"Billion Dollar Babies" is a popular 1973 single by the

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, the

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taken from the album ''

Billion Dollar Babies ''Billion Dollar Babies'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released on February 25, 1973, by Warner Bros. Records. The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on th ...

''. It was released in July 1973, months after the album had been released. The track is a duet between Alice Cooper and Scottish musician

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, who provides the falsetto and high harmony vocals. BMI lists the composers of "Billion Dollar Babies" as

, Michael Bruce and Reggie Vinson (a session guitarist who had worked with the Alice Cooper band previously). Some sources list the composers as Cooper, Bruce, drummer Neal Smith, and "R. Reggie", the latter being an allusion to Vinson's nickname "Rockin' Reggie Vinson". ''

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'' said that "produced by the incomparable

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should see billions of Cooper babies flocking to the stores and gobbling it up." The ''Billion Dollar Babies'' album was the second to last recorded by the original Alice Cooper band, before singer Alice Cooper went solo. Legal complications ensued; all five Alice Cooper band members had shared ownership of the band's name. Alice Cooper Band members Michael Bruce,

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, and Neal Smith, along with additions Bob Dolin,

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and Mike Marconi, recorded as Billion Dollar Babies. The band Billion Dollar Babies released only one album, 1977's ''Battle Axe'', before disbanding.

Track listing

#"Billion Dollar Babies" (Bruce, Cooper, Vinson) - 3:43 #"Mary Ann" (Bruce, Cooper) - 2:21

Personnel

– vocals *

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– lead guitar *

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– lead guitar * Michael Bruce – rhythm guitar *

– bass * Neal Smith – drums *

– vocals

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Billion Dollar Babies (song) 1973 singles Songs written by Alice Cooper Alice Cooper songs Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin Warner Records singles