1974 Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number (US:# 4 UK:#58)
“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number“ is a single released in 1974 by rock/jazz rock group Steely Dan and the opening track of their third album Pretzel Logic. It was the most successful single of the group’s career, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1974.
The song features Jim Gordon on drums, as does the bulk of the Pretzel Logic album. The guitar solo is by Jeff “Skunk” Baxter who would soon go on to join The Doobie Brothers.
Victor Feldman’s flapamba(a variant of the marimba) introduction to the song, which opens the album, is cut from the original ABC single version. The MCA single reissue (backed with “Pretzel Logic”) includes the flapamba intro but fades out just before the actual end of the track. The introductory riff is an almost direct copy of the intro of Horace Silver’s jazz classic “Song for My Father”.
Album
Pretzel Logic is the third studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released on February 20, 1974 by ABC Records. It was written by principal band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. They recorded the album at The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles with producer Gary Katz. It was the last album […]
Musicians
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Produced By
Gary Katz
Songwiters
Donald Fagen
Walter Becker
Charts
US:#4
UK:#58
keith burden
June 30, 2024 @ 13:06
So much greatness permeates this track this album and this band. Lurking over all of this one the tragedy of the late GREAT Jim Gordon. Love all of Baxter’s work and this solo is just perfection. Too bad the dumbass record company cut out Victor Feldman’s cool ass marimba type atonal workout at the start of the cut.