" Since You Been Gone " is a rock song written by former Argent bass guitarist Russ Ballard and was first released on his 1976 Winning album. It was produced by Roger Glover.
Video Since You Been Gone
cover version
The cover version of Rainbow, released in 1979 with Graham Bonnet on lead vocals, was the top 10 single in the United Kingdom and was named the 82nd best hard rock song of all time by VH1. The Rainbow version is used in T-Mobile 2009 ads that were filmed on Liverpool Street station in London, England.
Other cover versions included those by the South African Clout band on their 1978 album Substitute , aka Clout , and Head East on their 1978 album, reaching # 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 Former Runaways vocalist Cherie Currie recorded the song as a duet with her sister, Marie Currie on their 1980 album Messin 'with the Boys . Their version reached # 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Alcatrazz, also fronted by Graham Bonnet, covered the song on their Live Sentence album with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar, and another fronted Bonnet outfit, Impellitteri, recorded it for their 1988 debut album Standing in the Row .
Brian May of Queen performed the song live on the Back to the Light tour in 1993, and it appeared in the multi-format Live at the Brixton Academy.
Maps Since You Been Gone
References
External links
- 1976 Russ Ballard's performance video on YouTube
- Rainbow 1979's performance video on YouTube
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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