"Pretty Girls Everywhere" is a

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Eugene Church Eugene Church (January 22, 1938 – April 3, 1993) was an American R&B singer and songwriter. Church was born in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1950s, he collaborated with Jesse Belvin releasing singles on Modern Records as The Cliques. Their 1 ...

and Thomas Williams. The song was first a hit for the American

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with his group The Fellows (including session drummer

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) in 1958. Church's recording for Class records was his most

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reaching #6 R&B and #36 Pop in the US.

Walker Brothers recording

In 1965, "Pretty Girls Everywhere" was later recorded and released by the American pop

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as their début single. The Walker Brothers' version is notable as it captures the group just before Scott Walker became the lead singer. In his place John Walker is more dominant in a brassy

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arrangement. The single is backed with Scott Walker's first composing credit "Doin' the Jerk". The group can be seen miming "Doin' the Jerk" on the 1965

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''. In spite of the movie publicity the single did not chart in any territory.

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Otis Spann recording

While touring Britain with the Muddy Waters Blues Band in 1964 piano player Otis Spann recorded a version of the song. The song was released in 1967 on the Decca Records compilation ‘’Raw Blues’’. The band for that session included Spann on piano, Eric Clapton on guitar,

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on guitar, Ransom Knowling, on bass and

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on drums. The recording occurred on May 4, at the Decca Studios in London, the producer was Mike Vernon and the engineers were Roy Baker and

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.Roberty, Marc, Eric Clapton: The Complete Recording Sessions 1963 - 1995, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1993

References

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