Hush
A Joe South song first cut by Billy Joe Royal, and Deep Purple's American breakthrough.
Deep Purple, from Shades of Deep Purple (1968)
- Written by
- Joe South
- Released
- 1968
- Length
- 4:11
- Album
- Shades of Deep Purple
Joe South wrote the song for Billy Joe Royal, who recorded it in Nashville on 12 July 1967. Blackmore heard the original in Hamburg, and the Mark I line-up of Blackmore, Evans, Simper, Paice and Lord recorded it in two takes for Shades of Deep Purple. It reached number four on the US Hot 100 in September 1968 and number two in Canada, and the band performed it on Playboy After Dark.
The Mark II line-up re-recorded it in 1988 for Nobody's Perfect, where it reached number 62 in Britain. The band also played it at the 2016 Rock Hall induction. It was also played at the Concerto for Group and Orchestra concert in 1969, and that performance was added to a 2002 reissue.
More songs by Deep Purple
Smoke on the Water, Highway Star, Child in Time, Black Night, Space Truckin', Strange Kind of Woman, Woman from Tokyo, Burn, Perfect Strangers, Knocking at Your Back Door, Speed King
Sources
- Hush (Joe South song), Wikipedia
- Shades of Deep Purple, Wikipedia
- Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Wikipedia
- The Book of Taliesyn, Wikipedia