Frijid Pink
Frijid Pink was an American band formed in Detroit in 1967 . Founding members were Richard Stevers (drums), Gary Ray Thompson (guitar), Tom Harris (bass) and Kelly Green (vocals). In 1969 they got a record deal with Parrot Records .
Career
The greatest success achieved Frijid Pink with their version of The House of the Rising Sun . Psychedelic distorted and overdriven electric guitars made the song in this version a hard rock classic . In 1970, Frijid Pink had worldwide success with the title: number seven in the USA, number seven in Great Britain and number one in the German hit lists for two weeks. Subsequently, the band achieved a few minor successes, including the cover version of the Elvis Presley hit Heartbreak Hotel . The band could not repeat the initial success. After a last album in 1975, it broke up.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1970 | Frijid Pink |
DE37 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - |
US11 (30 weeks) US |
First published: 1970
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| Defrosted | - | - | - | - |
US149 (12 weeks) US |
First published: 1970
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
more publishments
- 1972: Earth Omen
- 1973: The Beginning Vol. 5
- 1975: All Pink Inside
- 2002: Hibernated
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1970 |
House of the Rising Sun Frijid Pink |
DE1  (9 weeks)DE |
AT3 (8 weeks) AT |
CH2 (11 weeks) CH |
UK4 (16 weeks) UK |
US7th (13 weeks)US |
First published: January 1970
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
| Sing A Song For Freedom Defrosted |
DE33 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - |
US55 (7 weeks) US |
First published: July 1970
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| Heartbreak Hotel Frijid Pink |
- | - | - | - |
US72 (5 weeks) US |
First published: November 1970
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US singles
- Tell Me Why / Cryin 'Shame (Parrot 334) 1969
- Drivin 'Blues / God Gave Me You (Parrot 340) 1969
- Drivin 'Blues (Parrot 341) 1969
- End of the Line (Parrot 349) 1970
- Bye Bye Blues (Parrot 352) 1970
- Music for the People / Sloony (Parrot 355) 1971
- We're Gonna Be There / Shortly Kline (Parrot 358) 1971 (Alexander on vocals)
- I Love Her / Lost Son (Parrot 360) 1972
- Earth Omen / Lazy Day (Lion 115) 1972
- Go Now / Lazy Day (Lion 136) 1972
- Big Betty / Shady Lady (Lion 158) 1973
- Rainbow Rider / Earth Omen (MGM 2006130); 1973, Germany
Other singles
- Drivin 'Blues (Deram 17044) 1970 France
- End of the Line (DM 309) 1970 France
- We're Gonna Be There / Shortly Kline (DM 336) 1970 [France] (Alexander on vocals)
- Crying Shame (EPDM 1014) 1970 Portugal
- Bye Bye Blues (SDM 117) 1971 [Portugal]
- Rainbow Rider / Earth Omen (MGM 2006130) 1973 Germany
Individual evidence
- ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 231
- ^ Nugent, Stephen, Anne Fowler, Pete Fowler: Chart Log of American / British Top 20 Hits, 1955-1974 . In: Gillett, Charlie, Simon Frith (Eds.): Rock File 4 . Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, 1976, p. 175
- ↑ Ehnert, Günter (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956-1980 . Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 78
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ a b Awards: US
- ^ A b Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 444 .