ON THIS DATE (42 YEARS AGO) January 19, 1973 - The Moody Blues: Im Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) b/w For My Lady (Threshold TH 13) 45 single is released in the UK. Im Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) is a 1973 single by The Moody Blues. It was first released in 1972 as the final track on the album Seventh Sojourn. Im Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) was later released as a single in 1973, with For My Lady on the B-side. It was the second single released from Seventh Sojourn, with the first being Isnt Life Strange (also written by Lodge). Im Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) was written by the Moody Blues bassist John Lodge, who won an ASCAP songwriting award for it. It is one of John Lodges signature high-energy rock and roll songs, and is one of his best known compositions for the Moody Blues, along with Ride My See-Saw. Im Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) was the final single by The Moody Blues to feature the use of the Chamberlin (which had recently replaced the similar instrument, the Mellotron). The Chamberlin would later be replaced by a more modern keyboard synthesizer. A promotional music-video was filmed for Im Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band). This video showed The Moody Blues flautist Ray Thomas playing a Baritone Saxophone. However, the saxophone was used just for effect in the video. The saxophone sound actually comes from the Chamberlin. Im Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., becoming one of their highest-charting hits in that country, but fared less well in their native UK, where it managed #36. It was also the final single released by the Moody Blues prior to their five year hiatus, which was agreed upon so each of the band members could pursue their own solo careers. Their next single would not be until 1978, with Steppin in a Slide Zone. Moody Blues
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