Zoot Suit (song)

Zoot Suit (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Zoot Suit


Artist = The High Numbers
B-side = "I'm the Face" (P. Meaden)
Released = July 3, 1964 (UK)
Format = vinyl record (7")
Recorded = June, 1964
Genre = Pop
Length = *
Label = Fontana Records TF 480 (UK)
Writer = Peter Meaden
Producer = Peter Meaden
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Zoot Suit"
(1964)
Next single = "I Can't Explain"
(1965)"Zoot Suit" b/w "I'm the Face" was the first single of the British rock and roll band The Who, when they were known as The High Numbers.

The song was written (with music copied from American Soul records - Zoot Suit being a direct lift of the tune of The Dynamics "Misery", while I'm The Face was based on Slim Harpo's "Got Love If You Want It") by Peter Meaden, the band's manager at the time. It was meant for a mod audience, and bombed on the charts. The band changed their name back to The Who, found new management and released their own composition "I Can't Explain", which was a top ten hit in the United Kingdom.


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