Mickey And Sylvia - Love Is Strange (Casino Soundtrack)

Mickey And Sylvia - Love Is Strange (Casino Soundtrack) Soundtrack)
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"Love Is Strange" was a 1957 Top 40 hit for Mickey & Sylvia, originally released on Groove Records, a division of RCA. It reached #11 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, becoming their only Top 20 hit. The song features a sinuous guitar riff and provocative verbal byplay between Mickey and Sylvia as well as a Latin American beat and a strong melodic hook. The lyrics consist of just eight lines, each of which uses the same basic tune, with some variances in the harmony. The role of the lead guitar, the bright recording technique, and the lush melody had an influence that can be clearly heard in many more modern rock songs, notably "Day Tripper" and other guitar-driven Beatles songs. Dave "Baby" Cortez used the same break riff as "Love is Strange" on his 1962 hit "Rinky Dink", got sued for copying down that melodic riff, and had to pay thousands of dollars in damages to both Mickey and Sylvia. The 1963 song "Killer Joe" by one-hit wonders the Rocky Fellers, bears more than a passing similarity to the chorus of "Love is Strange," though it never sparked a lawsuit.

In addition to its musical quality, the song is remarkable as an instance of convergence. Although only a one-hit wonder, the recording was touched by, or touched, a large number of important people and musical trends, even down to a dispute over authorship.

Mickey was Mickey Baker, guitarist on dozens of rock and roll hits and many recordings, considered the "go to" session guitar player of the 1950s and early 1960s. Sylvia was Sylvia Vanderpool, formerly billed as Little Sylvia Vanderpool, who became in the 1980s the impresario behind Sugar Hill Records and a major force in the emergence of rap music. The song was written by Bo Diddley, (but credited to his wife at the time, Ethel Smith), and Jody Williams, who had developed the distinctive lead guitar riff. Williams had recorded the riff earlier on a song called "Billy's Blues" for Billy Stewart. Eventually the song ended up being credited to Smith, Baker and Vanderpool. Buddy Holly recorded a version of the song and also adopted the riff and melody for his own "Words of Love".

Jazz musician Everett Barksdale plays rhythm guitar on the recording. The song also marked the first recording of drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, who went on to become one of the most recorded drummers of all time.

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[mattoh1981]

i love this song, and Casino!!! Man, Sharon Stone plays a crackwhore like no one else!!

[jolebec]

nice song,greetings from vienna,austria

[charleneaponte1]

Sylvia lived a life that would shame any gangster, I-talian or African.

[TheMontenegrinFalcon]

Thumbs up if casino brought u here

[TheLennonlegends]

when i first heard this song i liked it allot...... and that was that!! lol

[thatfilmgeekguy]

@sypdavis obviously had the same effect on ace when he met ginger. gotta be my favourite love-at-first-sight scene ever. it wipes the floor with the others really because most are cheesy whereas this one is more cool and you actually feel the attraction between them. dynamite moment.

[STFCstoneroses]

@jolebec Wohho going there end of the month

[sypdavis]

Makes me Jizz! (in my pants)

[DittoTurbo]

@DittoTurbo Born Sylvia Vanterpool, Robinson and her late husband, Joe, founded Sugar Hill Records in 1979 and released the early hip hop hit, "Rapper's Delight," performed by the Sugar Hill Gang. Her eldest son, Joey, was a member of the group she formed.

[DittoTurbo]

RIP Syliva Robinson..you will be missed

[JaguarPawww]

@LucyLuvsPonies FUCK OF AHAHAHAH

[bigkest666]

nothing sounds better than a gibson guitar!!! yum yum :D

[LucyLuvsPonies]

thumbs up if dirty dancing brought you here!!!!

[chattynatty14]

Im in love with this song!

[chattynatty14]

The best part is the end :)

[Naekeed]

yeahh

[FyreTiger2K]

#53 greatest guitarist of all time

[ROMAJAM]

:-)

[JSenator06]

Who cares about the movie, this song is one of the 'greats of the oldies'!

[KIDRED56]

My Aunt Darlene...Big Red....Westminster, Ca.

[ilovewoofy]

@greekboy2k ITS THE ONLY VERSION....THEY ONLY SAY BAAABYYY AT THE END OF THE SONG...LISTEN!!!

[guitar0maniac]

nice song, greetings from Israel