New York Groove
| New York Groove | |
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| Hello | |
| publication | 1975 |
| length | 2:46 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , glam rock |
| Author (s) | Russ Ballard |
| Producer (s) | Mike Leander |
| Label | Bell Records |
| album | Keeps Us off the Streets |
| Cover version | |
| 1978 | Ace Frehley |
New York Groove is a glam rock song released in 1975 by the British band Hello .
Background and origin
The piece was written by Russ Ballard , but was never recorded and published by himself until 2020. The version of Hello was produced by Mike Leander . It was released as a single in the UK, Germany , Belgium , the Netherlands , Portugal and Japan . It was also part of the 1976 LP Keeps Us off the Streets.
reception
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New York Groove hit the music charts in Great Britain, Germany and Austria.
Over the years, several cover versions of the song have appeared, the most successful of which is that of Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley .
Cover version by Ace Frehley
In June 1978 the members of the Kiss group recorded solo albums. Guitarist Ace Frehley had written numerous tracks himself for his project, but producer Eddie Kramer got a demo tape with the song New York Groove and gave it to Frehley because he believed the song would suit him. Kramer and Frehley edited the arrangement and recorded the title. The single reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed in the charts for 21 weeks.
More cover versions
- In 1987 a synth pop version was created, which was released by Eleven.
- In 1997, a version recorded by musicians from The Scream appeared on the tribute album Spacewalk - A Salute to Ace Frehley and Kiss .
- In 2002 a version of the formation One & One appeared on the sampler Bravo Hits 38
- In 2012, The Sweet released a version of the song on the album New York Connection
- In 2016, JBO released a German version of the song on album 11 with the title Nuremberg Groove
- Russ Ballard released his version of the song on his 2020 album It's Good to Be Here
Web links
- New York Groove on YouTube , accessed July 14, 2020.
- New York Groove at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b discogs.com , accessed July 15, 2020
- ↑ Charts UK Charts AT Charts DE
- ↑ Charts US
- ↑ Curt Gooch, Jeff Suh: Kiss Alive Forever - A Complete Touring History. 1st edition. Billboard Books, 2002, ISBN 0-8230-8322-5 .
- ↑ David Leaf, Ken Sharp: Kiss: Behind the Mask. Warner Books, New York 2003, ISBN 0-446-53073-5 .
- ^ Billboard entry for Ace Frehley