SATURDAY’S CHILD
“Saturday’s Child” is a popular song, written by David Gates and performed by The Monkees. The song is an electric guitar–based rock song. The song is now widely regarded as one of their best album tracks, with AMG critic Matthew Greenwald saying that it has a “proto-heavy metal guitar riff” and is “one of the more interesting curios of the early Monkees catalog”. The song still gets regular play on Oldies radio stations and has also been covered by several artists. The song is also featured on several “greatest hits” albums by The Monkees. The song was originally the second track on their self-titled debut album The Monkees with Micky Dolenz on lead vocals. (More from Wikipedia)
David Gates had been in various local bands in Tulsa, and his high school band backed Chuck Berry for a concert in 1957. David Gates also wrote “Saturday’s Child”, and the Monkees included this song on their first album, The Monkees. Writing for Allmusic, critic Matthew Greenwald says that “Saturday’s Child” has a “proto-heavy metal guitar riff” and is “one of the more interesting curios of the early Monkees catalog”.
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