That Same Old Feeling - Picketywitch
Apr 1, 2023 16:49:30 GMT
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Post by Stranger on Apr 1, 2023 16:49:30 GMT
I came across this reference in an interview with songwriter Tony McCauly to Tony Hicks being an uncredited co-writer on That Same Old Feeling, a hit for Picketywitch.
Apparently Tony Hicks didn't think it suitable for the Hollies.
Macauly co-wrote a couple of Hollies hits and also co-wrote one of my favourites A Little Thing Like Love with Allan.
I wrote the chorus as a B-side to a song. Just the chorus, with another verse, on The Foundations’ first album, that appears (that song) with a different melody — just the chorus melody, and all the rest of it is different. And then, when I was working with The Hollies, I re-wrote the song with Tony Hicks — but he didn’t — at the end of it he said ‘I don’t think this is really us.’ I said, ‘Well don’t you want your name on it?’ He said, ‘No.’ Then John went and used it with Picketywitch and it was top-five hit.
I don't know if this was already known or not!
Apparently Tony Hicks didn't think it suitable for the Hollies.
Macauly co-wrote a couple of Hollies hits and also co-wrote one of my favourites A Little Thing Like Love with Allan.
I wrote the chorus as a B-side to a song. Just the chorus, with another verse, on The Foundations’ first album, that appears (that song) with a different melody — just the chorus melody, and all the rest of it is different. And then, when I was working with The Hollies, I re-wrote the song with Tony Hicks — but he didn’t — at the end of it he said ‘I don’t think this is really us.’ I said, ‘Well don’t you want your name on it?’ He said, ‘No.’ Then John went and used it with Picketywitch and it was top-five hit.
I don't know if this was already known or not!
