Tramp

Album: King & Queen (1967)
Charted: 18 26
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  • Tramp!
    What you call me?
    Tramp.
    No you didn't!
    You don't wear continental clothes, or Stetson hats.
    Well I tell you one dog-gone thing. It makes me feel good to know one thing.
    I know I'm a lover.
    Matter of opinion.
    That's all right, Mama was. Papa too.
    And I'm the only child. Lovin' is all I know to do.
    You know what, Otis?
    What?
    You're country.
    That's all right.
    You straight from the Georgia woods.
    That's good.
    You know what?
    You wear overalls, and big old brogan shoes, and you need a haircut, tramp.
    Haircut?
    Woman, you foolin', ooh, I'm a lover.
    Mama was. Grandmama, Papa too. Boogaloo.
    All that stuff. And I'm the only son-of-a-gun this side of the Sun.

    Tramp!

    You know what, Otis? I don't care what you say, you're still a tramp.
    What?
    That's right. You haven't even got a fat bankroll in your pocket.
    You probably haven't even got twenty-five cents.
    I got six Cadillacs, five Lincolns, four Fords, six Mercuries, three T-Birds, Mustang,
    Ooooooohhh, I'm a lover.
    Mama was. Papa too. I tell you one thing.
    Well tell me.
    I'm the only son-of-a-gun this side of the sun.

    You're a tramp, Otis.
    No I'm not.
    I don't care what you say, you're still a tramp.
    What's wrong with that?
    Look here. You ain't got no money.
    I got everything.
    You can't buy me all those minks and sables and all that stuff I want.
    I can buy you minks, rats, frogs, squirrels, rabbits, anything you want, woman.
    Look, you can go out in the Georgia woods and find them, baby.
    Oh, you foolin'.
    You're still a tramp.
    That's all right.
    You a tramp, Otis. You just a tramp.
    That's all right.
    You wear overalls.
    You need a haircut, baby.
    Cut off some of that hair off your head.
    You think you a lover, huh? Writer/s: Jimmy McCracklin, Lowell Fulsom
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group
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  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1967 {June 11th} "Tramp" by Carla Thomas and Otis Redding peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Selling R&B Singles chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Respect" by Aretha Franklin...
    And also at the time, "Tramp" was at #29 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, the following week it would peak at #26 {for 1 week}...
    Between 1960 and 1972 Carla Thomas, as a solo artist, had nineteen records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, five* made the Top 10 with the above "Tramp" being her biggest hit...
    Besides "Tramp", she had two other charted records with Otis Redding, "Knock On Wood" {#8 in 1967} and "Lovey Dovey" {#21 in 1968}...
    Carla Venita Thomas celebrated her 77th birthday six months ago on December 21st, 2019...
    * She just missed having two more Top 10 records when both her "Let Me Be Good To You" {1966} and "I'll Always Have Faith In You" {1967} peaked at #11...
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of Billboard's Hot Selling R&B Singles' Top 10 on June 11th, 1967:
    At #3. "All I Need" by The Temptations
    #4. "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals
    #5. "Alfie" by Dionne Warwick
    #6. "Let Yourself Go" by James Brown and The Famous Flames
    #7. "Eight Man - Four Women" by 0. V. Wright
    #8. "Make Me Yours" by Bettye Swann
    #9. "Hey Love" by Stevie Wonder
    #10. "To Be A Lover" by Gene Chandler
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