Originally Posted by
danman869
I absolutely adore "Penny Pincher" and have since 25th Anniversary. It absolutely would've done better than "Run, Run, Run" because that song [while I DO enjoy it and sing along every time] just didn't sound like a hit--and somehow sounded dated for early 1963/64 to me. Maybe it was the "chattery" piano motif? When they sang it both at the 20 Grand Battle of the Stars and on the TAMI show, the arrangements were slightly better than the record release! Imagine that?
Anyway, PP... I loved how it was so Flo- [especially] and Mary-forward. It just felt like a logical follow-up to "Lovelight" especially with the "growling guys" [was it HDH or the Tops or a combo of both again?]. Even if it didn't hit #1 [and I'll admit, it probably wouldn't have--the HDH/Sups combo hadn't yet completely jelled] I think it could have gone Top 20. ABSOLUTELY Top 40, IMO. Instead, they went with RRR and it stalled at #93 Pop. Eeeesh. How it made #22 R&B, I'm not entirely sure!
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