"Susannah's Still Alive" is a song by

Dave Davies David Russell Gordon Davies (born 3 February 1947) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the English rock band the Kinks, which also featured his elder brother Ray Davies. He was ...

, released for his second solo single. The recording featured all of the Kinks' members as his backing band. It was a hit (peaking at #20 in the UK) but it did not live up to the expectations of Davies' last single " Death of a Clown", which was a Top 5 hit. It failed to chart in the US, but was a significant success in Europe, reaching #10 in the

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, #27 in

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, #18 in

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and #18 in Sweden. Although it was never featured on an LP, its B-side "Funny Face" was included on the Kinks' 1967 album ''

Something Else by the Kinks ''Something Else by the Kinks'', often referred to simply as ''Something Else'', is the fifth UK studio album by the Kinks, released in September 1967. The album continued the Kinks' trend toward an eccentric baroque pop and music hall-influence ...

''. Although all original UK singles used the spelling ''Suzanah'', in many other countries and on later compilation albums ''Suzannah'' or ''Susannah'' was used.

Personnel

According to band researcher Doug Hinman: The Kinks *

lead vocal, electric guitar * Ray Davies acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica *

Pete Quaife Peter Alexander Greenlaw Quaife (born Kinnes; 31 December 1943 – 23 June 2010) was an English musician, artist and author. He was a founding member and the original bass guitarist for the Kinks, from 1963 until 1969. He also sang backing voca ...

bass * Mick Avory drums Additional musician *

Nicky Hopkins Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. Hopkins performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, most notably ...

piano

Cardiacs version

"Susannah's Still Alive" is the fourth single and only cover version ever recorded by Cardiacs. As well as being released as a single, the track was also on the Kinks tribute album, ''Shangri-La - A Tribute to The Kinks''.

Track listing

7"

# "Susannah's Still Alive" # "Blind In Safety and Leafy In Love"

12"

# "Susannah's Still Alive" # "Blind In Safety and Leafy In Love" # "All His Geese Are Swans"

Lineup

* Tim Smith – guitar, vocals * Jim Smith – bass * Sarah Smith – saxophone *

William D. Drake William Derek Drake (born 7 February 1962) is an English musician, keyboardist, pianist, composer and singer-songwriter. He is best known as a former member of the cult English rock band Cardiacs, whom he played with for nine years between 1983 ...

– keyboards * Dominic Luckman – drums * Tim Quy – percussion

References

Sources

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External links

Dave Davies Official Site
1967 singles 1988 singles The Kinks songs Cardiacs songs Songs written by Dave Davies Pye Records singles 1967 songs Song recordings produced by Ray Davies {{1960s-single-stub