Here’s a case where a soundalike version of the hit was released under dubious circumstances. Jack Sigler Jr. and his band, Mercy, first recorded this on the small Tampa-based Sundi label. Jack was of draft age, so as an implied condition of getting national distribution he went along with Warner Brothers using a different group with the Mercy name; WB re-cut the song without him in case he got drafted. He didn’t, and it turned out Sigler never signed the agreement. A lawsuit followed since both versions wound up being issued, and the group never had another hit. The organ is far more prominent on the re-recording.
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