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Rosalyn (song)

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B-side
  
"Big Boss Man"

Format
  
7", 45rpm

Released
  
May 1964

Label
  
Fontana

Genre
  
Garage rock rhythm and blues

Writer(s)
  
Jimmy Duncan, Bill Farley

"Rosalyn" is a song by British rhythm and blues band The Pretty Things. It was released as their first single in 1964 and charted at number 41 in the United Kingdom.

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History

"Rosalyn" was written by songwriter Jimmy Duncan, who was also co-manager of the Pretty Things with Bryan Morrison at the time.

Covers

David Bowie recorded "Rosalyn" and released it on his album Pin Ups. It was released as a single by RCA in New Zealand in November 1973 instead of "Sorrow", which was released in the rest of the world. The B-side was "Where Have All the Good Times Gone", another cover from Pin Ups.

References

Rosalyn (song) Wikipedia