Big Yellow Taxi

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Originally Posted by Sarah

good call. that is the definitive version. my favorite. but not the original.

richard berry wrote it and did it first, then another band - can't remember their name, somebody & the wailers (obviously not bob marley). ... i think another group released a version, and then the kingsmen and paul revere and the raiders recorded it again in 63 almost simultaneously, but the kingsmen version won out on the chart. i recall seeing a kinks version of louie louie on a discography for a various artists compilation, but i've never heard it (to my knowledge).

the kingsmen version was released on 2 different labels.. one was a regional, pacific northwest label, "jerden". that particular 45 goes for big time bucks if you're lucky enough to find it.. ultra mega rare.

Yeah, you got me...I mistyped when I put "original" with the Kingsmen. Actually, not "...& the wailers"...the original recording was by The Pharoahs (1957) in which Richard Berry was a member.