Liveblogging "Ladies' Night" on TCM

No music posts today, instead I'm going to jump into the uber-trendy liveblogging waters by posting thoughts on three films I haven't seen before.  TCM is screening three Hammer historical epics (or, in the case of She, ahistoric) from the mid-60s tonight, and I plan to watch every last damn one of them.  "What kind of lamer does such a thing on a Friday night?"  Don't you worry about me, I like my weekends backloaded... like my women.

Starts here in 15 minutes at 7:00 PM CST...

Throwback 1967 || Vanilla Fudge: "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was originally recorded by the Supremes and released in October 1966, becoming the group's eighth number one hit the next month.  Almost immediately, the song became a staple cover in rock/R&B circles, and amongst those taking a crack at it were American psych rock band Vanilla Fudge. 

This version, shown below in a "live" clip from the Ed Sullivan Show, would be the band's first single (in a three minute truncated form) in 1967, reaching #6 on the charts.  Vanilla Fudge are best known today for giving the hard rock world Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert, both of whom recorded an album with Jeff Beck in the mid-70's.  Appice in particular has kept monstrously busy over the years, contributing to the bands Cactus, King Kobra, Blue Murder and his own Guitar Zeus project amongst many others.