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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

The Rolling Stones - Fortune Teller

Sunday 31 July 2011

 
"Fortune Teller" is a song written by Allen Toussaint under the pseudonym Naomi Neville and first recorded by Benny Spellman

The Rolling Stones version was on their first live album, Got Live If You Want It! but overdubbed with screaming girls. The scream-free version can be found on the compilation More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)

Cover versions exist by The Hollies, The Who (on their famous Live at Leeds), The Merseybeats, Tony Jackson, The Downliners Sect, the Hardtimes, the Stellas (stereo CBS Germany 1965 and still found on new compilations), Strawberry Alarm Clock (recording as Thee Sixpence), and many others, including more recently the October 2007 album Raising Sand, performed by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.The song was also a hit in Australia, recorded by The Throb.

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