luisam Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 The band was originally promoted by Chris Curtis under the name "Roundabout". During a brief tour of Denmark and Sweden in April 1966, in which they were still billed as Roundabout, Ritchie Blackmore proposed to change band's name and suggested "Deep Purple", named after his grandmother's favourite song. The group had resolved to choose a name after everyone had posted one on a board in rehearsal. Second to Deep Purple was "Concrete God", which the band thought was too harsh to take on. The song "Deep Purple" was the biggest hit written by pianist Peter DeRose in 1933 as a piano composition. With time it became very popular in sheet music sales and in 1938 Mitchel Paris added the lyrics: Since then, many versions were released reaching top positions. Grannie's favorite was the one by Bing Crosby but the one which hit number one on the U.S. pop charts (the 100th song to do so) in November 1963 and also won that year's Grammy Award for Best Rock and Roll Record, was recorded by Nino Tempo & April Stevens (who are brother and sister). It remained in the Top 40 for twelve weeks and was #1 on the Hot 100 in November 1963 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batu69 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water. The lyrics of the song tell a true story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Togijak Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 How of a Frank Zappa Concert Fire Inspired Deep Purple’s ‘Smoke on the Water’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioHazard Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 12 hours ago, Batu69 said: Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water. The lyrics of the song tell a true story I love this song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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