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"Hard to Handle" is a 1968 song originally recorded by Otis Redding and written by Redding, Al Bell and Allen Jones. It was released after Redding's death in 1967 on the album ''The Immortal Otis Redding''. Redding's version reached #38 on the Billboard R&B charts and #51 on the pop charts. ==Cover versions== It has been covered by many artists, including Patti Drew (with perhaps the earliest cover in 1968), King Floyd, Liquid Smoke, Grateful Dead, The Black Crowes, Tom Jones, Toots and the Maytals, Rustix, Band from TV, Harpers Bizarre, Gov't Mule, Tony Joe White, Magic Slim and the Teardrops, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Matt Giraud, Etta James and Snafu as well as by Mae West in the film ''Myra Breckinridge''. "Hard to Handle" was a mainstay of the Grateful Dead's live set from 1969 to 1971, as sung by Ron "Pigpen" McKernan. The song has been brought back recently by Furthur, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh's band. The Stanford Band performs a cover as part of their standard repertoire. A recording is on their album ''(The Wind of Freedom Blow (Greatest Hits 1970-1998) )''. Gov't Mule with Toots Hibbert covered the song on Gov't Mule's 2006 album, ''Mighty High.'' In August 2007 soul singer Guy Sebastian recorded a tribute version of ''Hard to Handle'' at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, for his album of soul classics, ''The Memphis Album'' with many of the original Stax music band members including Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Lester Snell, and Steve Potts. The song also featured prominently in the movie ''The Commitments''. ''American Idol'' contestant Phillip Phillips performed the song on the eleventh season of the show. The studio version is available for download on iTunes. 15-year-old singer and actor Greyson Chance performed "Hard to Handle" on ''Raising Hope'' as young Jimmy. Country singer Joe Diffie recorded a bluegrass album called ''Homecoming'' in 2010, and remade the song for the final track. Gerald de Palmas sang it in his show in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hard to Handle (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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