“You know, they pick songs out for Elvis and when he'd go in to record he'd review them, and if he liked them he'd do it. So anyway, he recorded it, and it was by far the biggest thing that had ever happened to me in my life.” »read more
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This was written by the band's lead singer Francis Rossi with their road manager and sometime harmonica player Bob Young. Bob Young said in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, "I think Down Down is a really good song and the title rolled off my tongue." Francis Rossi recalls, "We had done the verses and we had 'Again and again and what?' and we kept thinking of Tyrannosaurus Rex's 'Deborah' and realized that we needed a 'd-d' in there. We thought of 'Down Down' which didn't make any sense with the rest of the song, but it worked. It didn't matter as we weren't trying to write deep meaningful lyrics."
Status Quo were a UK rock group who enjoyed 23 Top 10 hits in the UK between 1968 and 1990, although this was their only #1. In 2005 they recorded their biggest hit for 15 years when "The Party Ain't Over Yet" reached #11. Their biggest American hit was the psychedelic "Pictures Of Matchstick Men," which reached #12 in 1968. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 2)
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A good old fashioned Rocker!
- Sam, Hipsville, CA