Composer: Slim
Harpo Original
performer: Slim
Harpo (1957)
Recording date: January
1964
Recording location: Regent
Sound Studios, London
Producer: Andrew
Oldham Engineer:
Bill
Farley
Performed onstage: 1963-64
Composer: Slim
Harpo Original
performer: Slim
Harpo (1957)
Recording date: January
1964
Recording location: Regent
Sound Studios, London
Producer: Andrew
Oldham Engineer:
Bill
Farley
Performed onstage: 1963-64
Probable line-up:
Drums: Charlie
Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Acoustic guitar: Keith
Richards
Electric guitar (inc. slide): Brian
Jones
Vocal: Mick Jagger
Harmonica: Mick
Jagger
Well I'm a king bee buzzing around your hive
Well I'm a king bee, baby, buzzing around
your hive
Yeah I can make honey, baby, let me come inside
Well I'm a king bee, want you to be my queen
Well I'm a king bee, baby, want you to be
my queen
Together we can make honey the world has never
seen
Well, buzz a while
Sting it then
Well I'm a king bee, can buzz all night long
Well I'm a king bee, baby, can buzz all night
long
Yeah I can buzz better, baby, when your man
is gone
TrackTalk
(That song) was pretty unheard of... What I mean is, there were a lot of these hit records in the States that nobody knew about here (in England), we did them and after we thought they weren't good; but at the time it was right... (Y)ou could say that we did blues to turn people on (to blues), but why they should be turned on by us is unbelievably stupid. I mean what's the point in listening to us doing I'm a King Bee when you can listen to Slim Harpo doing it?