"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" | ||||
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Single by Blues Magoos | ||||
from the album Psychedelic Lollipop | ||||
B-side | "Gotta Get Away" | |||
Released | October 1966 | |||
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Length | 2:10 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
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Blues Magoos singles chronology | ||||
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"(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]
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]
Chart (1967) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 5 |
Canada RPM Top Singles | 4 |
"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" | ||||
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Single by The Spectres | ||||
Released | 10 February 1967 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 2:18 | |||
Label | Piccadilly | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gilbert/Scala/Esposito | |||
Producer(s) | John Schroeder | |||
The Spectres singles chronology | ||||
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"(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]
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