Ike and Tina Turner – Ooh Poop A Doo
Ike and Tina Turner
Listen/Download Ike and Tina Turner – Ooh Poop A Doo
Greetings all
How’s about a little Ike and Tina to get you through the middle of the week?
This is an especially groovy one, because you get some of that soulful action, delivered in the form of one of the classic New Orleans R&B numbers.
Released in 1964 on the flipside of the epic ‘Merry Christmas Baby’, Ike and Tina’s version of Jesse Hill’s ‘Ooh Poop A Doo’ (spelling of title will vary from artist to artist) has the rough and ready sound of a ‘live in studio’ joint.
While I’m not positive, I think this might be the same version that appeared on the ‘Ike and Tina Show Live’ LP in 1965.
There’s a decidedly lo-fi vibe to the proceedings, but Tina and the Ikettes are – as always – in rare form (dig the call and response at the beginning).
Hill’s OG was an R&B Top 5 hit (Pop Top 30) in 1960, and it seems that every act of the time, rock and soul alike either recorded it or made it a staple of their live sets.
Ike and Tina released the song at least two more times, in 1971 and 1974 (on the flips of ‘I Want To Take You Higher’ and ‘Nutbush City Limits’), so you know they dug it.
Though it seems to jump across a few different labels, I’d love to see someone assemble Ike and Tina’s live recordings from the 60s into some kind of comp. Ike always had a hot band going, and of course with Tina and the Ikettes out in front they could do no wrong.
I hope you dig the cut, and I’ll be back on Friday with some more soul.
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Keep the faith
Larry
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I love Paul Revere and the Raiders’ version of this on the “live” side of “Here They Come.”
Took me awhile to understand the line “create disturbance in your mind.” Genius.
Indeed. This song seems so familiar (for good reason) but I was surprised how big a hit the original by Jesse Hill was (at least on the R&B side).It was certainly covered by just about everybody.
Great cut, thanks for posting Larry!
I absolute adore the mid/late-60s Ike & Tina material. One of my favourite performances of all time from the ‘TNT Show’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aWeluxVHhM
So much soul!
Ah, there’s also a great version of this tune on Rufus Thomas’ classic ‘Walking the Dog’ album.
@James- I’ll have to hit the crates to see if I have the Rufus version