Copy Cats is an album by the American musicians Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin. It is a set of rock and roll oldies, originally recorded from 1954 to 1969. It was named after being a set of cover versions and as the title of a Gary U.S. Bonds song, "Copycat", which was recorded for the album but not released. Thunders was inspired by John Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll.
Critical reception
The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album "could have been tossed off as a lark, but the music—which ranges from swamp-rock to girl-group stylings to a mambo/R&B hybrid—emerges crisp, polished and generally enjoyable." The Los Angeles Times stated that it "features punchy cover versions of mostly obscure R&B oldies, with Thunders using his thin, nasal voice to humorous effect with theatrical mannerisms."
Track listing
The tracks were called "scenes"
Side one – "Act one" "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" (Sky Saxon) original version by The Seeds, 1965 "Baby It's You" (Mack David, Barney Williams, Burt Bacharach) original version by The Shirelles, 1961 "She Wants To Mambo" (Maxwell Davis, Gene Ford) original version by The Chanters, 1954 "Treat Her Right" (Roy Head) original version by Roy Head and the Traits, 1965 "Uptown To Harlem" (Betty Mabry) original version by The Chambers Brothers, 1967 "Crawfish" (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) original version by Kitty White and Elvis Presley from the film King Creole, 1958
Side two – "Act two" "Alligator Wine" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) original version by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1958 "Two Time Loser" (Alden Bunn, Anna Sandford) original version by Tarheel Slim and Little Ann, 1963 "Love Is Strange" (Ethel Cookie Smith, Mac Houston Baker) original version by Mickey & Sylvia, 1956 "I Was Born To Cry" (Dion DiMucci) original version by Dion, 1962 "He Cried" (Greg Richards, Ted Daryll) original version as "She Cried" by Jay and the Americans, 1962 "Let Me Entertain You (Parts 1 and 2)" (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim) original version from the musical Gypsy, 1959