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NurseJackie

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Fri Oct 25, 2019, 07:07 PM Oct 2019

Angie -- Mike Masse and Jeff Hall (Rolling Stones Cover)

I love discovering artists who perform great cover versions of my favorite songs. I really love this performance. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.



"Angie" is a song by the rock band The Rolling Stones, featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup.

The song is credited, as most Rolling Stones songs are, to both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, but it is acknowledged to be almost completely written by Richards. "Angie" was recorded in November and December 1972 and is an acoustic-guitar-driven ballad characterizing the end of a romance. The song's distinctive piano accompaniment, written by Richards, was played on the album by Nicky Hopkins, a Rolling Stones recording-session regular. The strings on the piece (as well as on another song, "Winter'') were arranged by Nicky Harrison.[3] An unusual feature of the original recording is that singer Mick Jagger's vocal guide track (made before the final vocals were performed) is faintly audible throughout the song (an effect sometimes called a "ghost vocal'').[4]

Released as a single in August 1973, "Angie" went straight to the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 5 on the UK singles chart. The song was also a No. 1 hit in both Canada and Australia for five weeks each and topped the charts in many countries throughout Europe and the rest of the world.

Because of the song's length, some radio stations made edits to shorten it to 3 minutes, omitting the longer coda and the second instrumental section of the song.
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Angie -- Mike Masse and Jeff Hall (Rolling Stones Cover) (Original Post) NurseJackie Oct 2019 OP
I love covers! Cracklin Charlie Oct 2019 #1
This guy has a great voice world wide wally Oct 2019 #2
done well, thanks nt msongs Oct 2019 #3
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