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Rock and Roll Queen - Mott the Hoople (Original Post)
DBoon
Jun 2022
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captain queeg
(11,780 posts)1. All the way to Memphis
ornotna
(11,436 posts)2. Ready For Love/After Lights
Love Mott, one of my favorites from HS.
highplainsdem
(60,864 posts)3. Written by the great Mick Ralphs, who wrote or cowrote some of my
favorite Bad Company songs later, after he left Mott to join that supergroup.
Well, one of those Bad Company hits was written while Mick was still with Mott the Hoople. Mick recorded a demo of the song while still with Mott, but Ian Hunter turned it down, didn't think he could sing it.
Paul Rodgers sure as hell could:
Tikki
(15,068 posts)4. "Roll Away The Stone" (1974)
Tikki
