Seventh Son

Album: Mose Allison Sings (1957)
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  • Everybody talkin' 'bout the seventh son
    In the whole wide world there is only one

    And I'm the one, I'm the one
    I'm the one, I'm the one
    The one they call the seventh son

    I can tell your future, it will come to pass
    I can do things to you make your heart feel glad
    Look in the sky, predict the rain
    Tell when a woman's got another man

    I'm the one, oh I'm the one
    I'm the one, I'm the one
    The one they call the seventh son

    I can talk these words that will sound so sweet
    They will even make your little heart skip a beat
    Heal the sick, raise the dead
    Make the little girls talk outta their heads

    I'm the one, oh I'm the one
    I'm the one, I'm the one
    The one they call the seventh son Writer/s: SYLVESTER STEWART
    Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 30th 1965, Johnny Rivers' covered version of "Seventh Son" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #63; four weeks later on June 27th, 1965 it would peak at #7 {for 3 weeks} and stayed on the chart for 11 weeks...
    And on July 19th, 1965 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Canadian RPM Singles chart...
    Between 1964 and 1977 he had twenty-nine Hot Top 100 records; eight made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Poor Side of Town" for one week in 1966...
    He just missed having a second #1 record when his debut record, "Memphis", peaked at #2* {for 2 weeks} in 1964...
    Johnny Rivers, born John Henry Ramistella, will celebrate his 73rd birthday in six months on November 7th {2015}...
    * The first week "Memphis" was at #2, the #1 record was "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys; and for its second week at #2 "Rag Doll" by the Four Seasons was in the top spot.
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