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1964 rock vocal

"Gloria"
Gloria (Them song) coverart.jpg
Unmarried past Them
A-side "Baby, Please Don't Go"
Released 2 Dec 1964 (1964-12-02)
Recorded viii April 1964
Studio Decca Three, West Hampstead, Britain
Genre
  • British R&B[1] [2]
  • garage rock[3]
  • proto-punk[4]
Length 2:38
Label Decca
Songwriter(due south) Van Morrison
Producer(southward) Dick Rowe
Them singles chronology
"Infant, Please Don't Get"
(1964) 		"Gloria"
(1964) 		"Here Comes the Dark"
(1965)
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"Gloria" is a rock song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, and originally recorded by Morrison's band Them in 1964. It was released as the B-side of "Baby, Please Don't Go". The song became a garage stone staple and a part of many rock bands' repertoires. It is peculiarly memorable for its "Gloria!" chorus. It is like shooting fish in a barrel to play, as a simple three-chord song, and thus is popular with those learning to play guitar.

Composition and recording [edit]

Co-ordinate to Morrison, he wrote "Gloria" while performing with the Monarchs in Germany in the summer of 1963, at just most the time he turned eighteen years old.[5] He started to perform information technology at the Maritime Hotel when he returned to Belfast and joined up with the Gamblers to form the ring Them. He would advertisement-lib lyrics as he performed, sometimes stretching the song to fifteen or 20 minutes. Afterward signing a contract with Dick Rowe and Decca, Them went to London for a recording session at Decca Iii Studios in West Hampstead on v April 1964; "Gloria" was 1 of the seven songs recorded that solar day.

Besides Morrison, present were Baton Harrison on guitar, Alan Henderson on bass guitar, Ronnie Millings on drums and Patrick John McCauley on keyboards. Rowe brought in session musicians Arthur Greenslade on organ and Bobby Graham on drums, since he considered the Them members besides inexperienced. There remains some dispute almost whether Millings and McCauley were really miked, just Alan Henderson contends that Them constituted the first rock group to utilise two drummers on a recording.[half-dozen] Although some sources claim that Jimmy Page played 2nd guitar, other sources deny this.[7] [8]

Releases and charts [edit]

Decca Records released "Gloria" as the B-side of "Baby, Delight Don't Go" in the UK on vi Nov 1964, with but the latter reaching the singles chart. In the The states, the same pairing was released past Parrot Records, which became a regional hit on the United states of america West Declension.[9] Between March and June 1965, the unmarried (both songs) appeared on weekly Peak 40 playlists for Los Angeles radio station KRLA, reaching number one for iii weeks in April.[ten] [eleven] [12] A year afterward, later on the release of a cover version of "Gloria" past the Shadows of Knight, Them's original entered the national Billboard Hot 100 chart. Both peaked during the week of fourteen May 1966, with Them at number 75 and the Shadows of Knight at number 10.[xiii]

Cash Box described it as "a bluesy, upwardly tempo stomp'er devoted to 'Gloria.'"[14]

"Gloria" was added to Them's first Britain album The Angry Young Them (1965), which was re-titled with some different tracks equally Them in the United states of america.[9] The song likewise appears on several compilations, including The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison (1997) and The Best of Van Morrison (1990).[9]

Encompass versions [edit]

"Gloria"
Single by the Shadows of Knight
B-side "Dark Side"
Released December 1965 (1965-12)
Genre Stone
Length 2:35
Label Dunwich
Songwriter(s) Van Morrison
The Shadows of Knight singles chronology
"Gloria"
(1965) 		"Oh Yes"
(1966)
  • 1965 – The Shadows of Knight recorded "Gloria", which was released as a single in December 1965 and later included on the album of the same name. Janovitz describes it as "a true-blue, though tamer version of the original".[ix] The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966,[13] due to its popularity with radio stations that chose not to play Them'south original due to its more controversial lyrics – the Shadows of Knight replaced Morrison's line "She comes to my room" with "She calls out my name".[xv] [16]
  • 1968–1970 – The Doors performed the song several times, with i recording released on Live, She Cried (1983). It was also released equally a single, which reached number 18 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 71 on Billboard Hot 100 in 1983.[17] The song is included on Legacy: The Absolute Best (2003) and The Very Best of The Doors (2007).
  • 1975 – Patti Smith recorded it for her album Horses. Based on the Morrison melody, the lyrics are reinvented for the nascent punk rock move, retaining but the chorus, and adding peradventure ironic allusions to the sacred allusions of the title. Smith's spoken intro begins "Jesus died for somebody'southward sins, but not mine".[9] According to Janovitz, "Smith'south intermingling of lascivious sex and religious guilt (or lack thereof) certainly foreshadows like sacred/profane juxtapositions from ultra-feminine Madonna and androgynous Prince."[9]
  • 1993 – Van Morrison recorded a version with John Lee Hooker, which reached the Peak 40 in several countries: Irish Singles Chart No. 17,[18] UK Singles Chart No. 31,[xix] U.s. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 36,[20] and the Netherlands No. 37.[21]

Recognition [edit]

One explanation for the timeless popularity of the song was offered in AllMusic's review by Bill Janovitz:[ix]

The beauty of the original is that Van Morrison needs just to speak-sing, in his Howlin' Wolf growl, "I sentry her come upward to my firm/She knocks upon my door/And so she comes up to my room/I want to say she makes me feel all correct/Grand-Fifty-O-R-I-A!" to convey his teenage lust. The original Latin pregnant of the proper name is not lost on Morrison. Them never varies from the 3 chords, using only dynamic changes to heighten the tension.

