"How Come" is a song co-written by

Ronnie Lane Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces ...

and Kevin Westlake, and recorded by Lane as his first single in 1973 after he left

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. Featuring a band of constantly changing personnel called Slim Chance, including Benny Gallagher and

Graham Lyle Graham Hamilton Lyle (born 11 March 1944, in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Between 1970 and 1997, he co-wrote 18 British Top 40 hits, 9 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entries, 4 US Country No ...

, who later had considerable success as a performing and songwriting duo in their own right, it reached No. 11 in the UK. Gallagher played piano accordion and Lyle mandolin on the A-side, both also contributing back-up vocals. "Done This One Before", on the B-side, featured Gallagher on Hammond organ and Lyle on harmonica. The song was later recorded by Oscar Houchins, of the White Whale Recording group the Clique, and released by Monument Records in 1975. In 1996 the song was used as the first track of

the Pogues The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in Kings Cross, London in 1982, as "Pogue Mahone" – the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic ''póg mo thóin'', meaning "kiss my arse" ...

' seventh and last studio album ''

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References

1973 singles Songs written by Ronnie Lane Song recordings produced by Glyn Johns 1973 songs {{1970s-single-stub