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In 1974, a version by [[Bryan Ferry]], frontman of [[Roxy Music]], finally got the song into the Top 20 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] where it reached #13 on the [[hit parade]]. The song also featured as the lead track on Ferry's top five album ''[[Another Time, |
In 1974, a version by [[Bryan Ferry]], frontman of [[Roxy Music]], finally got the song into the Top 20 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] where it reached #13 on the [[hit parade]]. The song also featured as the lead track on Ferry's top five album ''[[Another Time, Another Place (album)|Another Time, Another Place]]''. The song also appears in the Mafia classic "[[Casino (film)|Casino]]". |
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Most recently (11/12) the track has been used as background to the Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) commercial. |
Most recently (11/12) the track has been used as background to the Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) commercial. |
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Revision as of 22:06, 24 November 2012
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"The ‘In’ Crowd" is a 1964[1] song written by Billy Page[1] 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 and #25 in the UK in 1965.[2]
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 at Bohemian Caverns, 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.[3]
Petula Clark version
Also in 1965, Petula Clark recorded the song, releasing it on her I Know a Place album. Clark later included the song in the opening medley of songs in her 1968 NBC television special.
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 it 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". Most recently (11/12) the track has been used as background to the Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) commercial.
References
- ^ a b "Second Hand Songs - Recording: The 'In' Crowd - Dobie Gray". Retrieved 2012-09-12.
- ^ "Drift Away and In Crowd singer Dobie Gray dies at 71". BBC news. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ Amazon track listing of Ramsey Lewis' Time Flies album