1966
LOOK AT GRANNY RUN RUN * HOWARD TATE * VERVE 549 * UK
This is a song about a man who has found a way to revitalise himself in old age by taking a pill, if the song were recorded today it would certainly be dedicated to Viagra; is it possible that the writers of this song, Mort Shuman and Jerry Ragavoy new something back then about this formula? Howard Tate was a member of The Gainors, with Garnet Mimms, his first solo release was for the Utopia label, the song was picked up by Verve and he subsequently released nine singles on that label, this was his third, and something of an 'underground' hit in the UK.