The Detroit soul-garage group The Capreez recorded this 45 in 1966 on the Detroit Sound label. The A side, Rosanna, was the bigger hit, a dreamy ballad about missing a girl (Rosanna) that hit on the local charts in the summer of that year.
The B side, Over You, again sings about a lost love, but has a great swinging blues sound with a killer hamonica thrown in. A perfect song for this overcast fall Sunday morning.
I’m going to email the lead singer of the Capreez, Al Reid, and see if he’ll comment on this and tell us more about the band. If he does respond I’ll repost this with his story.
Listen to a clip of Over You:
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February 14th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Michael McNamara
I saw a documentary this past weekend at the Detroit Winter Blast about Detroit Rockabilly star Johnny Powers. He recorded on Sun, Fox, Fortune and Motown. And at one point, was producing Detroit acts. In the movie he talked about Rosanna and complained about how badly out of tune the piano was. I saw him after the movie and told him I always thought the rough piano tuning gave the song its charm - I wouldn’t have changed a note.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:44 am
admin
Thanks Michael for dropping by. I’m going to have to post Rosanna now so we can listen to that out of tune piano! And we’ll definitely have to watch the documentary on Johnny Powers, that sounds really good.