The original Robinson recording has a vocal that is reminiscent of Ray Charles’ singing style and was produced by Leiber & Stoller.Ī year later, in 1965, the Rolling Stones covered the song.īefore Jagger and Richards began to have success as songwriters, they had an uncanny sense for selecting great songs to cover. They hit their stride with the Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love” and a series of hits by the Shangri-Las. Red Bird was a label founded by Leiber and Mike Stoller after their long, successful run at Atlantic Records. “Down Home Girl” was written by Jerry Leiber and Artie Butler and first recorded by New Orleans based Alvin “Shine” Robinson on the Red Bird Records in 1964. This one is solidly in the category of you can’t ef up a great song. Today’s SotW is another installment in my ongoing “evolution” series.
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