"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"
side-A label
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by Blues Magoos
from the album Psychedelic Lollipop
B-side"Gotta Get Away"
ReleasedOctober 1966 (1966-10)
Genre
Length2:10
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
  • Ron Gilbert
  • Ralph Scala
  • Mike Esposito
Producer(s)
  • Bob Wyld
  • Art Polhemus
Blues Magoos singles chronology
"Tobacco Road"
(1966)
"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"
(1966)
"Pipe Dream"
(1967)

"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" is a song by the American rock band Blues Magoos, released in October 1966.[2] It was a chart hit in the United States in February 1967. It was written by Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala and Mike Esposito. It reached #5 on the Hot 100.[3]

Background

The Vox Continental organ riff, which also appeared in Liverpool Five's "She's Mine" (in the same year)[4] was closely based on guitarist James Burton's riff to Ricky Nelson's 1962 rock recording of the old George Gershwin standard "Summertime",[5] which also inspired Deep Purple's 1970 hit song "Black Night".[6]

Charts

Chart (1967)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
5
Canada RPM Top Singles
4

The Spectres version

"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"
Single by The Spectres
Released10 February 1967 (1967-02-10)
GenreRock
Length2:18
LabelPiccadilly
Songwriter(s)Gilbert/Scala/Esposito
Producer(s)John Schroeder
The Spectres singles chronology
"Hurdy Gurdy Man"
(1966)
"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"
(1967)
"Almost But Not Quite There"
(1967)

"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" is a single released by the British Rock band The Spectres (a predecessor of Status Quo) in 1967.[7]

Track listing

  1. "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" (Gilbert/Scala/Esposito) (2.18)
  2. "I Want It" (Lynes/Coghlan/Rossi/Lancaster) (3.01)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fontenot, Robert. "Garage Rock's 10 Biggest Hits of All Time". About.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. Stuart Rosenberg (September 28, 2009). Rock and Roll and the American Landscape: The Birth of an Industry and the Expansion of the Popular Culture, 1955-1969. iUniverse. p. 112. ISBN 9781440164583.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 93.
  4. "Cool Cat Wild!: The history of a famous bass riff - from "Summertime" to "Black Night"". 2 December 2011.
  5. Reid, Graham (4 March 2011). "BLUES MAGOOS 1966-68: Pop's psychedelic pioneers". Elsewhere.
  6. Smith, Sid (18 April 2007). "Deep Purple In Rock Review". BBC Music. Archived from the original on 2010-04-24. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  7. "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-01-04.


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