September 14, 1968:
At No.14:
September 14, 1968:
At No.14:
Last edited by Boogiedown; 09-16-2018 at 05:27 PM.
and at # 6:
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT was the intended hit , but radio stations flipped the record and played I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER too. I don't know how Billboard decided to share a single chart position when a record had a hit "a" and "b" side , or to instead split the charting of the two songs--- as they did here?
Research [[wiki) reveals an interesting twist . When Dionne Warwick's original version of I SAY LITTLE PRAYER was released , it was backed by a "b" that would take on a life of its own : THE THEME FROM THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. Both sides would become Top Five Hits , making it one of the biggest double-sided hits of the rock era.
"The House That Jack Built" was originally by someone else on a small label.
I looked for a version on youtube but no luck.
Burt Bacharach invested ten takes on I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER, usually three were enough for Dionne's songs, but even then he wasn't satisfied. The song got shelved for over a year before Scepter insisted it get included on an album. When DJs began playing it off the LP , it got pressed into a single.
Aretha's version happened when she and her back-ups, The Sweet Inspirations, were goofing around with the song during spare time in the studio, and realized there might be something there.
thank you wiki
Wow thanks Reese! Aretha didn't have to do a lot of reinterpreting on this one did she. Already sounded "Ree".
Even the whews already used in it.
"But I ain't got jack" lol!
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