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The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll

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"The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll"
Single by Mott the Hoople
from the album The Hoople
B-side"Rest In Peace"
ReleasedFebruary 1974
RecordedJanuary–February 1974
Genre
Length3:26
LabelCBS Records/Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)Ian Hunter[2]
Producer(s)Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople singles chronology
"Roll Away the Stone"
(1973)
"The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll"
(1974)
"Foxy, Foxy"
(1974)

"The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" is a single by Mott the Hoople, written by Ian Hunter. It is a release from 1974's The Hoople.[3]

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Background

Performed live by Mott, "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" would usually follow a piano take on the first verse of Don McLean's "American Pie", hence following the latter's statement, "The day the music died". Ian Hunter would declare: "Or did it? Ladies and gentlemen, The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll!", whereupon the whole band launched into the song. This can be heard among the 2006 bonus tracks on The Hoople and on the Broadway disc of the 2004 remastered and expanded 30th Anniversary Edition of Live.

Reception

Cash Box called it a "hard driving rocker typical of the great work the group has been turning out of late" that is "highlighted by the strength of Hunter’s vocals and a strong keyboard and lead guitar."[4] Record World said "Horn lines from Larry Williams' 'Boney Maroney' wedded to Mott's brand of glitter rock means a hit marriage of the past and the future of rock."[5]

Chart performance

It reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.[6] In the US, "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll " went to number 96, and was one three Mott the Hoople releases to hit the Hot 100.[7] In Canada, it reached number 64.[8]

Cover versions

Def Leppard covered the song for their 2006 covers album Yeah!. "The one I assumed I'd breeze through was 'The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll'," observed singer Joe Elliott, "which I know backwards, inside out and in foreign languages. We had to take that one down a key because I just couldn't do it."[9]

References

  1. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Deluxe and Delightful: Glam". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ^ "Mott the Hoople LP: "The Golden Age of Rock n Roll"".
  3. ^ Emerson, Ken (June 20, 1974). "The Hoople". Rolling Stone.
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 13, 1974. p. 20. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 13, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 381. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 594.
  8. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 29, 1974" (PDF).
  9. ^ Ling, Dave (July 2006). "The dirt: Joe Elliott". Classic Rock #94. p. 38.


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