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Rikki Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan

Artist Biography For Steely Dan

Steely Dan Is An American Jazz Rock Band Which Formed In 1972. The Band Was Formed By Donald Fagen vocals Keyboards And Walter Becker guitar Bass Who Met In 1967 While Both Attended Bard College In Annandale-On-Hudson New York And Began A Songwriting Partnership Shortly Thereafter. Their Music Is Characterized By Dark Witty Lyrical Narratives Obscure Lyrical Allusions And Complex Jazz-Influenced Instrumentation And Chord Sequences Overlying More Ordinary Popular Song Structures. Their Fastidious Standards In The Studio And Use Of World-Class Sessions Players Has Also Been A Hallmark Of Their Work. For This Special Credit Should Be Given To Their Long-Time Producer Gary Katz And Engineer Roger Nichols. The Band Was Originally A Six-Piece Consisting Of Fagen Becker David Palmer vocals Jeff "Skunk" Baxter guitar Denny Dias guitar And Jim Hodder drums But By 1975 Only Fagen And Becker Remained. The Band's History Can Be Divided Into Three Stages. In Its Original Conception The Group Was A Relatively Conventional Rock Band That Toured From 1972 To 1974 Releasing The Singles-Chart Successes 'Do It Again' 'Reelin' In The Years' 'My Old School' And 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number'. The Group's Name Was Derived From A Series Of Dildos In The 1959 Novel 'Naked Lunch' By The Avant-Garde Writer William S. Burroughs The Phrase First Used In The Lyrics Of An Early Pre-Steely Dan Fagen/Becker Song Soul Ram. In Its Second Stage 1975 - 1980 The Group Now Consisting Solely Of Fagen And Becker Became A Purely Studio-Based Act Their Album Releases Showing A Growing Obsession With Polished Production Values And Whose Output Became Increasingly Jazz-Orientated Culminating In The Highly Successful 'Aja' 1977 And 'Gaucho' 1980 . The Two Split In 1981 Following A Tumultuous Recording Process For The Latter Album And Personal Problems For Both Members. In The Eighties Fagen Released His Seminal Debut Album 'The Nightfly' And Took Time Away From The Music Industry Whilst Becker After Recovering From Drug Dependence Was In Frequent Work As A Producer. The Third Stage Came When Fagen And Becker Reunited In 1993 Followed By A World Tour their First Touring Dates In 20 Years . In 2000 The Grammy-Award-Winning 'Two Against Nature' Was Released To Critical And Surprising Commercial Success. Its Successor Followed Swiftly 'Everything Must Go' Being Released In 2003. The Two Albums Show A More Relaxed Attitude To Production Less Morbid Lyrical Themes And An Upbeat Jazz Pop Sound But With The Characteristic Wit And Musical Complexity Of Their 20th Century Work Remaining. Walter Becker Passed Away On September 3 2017. This Was Followed By Legal Action Between Becker's Estate And Fagen Over Ownership Of Material. Fagen With Additional Bandmates Continues To Tour As Steely Dan. -- Steely Dan's Homepage Wikipedia Article Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Rikki Don't Lose That Number

"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" Is A Single Released In 1974 By Rock/jazz-Rock Group Steely Dan And The Opening Track Of Their Third Album "Pretzel Logic". It Was The Most Successful Single Of The Group's Career Peaking At Number 4 On The Billboard Hot 100 In The Summer Of 1974. The Song Features Jim Gordon On Drums As Does The Bulk Of The "Pretzel Logic" Album. The Guitar Solo Is By Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Who Would Soon Go On To Join The Doobie Brothers. Victor Feldman's Flapamba Introduction To The Song Which Opens The Album Is Cut From The Original ABC Single Version. The MCA Single Reissue Backed With "Pretzel Logic" Includes The Flapamba Intro But Fades Out Just Before The Actual End Of The Track. The Introductory Riff Is An Almost Direct Copy Of The Intro Of Horace Silver's Jazz Classic "Song For My Father". Reviewing The Single For AllMusic Stewart Mason Said "Just To Clear Up A Generation's Worth Of Rumors About The Lyrics Of "Rikki Don't Lose That Number " Walter Becker Stated For The Record In A 1985 Interview In The Pages Of Musician That The "number" In Question Was Not Slang For A Marijuana Cigarette "send It Off In A Letter To Yourself " Supposedly A Way To Safely Transport One's Dope Back Before The Post Office Abolished General Delivery Mail Was Held Up As The Key Line And An Uncharacteristically Forthcoming Donald Fagen Has Similarly Revealed That The "Rikki" In Question Was Simply A Woman He'd Had A Crush On In College Writer Rikki Ducornet . It Says Something About Steely Dan's Reputation As Obscurantists That Even A Straightforward Lost-Love Song Like "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" Could Be So Widely Over-Interpreted. ... It's Unsurprising That "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" Ended Up Becoming Steely Dan's Biggest Commercial Hit ... As It's One Of The Group's Most Gentle And Accessible Songs." Billboard Described It As A "catchy Almost Tango-Like Tune." Cash Box Said That The "strong Accent On Harmonies With Keyboard And Percussion Dominating The Musical End Makes For A Very Entertaining Track."

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