ザ・ヘア (The Hair) - I'm A King Bee (Fuzz Garage/Garage Punk, Slim Harpo Cover)

From '' Tsunami Attack!! Japanese Garage Rock 'N' Roll Vol.1 '' Label: Vivid Sound – VSCD5494 Series: Tsunami Attack!! Format: CD, Compilation Country: Japan Released: May 26, 2010 Tracklist 01. ザ・ファントムギフト - ハートにOK Lyrics By, Music By – Napoleon Yamagishi, Pinky Aoki, Sally Kubota 02. The Hair - I'm A King Bee Lyrics By, Music By – James Moore 03. The 20 Hits - バン・バン Lyrics By, Music By – The Twenty Hits 04. The Planets - Let Me Go Lyrics By, Music By – Mouse 05. Lulu's Marble - Afro Girl Go A Go Lyrics By, Music By – Akko 06. ザ・サイクロンズ - エイミー・エイミー Lyrics By, Music By – Masayuki Toyooka 07. That's a NO NO! - Tori Lyrics By, Music By – Kei Yoshida 08. Thee 50's High Teens - Let's Go! Janjan! Lyrics By, Music By – Takeshi Terauchi, Toyohisa Araki 09. ザ・シャロウズ - カルデアの家 Lyrics By, Music By – Kyoichi Okuyama, Shinpei Monma 10. Six - ウイスキーロック Lyrics By, Music By – Chelio 11. モクメ - シェケ・アハ Lyrics By, Music By – Makiko 12. The Strikes - ジェリービーンズの涙 Lyrics By, Music By – Yoshio Kobayashi 13. The Neatbeats -ビート貴公子 Lyrics By, Music By – Takashi Manabe 14. The Death Dealers - Kanpai Osaka Lyrics By, Music By – Takashi Manabe 15. The Minnesota Voo Doo Men - 赤と緑の真ん中で Lyrics By, Music By – Ringo 16. Smoozys - Indication Lyrics By, Music By – The Zombies 17. The Pebbles - Do It Now Lyrics By, Music By – The Pebbles 18. The Bunnies - Ram Ram Lyrics By, Music By – Reeko 19. Dark-Eyes - I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend Lyrics By, Music By – Masanori Shimada, Merry 20. The Moonlights - 真夜中に僕等 Lyrics By, Music By – Gaku Nakamura 21. The Coopers - Cool Cat Stomp Lyrics By, Music By – Yoshihiro Shimokawa 22. The Mercies - Can't Help Lovin' You Lyrics By, Music By – Akane Kondo 23. The Flamingo Club - Justine Lyrics By, Music By – Dewey Terry, Don "Sugarcane" Harris 24. The Bawdies - I Beg You Lyrics By, Music By – Ryo Watanabe Compilation Producer, Compiled By – Daddy O Nov Design, Illustration, Liner Notes – Jimmy Mashiko Illustration – Rockin' Jelly Bean Producer – Atsuo Sato (track: 4) Recorded By, Producer – Masanori Shimada (track: 19) 🎵 [SONG INFO] "I'm a King Bee" is a swamp blues song that has been performed and recorded by numerous blues and other artists. In 2008, Slim Harpo's "I'm a King Bee" received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which "honor[s] recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance". Original song Written and first recorded by Slim Harpo, the song was released in 1957 as the B-side to his debut single, "I Got Love if You Want It", but went on to become better known than the A-side. It features a spare arrangement and instrumentation common to J. D. Miller's production approach for Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Excello Records. The song, with an irregular number of bars, uses the rhythm figure from "Rockin' and Rollin'" by Lil' Son Jackson. Rolling Stones version English rock band The Rolling Stones recorded "I'm a King Bee" for their 1964 debut album (The Rolling Stones (UK), England's Newest Hit Makers (US)). Despite not being released as a single, the song has been called an early "important hit" for the Rolling Stones. The band's arrangement generally follows Slim Harpo's, but includes a slide-guitar break by Brian Jones. Later, Mick Jagger commented "What's the point in listening to us doing 'I'm a King Bee' when you can hear Slim Harpo do it?" Other versions The Tea Set, later known as Pink Floyd, recorded "I'm a King Bee" in December 1964. The recording, which features Syd Barrett, Bob Klose, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason, is officially unreleased. The Grateful Dead performed the song many times in concert between 1966 and 1972. It has been released on the albums Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69, Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings, Fillmore West 1969, and Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead. The Doors performed it at The Matrix Club in 1967, which was released on Live at the Matrix 1967. Also at a 1970 Detroit show, a version with Ray Manzarek singing the lead vocals and John Sebastian (formerly of The Lovin' Spoonful) guesting on harmonica, was recorded and subsequently released on Live in Detroit. In the 1970s, Led Zeppelin sometimes performed "I'm a King Bee" as part of the live "Whole Lotta Love" medley. John Belushi spoofed the song on the January 17, 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live, performing it live while dressed in a bee costume. Muddy Waters recorded it for his 1981 album King Bee. 22-20s recorded a version of the song for their live EP 05/03. The Stone Foxes released their version on a single on April 26, 2011; it features vocals by Avi Vinocur and was used in a television commercial for Jack Daniels' Tennessee Honey liquor. #slimharpo #fuzzgarage #garagepunk #imakingbee #thehair