Released as a United Artists Records 45 rpm single, 1964
This raucous Gospel/Soul/Blues/Funk classic was written by Evelyn Freeman (pianist, organist, songwriter, arranger, and educator) and her husband Tommy Roberts. Based on a 1948 Sister Rosetta Tharpe arrangement, it initially was only a 1962 regional hit in the Northern California Bay area. United Artists picked it up and in 1964, with their national distribution ability, it went national.
The Band, House M.D. aka Hugh Laurie, Tom Jones and others have covered it. Tis one of those recordings that should be much longer, say 6 - 10 minutes to appreciate the groove. As it is, just play it over and over and over...
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