"Go Go Liza Jane" is a single by Levon and the Hawks, released in 1968 by Atco Records in order to capitalize on the growing success of the Band, who had recorded the track along with two others ("

The Stones I Throw "The Stones I Throw (Will Free All Men)" is a single by Levon and the Hawks, released in 1965 on Atco Records. It was their first release under this name, following their previous single under the name Canadian Squires. Seemingly a comment by Ro ...

" and "He Don't Love You") in 1965 as Levon and the Hawks. The song, an upbeat version of the traditional "

Little Liza Jane "Li'l Liza Jane", also known as "Little Liza Jane", "Liza Jane", and "Goodbye Liza Jane", is a song dating back at least to the 1910s. It has become a perennial standard both as a song and an instrumental in traditional jazz, folk music, and blu ...

", demonstrated, three years before their debut LP, the way in which the voices of the singers in the Band, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and

Levon Helm Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. H ...

, meshed brilliantly. Each also took turns singing lead. It was backed, as the original 1965 single had been, with "He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)" by

Robbie Robertson Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC (born July 5, 1943), is a Canadian musician. He is best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band, and for his career as a solo recording artist. With the deaths of Richard Manuel in ...

Group members

* Rick Danko –

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s *

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, vocals * Garth Hudson –

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* Richard Manuel – handclaps, vocals *

– guitar

References

{{authority control 1968 songs 1968 singles The Band songs Atco Records singles Songs written by Robbie Robertson