No, I'm not talking about the Kelly Clarkson song, although both that and the song I'll be uploading today are catchy pop-rock tunes. The song I'm talking about here is Since You Been Gone, a tune written by British musician Russ Ballard, who has written several songs that you'd know but would be shocked to know were written by the same man, including the Frida song "I Know There's Something Going On," the song "New York Groove," a song covered by KISS's Ace Frehley, and "Liar," covered by Three Dog Night; that's a good collection of tunes, even though almost no one knows who wrote the tunes.
The band Rainbow, which literally changed their lineup before they released each album, was around in the 70's and 80's and their cover of this song was one of their biggest chart hits. It was from their 1979 album "Down To Earth" and this was during their pop-rock phase. Throughout their history they had several different sounds, due to their ever fluctuating lineup. They at first sounded like early Deep Purple (understandable, as DP guitarist Richie Blackmore founded the group) then they changed to pop-rock then ended in the 80's with a heavy metal sound. I've heard this song on the radio before, but it's on rare occasions, especially down here in
Rainbow-Since You Been Gone (4.58 MB, 192Kbits/second)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=21O6CTP9I'll be back on Friday with a different type of upload.
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