The Wild Ones (band)
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The Wild Ones were an American rock band from New York City, initially led by singer Jordan Christopher. They are perhaps best known for recording the first version of Chip Taylor's song "Wild Thing", which would later be a smash hit for The Troggs.
History
The band formed in Manhattan in 1964. The original members were:
They began playing at the Peppermint Lounge, soon becoming the house band there, but left in April 1965 to become the house band at Sybil Burton's nightclub, Arthur. Within a week of meeting, Sybil Burton and Jordan Christopher married. The band recorded an album, The Arthur Sound, which hit #149 on the US Billboard 200. The album was produced by Daniel Secunda (the brother of Tony Secunda), with a sleeve photograph by Richard Avedon. Alden and Trick were dissatisfied with the production of the record, and Jordan Christopher left the group soon afterwards to pursue an acting career, with Alden then taking over as lead singer. With Christopher, the band appeared in the 1966 "Z movie", The Fat Spy, starring Phyllis Diller and Jayne Mansfield and also featuring Johnny Tillotson; the film featured in the 2004 documentary The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made.
Wild One
Wild One or Wild Ones may refer to:
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Albums
Songs
The Wild Ones (album)
The Wild Ones is the fourth album by the band Cockney Rejects released in 1982.
Track listing
All song written by Cockney Rejects except Til The End Of The Day, written by Ray Davies
Members
References
The Wild Ones (song)
"The Wild Ones" is the second single from the album Dog Man Star by Suede, released on 14 November 1994 on Nude Records. The song peaked at #18 in the UK. The ballad is considered a favourite among fans and is one of their most notable songs of this period. The B-side, "Modern Boys", appears as an album track in the U.S. edition of Dog Man Star. The single also features a version of "Introducing the Band" by electronic pioneer Brian Eno.
Brett Anderson has said on numerous occasions that he regards this song as not only the highmark of his writing partnership with Bernard Butler, but his favourite of all Suede songs.
The "Wild Ones" music video was filmed in Dartmoor and was directed by Howard Greenhalgh. The video cost £150,000, most of it for computer special effects.
The song "This World Needs a Father" is the only Suede song to feature input from both Bernard Butler and Richard Oakes.
NME ranked it number 370 in their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Track listings
Podcasts:
