45s and Other Revolutions: A-Sides beginning with the letter K and some that begins with the letter L.
Queen [00:26] a side: "Killer Queen" b side: "Flick of the Wrist" Elektra Records E-45226 1974 Totally killer. Queen's first foray onto the American charts, reaching #12 on the Hot 100. And it won Freddie Mercury his first Ivor Novello Award. Steve Martin (and the Toot Uncommons) [06:41] a side: "King Tut" b side: "Sally Goodin/Hoedown at Alice's" Warner Bros. Records WBS 8577 1978 The pinnacle of comedy as far as my adolescent self was concerned. Lita Ford [13:44] a side: "Kiss Me Deadly (Special Radio Version)" b side: "Kiss Me Deadly (LP Version)" RCA Records 6866-7 1988 From the promo copy on the back of the sleeve: "If early sales are any indication, she just might be the female Whitesnake." says Bob Bell, New Releases Buyer, Wherehouse Entertainment. Indeed. Dawn [21:46] a side: "Knock Three Times" b side: "Home" Bell Records 938 1970 Yes, the label just says "Dawn". Paul Simon [28:28] a side: "Kodachrome" b side: "Tenderness" Columbia Records 4-45859 1973 I think there's a filter for that. Round Robin [34:58] a side: "Land of a Thousand Dances (The Na Na Song)" b side: "Yea Yea" Domain Records DM 1420 1965 Los Angeles's own dance-craze recordmeister Round Robin. The Mar-Keys [39:59] a side: "Last Night" b side: "Night Before" Satellite S-107 1960 The first house band for Stax records, featuring Charles Axton on sax and Steve Cropper on... second organ. Chic [44:48] a side: "Le Freak" b side: "Savoir Faire" Atlantic Records 3519 1978 According to Nile Rogers, the chorus was originally going to be "Fuck Off" but you can't get a smash radio hit with that kind of title. Music behind the DJ: "Quentin's Theme (from Dark Shadows)" by Joe Reisman and his Orchestra.