And now for something completely different. Her appearance at the Inaugural Concert gave us an opportunity to honor Bettye LaVette, who spent too many years in undeserved obscurity after "Let Me Down Easy."
We now provide the same service for PP Arnold - former Ikette, signed by Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham to their record label - and, like Bettye, a gem waiting to be rediscovered. This is her European hit, "If You Think You're Groovy," written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane of the Small Faces. (Hence the Britsoul chord progressions and feel ...)
The video of "Groovy" is from a 1967 French TV show. If you weren't there in '67 (I was a kid, but I was watching) it may look Austin Powers-ish to you - that is, until PP starts to sing:
She's still around.
We now resume our regularly scheduled programming ...
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