"Midnight to Six Man" | ||||
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Single by Pretty Things | ||||
B-side | "Me Needing You" | |||
Released | January 20, 1966 [1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:23 | |||
Label | Fontana | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Glyn Johns | |||
Pretty Things singles chronology | ||||
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"Midnight to Six Man" is a song by British garage rock band the Pretty Things. It was first published in 1966 and registered at number 46 in the UK Singles Chart [3] and 19 in the Netherlands.
The arrangement is one of the fullest on early Pretty Things cuts, due to the piano of Nicky Hopkins (who played similar R&B piano on the Who's My Generation album) and Margo Lewis, the organist from the all-female band Goldie and the Gingerbreads. [4]
Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart [3] | 46 |
Australia Kent Music Report | 62 |
Dutch Top 40 | 19 |
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