Groupie (Superstar)
First release by Delaney & Bonnie and Friends featuring Eric Clapton (December 1969)
- Written by
- Leon Russell, Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-070.143.165-3 BMI, ISWC
T-070.244.080-9 GEMA, ISWC
- Comments
- The song started with an idea by Rita Coolidge. who came up with the idea for a song about "groupies". She took the idea to Leon Russell, who was a guitarist and keyboardist with Delaney and Bramlett and Friends at the time. Russell brought the raw material to Bonnie Bramlett, and together they began shaping it into a song. Coolidge sat and sang harmony as they wrote the song, but never asked for a writing credit. Several artists, including Cher, Coolidge herself and Bette Midler, all performed the song, but it was the Carpenters version that made the song a hit. Richard Carpenter got the idea of the cover after watching Midler perform it on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
- Published by
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EMBASSY MUSIC CORPORATION
BMI, GEMA
RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) LIMITED GEMA
RESERVOIR ONE AMERICA BMI
EMBASSY MUSIC CORP BMI
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license