A traditional
West Indies song about a sunken boat - The John B. Sails - it also happens to
have been included in Carl Sandburg's 1927 collection of folk songs The
American Songbag. It is best known for its adaptation of the
1958 Kinston Trio version by the Beach Boys which was produced and arranged by Brian
Wilson and Al Jardine. Released in 1966 Sloop
John B was the lead single for the album Pet Sounds- peaking at number 3 in the
US and number 2 in the UK. It resides at
place number 276 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. -Wiki
This studio version from last year is spectacular.
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