"No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" is an instrumental composition recorded in 1965 by The T-Bones and released as a single the same year.[3]
| "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" | |
|---|---|
| Single by The T-Bones | |
| from the album No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) | |
| A-side | No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)[1] |
| B-side | Feelin' Fine[1] |
| Released | 1965 |
| Recorded | December 9, 1965[2] |
| Genre | Pop, instrumental rock |
| Length | 2:15 |
| Label | Liberty |
| Songwriter(s) | Granville Sascha Burland[1] |
| Producer(s) | Joe Saraceno[1] |
Composer
editThe record itself lists Granville Sascha Burland as the composer,[1] but ASCAP says the composer is Lou Bideu[4] aka Lew Bedell.
History
editIn 1965, Dave Pell wanted to record songs based on music from recent television commercials and release them on 45 RPM singles to see if he could get radio airplay and maybe a hit record. Previously, Liberty Records had used "The T-Bones" as a group name for instrumentals recorded by Los Angeles session musicians The Wrecking Crew, and Liberty told Pell to use it again for his project.[5]
In 1965, Pell went into the studio with members of The Wrecking Crew and recorded "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)," a song based on music used in an Alka-Seltzer television commercial.[2]
When the single became a hit, Liberty Records needed the T-Bones to go on the road to promote it, but the original session musicians were not willing to go. They were making a considerable amount of money doing sessions in Los Angeles. So Liberty created a different "public" T-Bones group to appear on record covers, television, and in concert. The "public" T-Bones were Judd Hamilton, Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, Tommy Reynolds, and Gene Pello. None of them played on the hit record but later they would achieve fame as the soft rock trio, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds.[5][6]
Chart performance
editThe single spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 3,[7] while reaching No. 1 on Canada's RPM Play Sheet.[8] The album spent seven weeks on Billboard's chart of Top LPs, reaching No. 75.[9]
Personnel
edit- Dave Pell, leader[2]
- Perry Botkin, Jr., OM, arranger[2]
- Tommy Tedesco, guitar[6]
- Victor Fledman [sic], presumably Victor Feldman[2]
- Hal Blaine, drums[6]
- Julius Wechter, percussion[2]
- Ervan Coleman,[2]
- Buddy Clark[2]
- Carol Kaye, electric bass guitar[6]
- Lyle Ritz, upright bass[6]
- Harold "Lanky" Lindstrot, engineer[2]
- Evelyn Roberts[2]
- Martin Berman[2]
- Roger Harris, copy[2]
- Robert Ross, copy[2]
- Joe Saraceno, producer[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Liberty 55836/F-55836 45 single images". 45Cat.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "American Federation of Musicians contract, #536 The T-Bones" (PDF). WreckingCrewFilm.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "Top Sellers in Top Markets", Billboard, December 25, 1965. pp. 14-15
- ^ "Work ID 740418660, No Matter What Shape". ASCAP.com Repertory Search Engine. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ a b Tedesco, Denny (Director). The Wrecking Crew (DVD extras) (DVD).
- ^ a b c d e f "NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (YOUR STOMACH'S IN) by THE T-BONES". SongFacts.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "The T-Bones - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 27, 2016.
- ^ "R.P.M. Play Sheet", RPM Vol. 4, Ed. 21, January 17, 1966. Accessed September 20, 2015
- ^ "Billboard Top LP's", Billboard, March 26, 1966. Accessed July 28, 2016.