''Stage Door Johnnies'' is the third album by English singer-songwriter

Claire Hamill Josephine Claire Hamill (born 4 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. In addition to her solo career, she has collaborated with Wishbone Ash and Yes's Steve Howe. Life and career Claire Hamill was born in Port Clarence, County Durham ...

, released in 1974.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Claire Hamill; except where indicated # "

We Gotta Get out of This Place "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by the Animals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was ...

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Barry Mann Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US. Early li ...

Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Life and career Weil was born in New York City, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris Wei ...

) - 3:18 # "Oh Daddy (Blues) (You Don't Have No Mamma at All)" (Ed Herbert, William Russell) - 3:42 # "All the Cakes She Baked Him" - 3:20 # "Trying to Work It Out" - 3:32 # " Geronimo's Cadillac" (

Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music and popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including ''Cowboy Songs' ...

, Charles John Quatro) - 4:24 # "Something to Believe In" ( Steve Miller) - 4:08 # "You Know How Ladies Are" - 2:44 # "You Take My Breath Away" - 2:36 # "

Go Now "Go Now" is a song composed by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett and first recorded by Bessie Banks, released as a single in January 1964. The best-known version was recorded by the Moody Blues and released the same year. Bessie Banks version The ...

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Larry Banks Lawrence H. Banks (October 3, 1931February 26, 1992) was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. Life and career Banks was born in New York City and grew up in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn. His father, Arthur Ban ...

, Milton Bennett) - 3:32 # "Luck of the Draw" - 3:12 # "Stage Door Johnnies" - 2:04

Personnel

*Claire Hamill - guitar, keyboards, vocals *

Phil Palmer Philip John Palmer (born 9 September 1952) is a rock sideman and session guitarist who has toured, recorded, and worked with numerous artists. He is best known for his work with Eric Clapton and Dire Straits. Biography Palmer grew up in nort ...

- lead electric guitar *Roy Neve - guitar *Nick South, Paul Westwood,

Phil Chen Phillip David Chen (21 October 1946 – 14 December 2021) was a Jamaican bassist. He was one of England's most utilized session bassists during the 1970s and 1980s, including Jeff Beck, and the Rod Stewart band from 1977 to 1980, but is prob ...

- bass *

Dave Rowberry David Eric Rowberry (4 July 1940 – 6 June 2003) was an English pianist and organist, most known for being a member of the rock and R&B group The Animals in the 1960s. Early career, 1962–1965 Born in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, Rowberry ...

- keyboards * Clem Cattini, Jim Frank, Neil McBain - drums * Laurie Brown - trumpet * Ray Davies - producer, backing vocals * Diz Disley - guitar on "Oh Daddy" * Tim Hinkley - keyboards on "Stage Door Johnnies" *

Alan Holmes Alan Holmes is a musician, artist and record producer, based in north Wales. Although he began his musical career in the late 1960s in childhood beat group The Insects, he first came to prominence in The Zuggs (in 1979), followed by A Silly Tree ...

- flute * Lew Warburton - string arrangements ;Technical * Roger Beale - engineer

References

External links

Claire Hamill's website
{{Authority control Claire Hamill albums 1974 albums Albums produced by Ray Davies