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[SPOOKY]{1} Written by: Buddy Buien, James Cobb, Harry Middlebrooks, Jr. & M. Sharpe Performed by: Classics IV{2a}{2b} First released:{3} Single: Winter 1967 [Length: 3:04] Album: 1968 [Length: 2:59]

{1}"Spooky" reached #3 on the [Billboard Hot 100 Chart] in December of 1967.

• {2a}Personnel performing on this recording:
• Dennis Yost (Lead vocals.)
• Wally Eaton (Bass guitar, vocals)
• Auburn Burrell (Guitar.)
• Joe Wilson (Keyboards.)
• Kim Venable (Drums.)

• {2b}Covered by:
• Marc Antoine
• Daniel Ash
• Atlantic Rhythm Section
• The Charles Burton Blues Band
• Endorphin
• The Electroluvs
• The Feminine Complex
• The Flags
• King Curtis
• The Lettermen
• Lydia Lunch
• Meco
• Kelli O'Hara
• Joan Osborne
• The Puppini Sisters
• Martha Reeves
• Percy Sledge
• Señor Soul
• Dusty Springfield
• John Temmerman
• Cal Tjader
• Gary Walker & The Rain
• Judy Wexler
• Andy Williams
• Amongst others.

{3}Released on:{^}

SINGLE(s):

• (1)Classics IV:
• A-side: "Spooky"
• B-side: "Poor People"
• (a) Imperial Records, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #66259, US-1967.
• (b) Liberty Records, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #LIB-66259, Netherlands-1967.
• (c) Liberty Records, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #15-051, Germany-1967.

• (2)Classics IV:
• A-side: "Spooky"
• B-side: "Stormy"
• (a) Liberty Records, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #54579, UK-1968.

EP(s):

• (EP1)Classics IV
• A1. "Stormy"
• A2. "Spooky"
• B1. "Traces"
• B2. "Mary, Mary Row Your Boat"
• (a) RCA Victor Records, 4-Track, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm EP, #FC-45047, Brazil-1969.

ALBUM(s):

• (A)Classics IV: [Spooky]
• (1) Imperial Records, 10-Track, 12-Inch, Vinyl, 33rpm LP, #LP-12371, US-1968.

• (B)Classics IV: [The Very Best of Classics IV]
• (1) EMI Music Distribution, 10-Track, 5-Inch CD, #E2-91472, US-1988.

• (C)Classics IV: [The Best of Dennis Yost & The Classic IV]
• (1) Taragon Records, 27-Track, 5-Inch CD, #1091, US-2002.{4}

{^}The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

{4}Transcribed from the track on this album.