Since You Been Gone
"Since You Been Gone" is the title of a rock song written and recorded by the former Argent guitarist, Russ Ballard, and first released on his 1976 album, Winning. It was produced by Roger Glover.[1]
Cover versions
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Rainbow's cover version with Graham Bonnet on lead vocals, was a Top 10 single in the United Kingdom and was named the 82nd best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[2] Rainbow's version was used in a 2009 T-Mobile commercial filmed at Liverpool Street station in London, England.[citation needed]
Other cover versions include those by South African all-girl band Clout on their 1978 album, Substitute, aka Clout, and Head East on their eponymous 1978 album, reaching #46 on the Billboard Hot 100. Former The Runaways vocalist Cherie Currie did the song as a duet with her twin, Marie Currie, on their Messin' with the Boys album in 1980. Their version reached #95 on U.S. singles charts.[3]
Alcatrazz, also fronted by Graham Bonnet, covered the song on their album Live Sentence with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar, and yet another Bonnet fronted outfit, Impellitteri, recorded it for their 1988 debut album Stand in Line.
Brian May of Queen performed the song live on the Back to the Light tour in 1993 and it appears on the Live at the Brixton Academy multi-format release.
References
- ^ "Since you been gone". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "spreadit.org music". Retrieved February 5, 2009.
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/messin-with-the-boys-mw0000596615/awards
External links
- Video of 1976 Russ Ballard performance on YouTube
- Video of 1979 Rainbow performance on YouTube
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OAW-hS-OSk,, Head East version
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