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#1 on WPGC Today in 1971
'Maggie May' was originally a traditional Liverpool Folk song about a prostitute who robs a 'homeward bounder', i.e., a sailor coming home from a round trip at sea. A truncated version of the song appears on the Beatles', 'Let It Be' album (spelled, 'Mae'). It had long before been a staple in the set list of the Quarrymen. That same Folk song was also the inspiration for Rod Stewart's first major success as a solo artist and loosely based on his own real life experiences as a teen with an older woman in 1961 at the Beaulieu Jazz Festival. Stewart transposed the name to protect her identity. See a video of 16 year old Rod, verified by Stewart himself, wearing a backpack at the Festival (no audio).
Only one session was devoted to the song with just two takes being laid down. At the time, it was considered nothing more than an album cut with little likelihood of becoming a single. The LP version included a 30 second instrumental intro titled, 'Henry' that was omitted from the already long 45, running 5:15. Relegated to the B side of, 'Reason To Believe', it might have faded into obscurity until radio airplay dictated otherwise. The tune would ultimately hit #1 in the UK and the US simultaneously while the parent album, 'Every Picture Tells A Story' did the same, a feat accomplished by only a handful of artists, notably, the Beatles. 'Maggie May' also spent its fourth of five consecutive weeks at #1 on the WPGC Good Guys All Hit Music survey on 10/02/71. See enlargement.
With a chart life like that, it was little surprise the tune wound up as #2 on the WPGC Top 100 Hits of 1971 (second only to Three Dog Night's, 'Joy To The World'). Rod had co-written the track with Martin Quittenton, with whom he would also co-write, 'You Wear It Well'. Performing on the track was Stewart's bandmate from Faces, Ron Wood. The distinctive mandolin solo on the song was played by Ray Jackson, who played with the band, Lindisfarne. Credits on the LP read, 'The mandolin was played by the mandolin player in Lindisfarne. The name slips my mind.' Jackson threatened legal action in 2003 against Stewart for his uncredited contribution to the song but never took the case to court. Read more on the tune. |
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