FH: NUMBER ONE's, 1974 (01), The Joker
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* * * NUMBER ONE's IN THE USA
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* * * 1974
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Year 1974, Number 01 Month: January
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Complete information on every song that was NUMBER ONE in the
USA, according to the main US POP rankings. From 1974 up to now.
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THE JOKER
Steve Miller Band
-------------------------------------------------------TIME TABLE
-WATERGATE: Experts report that 18 minutes have been deliberately
erased from a crucial tape that further implicates US President
RICHARD NIXON in the scandal.
-BOB DYLAN makes his first New York appearance in eight years,
at the Madison Square Garden.
-----------------------------------------QUICK FACTS ON THIS SONG
-ROLLING STONE called STEVE MILLER "the man without a face"
because his music was well-known but his face was not.
-The album THE JOKER is his 8th album. He finally had decided to
go mainstream. "I took the challenge. This song's got to follow
a soul-disco symphony."
-The innovative acoustic guitar track was a huge success in US
radios. It displaced JIM CROCE's TIME IN A BOTTLE at the top.
JIM had died in a plane crash just weeks before.
-The album THE JOKER is certified gold by the RIAA in Jan. 11
-----------------------------------MAIN DISCOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST
Singles:
THE JOKER (1973)/ ROCK'N ME (76)/ FLY LIKE AN EAGLE (77)/ JET
AIRLINER (77)/ JUNGLE LOVE (77)/ SWINGTOWN (77)/ ABRACADABRA (82)
Albums:
SAILOR (1968)/ BRAVE NEW WORLD (69)/ YOUR SAVING GRACE (69)
NUMBER 5 (70)/ THE JOKER (73)/ FLY LIKE AN EAGLE (76)
BOOK OF DREAMS (77)/ GREATEST HITS 1974-78 (81)/ CIRCLE OF
LOVE (81)/ ABRACADABRA (82)
--------------------------------------OTHER HITS BY OTHER ARTISTS
-SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM, Bronsville Station
-I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION, Gladys Knight & the Pips
------------------------------------------------------UPDATE 1996
In April, MILLER starts a 32-date US tour that ended on May 6.
-----------------------------------------------------------LYRICS
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
'Cause I speak of the Pompatus of love
People talk about me, baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry baby, don't worry
'Cause I'm right here, right here
Right here, right here at home
1-'Cause, I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run, ooo...
2-You're the cutest thing that I ever did see
I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey
All the time, oo-wee, baby
I'll sure show you a good time
(repeat 1)
I sure don't want to hurt no one
People keep talkin' about me, baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, but don't you worry
Don't worry, no, don't worry mama
Cause I'm right here at home
(rpt 2)
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