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Atlanta Rhythm Section
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Atlanta Rhythm Section Sometimes Abbreviated ARS Is An American Rock Band From The South The Band Unofficially Formed In 1970 As Former Members Of The Candymen And The Classics IV Became The Session Band For The Newly Opened Studio One In Doraville Georgia Near Atlanta. After Playing On Other Artists' Recordings They Decided To Become A True Band In Their Own Right. The Members Of The Original Band Were Rodney Justo Singer Barry Bailey Guitarist Paul Goddard Bassist Dean Daughtry Keyboardist And Robert Nix Drummer . Justo Left The Band After The First Album And Was Replaced By Ronnie Hammond. Buddy Buie The Band's Manager And Producer Is Listed First On Almost All Of The Songwriting Credits Of The Band's Songs. While ARS Would Never Reach The Commercial Success Of Lynyrd Skynyrd Or The Marshall Tucker Band The Group Had A Strong Following In The South And Charted A Number Of Hits Such As "Imaginary Lover " "I'm Not Going To Let It Bother Me Tonight " "Champagne Jam " "So Into You " And A Remake Of A Classics IV Hit "Spooky." The Band Also Influenced A Number Of Rock And Country Artists Notably Travis Tritt Who Recorded A Cover Of The ARS Songs "Back Up Against The Wall" And "Homesick." The Group Shudder To Think Covered "So Into You."
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"Spooky" Was Originally An Instrumental Song By Saxophonist Mike Sharpe Shapiro Which First Charted In 1967 Hitting #57 On The US Pop Charts. 1 It's Best Known Version Was Created By The Classics IV When Guitarist James Cobb And Producer Buddy Buie Added Lyrics Harry Middlebrooks Jr. Is Also Credited As A Writer . 2 In 1968 The Vocal Version Of The Song Reached #3 In The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 And #46 In The UK. 3 Cobb Along With Bandmates Robert Nix And Dean Daughtry Later Became Part Of The Atlanta Rhythm Section And Re-Recorded "Spooky" In 1979. ARS's Version Hit #48 In The UK And #17 In The US. 4 "Spooky" Has Also Been Covered By A Number Of Artists Including Dusty Springfield The Fame Gang Michel Pagliaro Recorded Song In French Velvet Monkeys Daniel Ash R.E.M. Imogen Heap And David Sanborn.
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Atlanta Rhythm Section Sometimes Abbreviated ARS Is An American Rock Band From The South The Band Unofficially Formed In 1970 As Former Members Of The Candymen And The Classics IV Became The Session Band For The Newly Opened Studio One In Doraville Georgia Near Atlanta. After Playing On Other Artists' Recordings They Decided To Become A True Band In Their Own Right. The Members Of The Original Band Were Rodney Justo Singer Barry Bailey Guitarist Paul Goddard Bassist Dean Daughtry Keyboardist And Robert Nix Drummer . Justo Left The Band After The First Album And Was Replaced By Ronnie Hammond. Buddy Buie The Band's Manager And Producer Is Listed First On Almost All Of The Songwriting Credits Of The Band's Songs. While ARS Would Never Reach The Commercial Success Of Lynyrd Skynyrd Or The Marshall Tucker Band The Group Had A Strong Following In The South And Charted A Number Of Hits Such As "Imaginary Lover " "I'm Not Going To Let It Bother Me Tonight " "Champagne Jam " "So Into You " And A Remake Of A Classics IV Hit "Spooky." The Band Also Influenced A Number Of Rock And Country Artists Notably Travis Tritt Who Recorded A Cover Of The ARS Songs "Back Up Against The Wall" And "Homesick." The Group Shudder To Think Covered "So Into You."
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"Spooky" was originally an instrumental song by saxophonist Mike Sharpe (Shapiro) which first charted in 1967 hitting #57 on the US pop charts.[1] It's best known version was created by The Classics IV when guitarist James Cobb and producer Buddy Buie added lyrics (Harry Middlebrooks, Jr. is also credited as a writer).[2] In 1968, the vocal version of the song reached #3 in the U.S. (Billboard Hot 100) and #46 in the UK.[3]
Cobb (along with bandmates Robert Nix and Dean Daughtry) later became part of the Atlanta Rhythm Section and re-recorded "Spooky" in 1979. ARS's version hit #48 in the UK and #17 in the US.[4]
"Spooky" has also been covered by a number of artists including Dusty Springfield, The Fame Gang, Michel Pagliaro (recorded song in French), Velvet Monkeys, Daniel Ash, R.E.M., Imogen Heap and David Sanborn. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.