You Better Move On (song)
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| "You Better Move On" | ||||
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| Single by Arthur Alexander | ||||
| B-side | "A Shot of Rhythm and Blues" | |||
| Released | December 1961 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues | |||
| Label | Dot | |||
| Writer(s) | Arthur Alexander | |||
| Producer(s) | Rick Hall [1] | |||
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"You Better Move On" is a song by Arthur Alexander from 1961 that reached #24 on the US charts in March 1962.[2] The song was recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The session musicians on the recording included David Briggs, piano, Terry Thompson, guitar, Forest Riley, acoustic guitar, Norbert Putnam, bass, Jerry Carrigan, drums and unknown back up singers.[3]
It was covered in 1962 by Bobby Vee and then by both The Hollies and The Rolling Stones in 1964.
Rolling Stones version
"You Better Move On" was first released on 17 January 1964, on the EP, The Rolling Stones. It was also on the US album, December's Children (And Everybody's), released in 1965.
Personnel
- Mick Jagger - Lead vocals
- Keith Richards - Electric guitar
- Brian Jones - Acoustic guitar, backing vocal
- Charlie Watts - Drums
- Bill Wyman - Bass guitar, backing vocal
Other versions
- The Hollies on the 1964 album Stay with The Hollies (Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 11 December 1963)
- The Moody Blues, 1964, recorded at the Marquee Club, unreleased
- King James and Mel, 1965 on HAL Records (A Gamble-Huff Production)
- The Leaves, 1965, single
- Billy "Crash" Craddock on the 1973 album of the same title. This version peaked at #10 on the country charts.
- Dean Martin on the 1973 album You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
- Johnny Rivers on the 1975 album New Lovers and Old Friends
- George Jones and Johnny Paycheck on the 1980 album Double Trouble. This version peaked at #18 on the country charts.
- Mink DeVille on the 1981 album Coup de Grâce
- Katy Moffatt on the 1990 album Child Bride
- The Black Sorrows on the 1998 album The Very Best Of The Black Sorrows recorded by Mushroom Records and Sonola from 1884 4, released by Liberation.
- Alan Merrill on the 2003 album Double Shot Rocks
References
- ↑ ‘’Muscle Shoals Sound’’, Rhino Records Inc. R2 71517, liner notes, 1993
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Revised and Enlarged, Billboard Books, New York, 1992,
- ↑ The Muscle Shoals Sound, CD, Rhino Records, 1993
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- 1961 songs
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- George Jones songs
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- Songs written by Arthur Alexander
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