Single:
Albert Flasher entered the Australian singles chart* on 5 July 1971 and peaked at #28.
Songwriters:
Burton Cummings
Producer:
Jack Richardson
Record label of Australian release:
RCA Victor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
The Guess Who live on The Midnight Special (NBC) in 1973 performing Albert Flasher and Undun.
Undun was The Guess Who’s first single to chart in Australia, in 1969.
Wikipedia – Albert Flasher:
The song’s title Albert Flasher came from Burton Cummings seeing a button labelled “alert flasher” on a radio broadcast console. Cummings combined lyrics inspired by that phrase with a piano riff which he used to warm up with, to make the finished song.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Flasher
Wikipedia – The Guess Who:
The Guess Who was a Canadian rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1965. The band found their greatest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, under the leadership of singer/keyboardist Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman.
After disbanding The Guess Who in 1975, Cummings went on to a successful solo career. Bachman had left in 1970, forming Brave Belt, which became Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guess_Who
Lyrics:
I was a workshop owner in the gulch for the people
And I offered myself to the world
I was a workshop owner
I was a workshop owner
I was a diesel fixer, fixed a diesel
Diesel fixed me, what a weasel
And baby was a workshop owner
Baby was a workshop owner
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The Guess Who charted in Australia with 14 singles and 5 albums between 1965 and 1975. Later, Burton Cummings charted with 4 solo singles and 2 albums.
Also on Bang a Gong:
American Woman by The Guess Who
Clap for the Wolfman by The Guess Who
Stand Tall by Burton Cummings
Takin’ Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
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