Purple Haze (song)

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Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix Experience
publication March 17, 1967
length 2:46
Genre (s) Psychedelic rock
Author (s) Jimi Hendrix

Purple Haze is a song by Jimi Hendrix , which he released on March 17, 1967 as the second single of the Jimi Hendrix Experience in Europe and on June 19, 1967 as the first single in the USA.

As a hit in the charts and as the opening song of the US version of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's debut album Are You Experienced , the piece was often the first impression of Hendrix's psychedelic rock sound for many listeners. The song is dominated by Hendrix 'innovative guitar playing enriched with blues elements. It was featured on almost all of Hendrix's compilation albums . The piece was performed regularly at his concerts, so that numerous live recordings of Purple Haze are documented.

success

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Purple Haze
  AT 7th 07/15/1967 (8 weeks)
  DE 17th 06/01/1967 (8 weeks)
  UK 3 March 29, 1967 (6 weeks)
  US 3 10/14/1967 (6 weeks)

The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and has appeared on various lists of the best guitar songs, including Rolling Stone's list at number 17. ( The 500 best songs of all time )

Cover versions

Purple Haze became one of the most covered songs by Jimi Hendrix. A version worth mentioning was recorded in 1968 by Johnny Jones and the King Casuals of Nashville . The band was founded in 1962 as The King Kasuals by Jimi Hendrix and his army friend, bassist Billy Cox , after they both left the army. At the time of recording, Hendrix was no longer a member of the band.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Purple Haze at allmusic.com
  2. ↑ Purple Haze in the Austrian single charts
  3. ↑ Purple Haze in the German single charts
  4. ↑ Purple Haze on the UK Singles Chart
  5. ↑ Purple Haze in the US singles charts
  6. ↑ Harry Shapiro & Caesar Glebbeek: Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy St. Martin's Griffin, 1991, ISBN 0-312-05861-6 , p. 526
  7. ↑ Purple Haze by Johnny Jones and the King Casuals at discogs.com
  8. ↑ Steven Roby & Brad Schreiber: Becoming Jimi Hendrix: From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, the Untold Story of a Musical Genius Da Capo Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0306819100 , pp. 30 ff.

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