talkin Verve tracklist
- ^ Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones Talkin Verve Retrieved February 19, 2012
- ^ 2010 TV commercial for Nikon Coolpix S8100, accessed 30 January 2011
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