They released three albums at atlantic and four at philadelphia international records. Join songkick to track archie bell and the drells and get concert alerts when they play near you. Born to parents langston and ruthie bell in henderson, texas, united states, archie is the second oldest of seven brothers, and the brother of usc and nfl football player ricky bell, and former world. In the first part of the song, archie added his now famous intro, hi everybody, im archie bell of the drells, were from houston, texas and we dance as good as we walk.
Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. The bands hits include tighten up and i cant stop dancing both 1968, the soul city walk 1976, and everybody have a good time 1977. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. On april 16, 20, the mayor of houston annise parker honored archie bell, lucious larkins, and james wise with a proclamation of archie bell and the drells day.
Our filtering technology ensures that only latest archie bell the drells tightening it up rar files are listed. Bell released a solo album, i never had it so good, the following year on the beckett label. Initially the line up consisted of james wise 2, willie pernell, l. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. Each month in the story behind, ill look at the history of a wellknown top 40 hit based on interviews ive conducted with individuals who performed some of the most familiar pop and soul hits of the 1960s and 70s. Hi everybody im archie bell of the drells from houston, texas we dont only sing but we dance just as good as we walk in houston we. See all 31 formats and editions hide other formats and. Hi everybody im archie bell of the drells from houston, texas we dont only sing but we d. Archie bell does a great job selling his love of music and especially dancing. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Archie bell was still on a tour of duty in vietnam when tighten up, the bside of a single he had recorded called dog eat dog, broke out and hit the top of the charts in 1968.
It was in 1967 that archie bell would forever be a part of music history when he penned the international hit tighten up. This collection is a must for all soul, pop, funk and disco fans everywhere. Provided to youtube by rhino atlantic tighten up, pt. Tighten up text guitar tab by archie bell songsterr tabs. Download archie bell the drells tightening it up rar free shared files from downloadjoy and other worlds most popular shared hosts. Join songkick to track archie bell and the drells and. Lyrics to tighten up by archie bell and the drells. Hi everybody im archie bell of the drells of houston, texas we dont only sing but we dance just as good as we walk in houston we just started a new. Archie bell and the drells music, videos, stats, and photos. After a couple invited the queen to their wedding, they were blown away by her majestys response. Albums include tighten up tighten up part ii, atlantic rhythm and blues 19471974, and tighten up. Archie bell formed the group while at high school and after their first local hit at houston, tighten up, atlantic offered them a contract, in 1967. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Infectious and utterly danceable, tighten up became bell s claim to fame, even though he and the drells had other hits.
Yellow magic orchestra x multiplies 1980 japan 2019. Bass tablature for tighten up by archie bell and the drells. Tighten up by archie bell and the drells on amazon music. Rolling stone s definitive list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. In national distribution it went to number one and stayed there for two weeks, and suddenly archie bell and the drells were in demand. The bands hits include tighten up, i cant stop dancing both 1968, theres gonna be a showdown, girl youre too young 1969, here i go again. Bell and his houston, texasbased support which featured, at varying times, archies brother lee bell, billy butler, joe cross, lucious larkins, willie pernell, and james wise went on to work extensively. Listen to your favorite songs from tighten up by archie bell and the drells now. Hi everybody im archie bell of the drells from houston, texas we dont only sing but we dance just as good as we walk in houston we just started a new dance called the tighten up this is the music we tighten up with first tighten up on the drum. The design of the album cover was by loring eutemey.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Said its up to me, to come up with a strategy, to make you mine, to make you mine, girl why you wanna make me. Download the greatest sixties album4cd3202018burnout320 torrent for free, hd full movie streaming also available in limetorrents. The bands hits include tighten up, i cant stop dancing both 1968, theres gonna be a showdown, girl youre too young 1969, here i go again also a uk hit. He and the drells eventually reunited, however, and continued to perform well into the latter half of. When bell drops his hometown in the 1968 charttopper, hes telling the world something funky is going down in space city. Hi everybody im archie bell of the drells from houston, texas we dont only sing but we dance just. A song written by archie bell and billy butler, tighten up, had been recorded on ovide but was picked up for distribution by atlantic in april, 1968.
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