Vanilla Fudge

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Vanilla Fudge Is A U.S. Psychedelic Rock Band That Recorded Albums From 1967 To 1970. They Reunited In 1999. Members Included Organist Mark Stein Bassist Tim Bogert Lead Guitarist Vince Martell And Drummer Carmine Appice. They Have Had A Number Of Hit Singles Their Biggest Hit Being "You Keep Me Hangin' On" A Slowed-Down Trippy Hard-Rock Cover Of A Song Originally Recorded By The Supremes Which Particularly Featured Appice's Energetic Drumming. One Follow-Up To This Hit "Take Me For A Little While" Was An Original Composition With A Very Similar Sound Both In Musical Themes And Treatment But It Said Something Quite Different From Its Forerunner. While It Did Not Do Nearly As Well Commercially It Did Attract Some Airplay Making It A Rare Instance Of A Band Successfully Parodying Their Own Work. The Members Of Vanilla Fudge Were Great Admirers Of The Beatles And Covered Several Of Their Songs Including "Ticket To Ride" Of Their Version Of Which The Beatles Were Quite Fond. Vinnie Martel Was Invited To Play With Jimi Hendrix But Hendrix Died A Month Later. Bogert & Appice Also Played With Jazz/rock Guitarist Jeff Beck On Their Self-Titled Album In 1973. Beck Replaced Eric Clapton In The Yardbirds In The Late 1960s. Stein And Appice Revived The Band In 1984 With Very Minor Success. The Band Has Not Recorded But Has Played Some Concerts Since. A Live Concert Recorded In Chicago In 1987 Has Been Released Recently.

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Vanilla Fudge's 1967 Psychedelic/hard Rock Remake Of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Reached #6 On The Hot 100 Chart Two Years After The Release Of The Supremes' Recording. While The Version Released On 45 RPM Single Was Under Three Minutes Long The Album Version Was Extended To Six Minutes And Forty-Five Seconds. The Recording Done In One Take Was Vanilla Fudge's First Single.

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Vanilla Fudge Is A U.S. Psychedelic Rock Band That Recorded Albums From 1967 To 1970. They Reunited In 1999. Members Included Organist Mark Stein Bassist Tim Bogert Lead Guitarist Vince Martell And Drummer Carmine Appice. They Have Had A Number Of Hit Singles Their Biggest Hit Being "You Keep Me Hangin' On" A Slowed-Down Trippy Hard-Rock Cover Of A Song Originally Recorded By The Supremes Which Particularly Featured Appice's Energetic Drumming. One Follow-Up To This Hit "Take Me For A Little While" Was An Original Composition With A Very Similar Sound Both In Musical Themes And Treatment But It Said Something Quite Different From Its Forerunner. While It Did Not Do Nearly As Well Commercially It Did Attract Some Airplay Making It A Rare Instance Of A Band Successfully Parodying Their Own Work. The Members Of Vanilla Fudge Were Great Admirers Of The Beatles And Covered Several Of Their Songs Including "Ticket To Ride" Of Their Version Of Which The Beatles Were Quite Fond. Vinnie Martel Was Invited To Play With Jimi Hendrix But Hendrix Died A Month Later. Bogert & Appice Also Played With Jazz/rock Guitarist Jeff Beck On Their Self-Titled Album In 1973. Beck Replaced Eric Clapton In The Yardbirds In The Late 1960s. Stein And Appice Revived The Band In 1984 With Very Minor Success. The Band Has Not Recorded But Has Played Some Concerts Since. A Live Concert Recorded In Chicago In 1987 Has Been Released Recently. read less

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Vanilla Fudge's 1967 psychedelic/hard rock remake of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" reached #6 on the Hot 100 chart two years after the release of the Supremes' recording. While the version released on 45 RPM single was under three minutes long, the album version was extended to six minutes and forty-five seconds. The recording, done in one take, was Vanilla Fudge's first single. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.