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(Eugene
Williams)

Bob Seger recordings
Capitol
SPRO-9686 (S97835B)(US promo 45)
Otis
Clay took this to #24 on the R&B chart and #102 on the pop chart in 1972
and it was later famously covered by Bob Seger on his 1981 live set Nine Tonight. Bob's version went to #5 on the pop
chart and #2 on the mainstream rock chart and #3 in Canada, was featured in
the movie Urban Cowboy, and went
platinum four times over. It
also appears on Otis Clay's live album Respect
Yourself, Bob Seger's Greatest
Hits 2, and Maurice Williams' Back
to Basics, and has been covered by Ivory Joe & The Midnight Howlers
and O.V. Wright.
Sources:
- http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Charts/1981/Ch198110.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Tonight
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEED91630F931A25755C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print
- http://www.project80s.com/lyrics/song-lyrics.php?song=shakedown-bob-segar
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_2_(Bob_Seger_album)
- http://oldies.about.com/od/70spopandsoul/gr/respectyourself.htm
- http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/19484
- http://www.primesourceproductions.com/regional/ac/ivory_joe_playlist.html
- http://mauricewilliams.com/indexNEW.cfm
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