The American market wasn’t totally prepared for The Who after they made their album debut with My Generation on the finish of 1965. Second time round, they cracked it, and received their first look on the US album chart on May 20, 1967. But solely after a delayed launch and a title change.
The US launch of the band’s second LP A Quick One got here 5 months after the UK. So The Who’s American label, Decca, determined that it must be renamed there for his or her track that was climbing the Hot 100 on the time. “Happy Jack” had been a Top 3 UK hit in January, however wasn’t included on A Quick One. That wouldn’t do for Decca.
The firm eliminated the album’s one cowl model – a nod again to their soul and R&B roots with Martha Reeves & the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave” – and changed it with “Happy Jack,” which might change into the primary US Top 30 hit for The Who in early June.
Songs by The Ox and Moony
The album additionally featured considered one of John Entwistle’s best-loved songs, “Boris The Spider” (a title that he and Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman got here up with after an evening out). There had been two Keith Moon compositions: “I Need You,” his first-ever track for the band, and the extremely percussive “Cobwebs and Strange.” Also on supply was a mod favorite that The Who revived on their Who Hits 50 anniversary tour, “So Sad About Us.”
Listen to the 60s playlist for extra transatlantic hits from the 60s, together with different British Invasion heroes like The Beatles and Cream.
After A Quick One reached No.4 within the UK in January, the Happy Jack model opened on Billboard’s Top LPs at No.184, in between albums by Jimmy Ruffin and Dean Martin. It climbed steadily for the following 9 weeks, peaking at No.67 on the LP chart in June.
Buy the half-speed grasp version of A Quick One.