"Gloria" was rated number 69 on Dave Marsh's list in the 1989 volume The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. He described the song as "one of the few rock songs that's actually as raunchy as its reputation."[22]

In his book Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles, Paul Williams said near the ii sides of the "Baby Please Don't Go/Gloria" recording: "Into the centre of the beast ... here is something so proficient, and so pure, that if no other hint of it only this record existed, there would still be such a thing as rock and roll ... Van Morrison'south vocalization a fierce buoy in the darkness, the lighthouse at the cease of the world. Resulting in one of the well-nigh perfect stone anthems known to humankind."[23]

In 1999, "Gloria" by Them received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.[24] In 2000, "Gloria" by Them was listed as number 81 on VH1's listing of The 100 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time.[25] In 2004, "Gloria" by Them was ranked No. 208 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, moving down to No. 211 in the 2010 updated listing,[26] and 413 in the 2021 list.[27] "Gloria" was also included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll twice: by Patti Smith and by Shadows of Knight.[28]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Rogan, Johnny (2006). Van Morrison: No Give up. Vintage. p. 102. ISBN978-0-09-943183-1.
  2. ^ Pafford, Steve (6 July 2010). Bowie Fashion. Music Sales. p. 152. ISBN978-0-85712-364-0.
  3. ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie. "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste . Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. ^ Zoladz, Lindsay (28 Nov 2018). "Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' Is fifty, but It Never Ages". The Ringer . Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ^ Heylin, p. 76
  6. ^ Turner, p. 46-49
  7. ^ Thompson, Gordon (2008). Please Please Me: Sixties British Popular, Inside Out. Oxford University Press. p. 303. ISBN978-0-xix-971555-8.
  8. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Stone: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Backbeat Books. p. 1131. ISBN978-0-87930-653-3.
  9. ^ a b c d east f g Janovitz, Pecker. "Them: 'Gloria' – Review". AllMusic . Retrieved xv April 2008.
  10. ^ "KRLA Tunedex". KRLA Beat. xiv April 1965. p. iv.
  11. ^ "KRLA Tunedex". KRLA Beat out. 21 April 1965. p. 4.
  12. ^ "KRLA Tunedex". KRLA Trounce. 28 Apr 1965. p. 3.
  13. ^ a b "Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 78, no. xx. 14 May 1966. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
  14. ^ "CashBox Tape Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 30 January 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 12 Jan 2022.
  15. ^ "Dunwich Album Discography". bsnpubs.com. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  16. ^ "The History of Banned R&R". classicbands.com. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  17. ^ AllMusic
  18. ^ "Van Morrison – Irish chart". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on two June 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  19. ^ "Van Morrison – U.k. nautical chart". Retrieved 14 April 2008.
  20. ^ "Van Morrison – Billboard chart". Allmusic . Retrieved xiv April 2008.
  21. ^ "Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker – "Gloria"". Dutchcharts.nl . Retrieved vi November 2020.
  22. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). "The Heart of Stone and Soul". Retrieved fifteen April 2008.
  23. ^ Williams, Paul; Berryhill, Cindy Lee (December 1993). "Baby Please Don't Go / Gloria – Them (1964)". Stone and Gyre: The 100 Best Singles (Hardcover ed.). The states: Entwhistle Books. pp. 71–72. ISBN978-0-934558-41-9.
  24. ^ "GRAMMY Hall of Fame Award". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 1999. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  25. ^ "VH1 100 Greatest Stone Songs 51–100". rockonnet.com. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
  26. ^ "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". rocklistmusic.co.united kingdom. 9 December 2004. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  27. ^ "Gloria no. 413". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  28. ^ "500 Songs that shaped stone". infoplease.com. Retrieved 3 November 2010.

Sources [edit]

  • Williams, Paul; Berryhill, Cindy Lee (December 1993). "Baby Please Don't Go / Gloria – Them (1964)". Rock and Gyre: The 100 All-time Singles (Hardcover ed.). United States: Entwhistle Books. pp. 71–72. ISBN978-0-934558-41-9.
  • Rogan, Johnny (June 2005). Van Morrison: No Give up (Hardcover ed.). Great britain: Secker and Warburg. ISBN978-0-436-20566-8.
  • Heylin, Clinton (2003). Tin You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-vii
  • Turner, Steve (1993). Van Morrison: Too Late to Terminate Now, Viking Penguin, ISBN 0-670-85147-vii

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