DOUBLE SHOT (OF MY BABY’S LOVE)
“Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love)” is a popular song written by Don Smith and Cyril Vetter and originally recorded by Dick Holler & the Holidays. It was later recorded by The Swingin’ Medallions who released it as their second single in 1966. The song became a Top 20 hit for the group, peaking at #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was banned on many radio stations, due to the lines referring to drugs and sex, including “it was the worst hangover I ever had” and “she loved me so hard”. The song has since been recorded by numerous artists including The Residents on the album Third Reich & Roll, Joe Stampley, and The Cockroaches. (More from Wikipedia)
In 1966, the Farfisa Organ was even more prominent in the hit song “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love)” by the Swingin’ Medallions (who were from South Carolina). That lovely organ that you hear in Percy Sledge’s immortal 1966 hit “When a Man Loves a Woman” is a Farfisa, and Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone was playing one at his landmark Woodstock performance in 1969. Richard Wright’s Farfisa Organ was a key element on many of the early Pink Floyd albums, particularly The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Ummagumma, but also including The Dark Side of the Moon. Elton John was able to get a different sound entirely from a Farfisa Organ on his hit “Crocodile Rock”.
(December 2012)
