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"Mercy Mercy" is a blues song written by Don Covay and Ronald Dean Miller. In late 1964, the song became a hit for Don Covay and the Goodtimers reaching number one on the Cash Box R&B chart and number thirty-five on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
Cover versions
- Instrumental version by Booker T. and the M.G.'s on "Soul Dressing" (1965)
- by The Rolling Stones on their album "Out of Our Heads" (1965)
- Self-titled debut album of Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers (1965)
- by The Wailers (1966), appears on the album "Live Wire!!"
- by Wilson Pickett on "The Exciting Wilson Pickett" (1966)
- by Alan Price Set on "The Price to Play" (1966)
- by The Remains: B-side to their single "Why Do I Cry" and is included as a bonus track on the 1991 re-release of their album "The Remains" (1966)
- by Los York's peruvian garage rock (1967)
- by Phoebe Snow on "Rock Away" (1981)
- by Gary U.S. Bonds, Chuck Jackson and Todd Rundgren on the album "Celebrating the Music of Don Covay" (1993)
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 136.
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