The High Numbers was a short-lived alternate name used by The Who at the ou… Read Full Bio ↴The High Numbers was a short-lived alternate name used by The Who at the outset of their career. The name change occurred at the behest of music publicist Peter Meaden, who wanted to make them known as a mod band. "High numbers" was a reference to T-shirts with number designs, a coveted mod fashion item at the time. The band consisted of the same line-up as The Who: Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar), John Entwistle (bass), and Keith Moon (drums). After their first single failed to chart, they reverted to The Who.

Both sides of their only official single release, Zoot Suit / I'm the Face (released on major mod label Fontana in 1964), were works of plagiarism; respectively, "Zoot Suit" and "I'm the Face" were Meaden's reworkings of "Misery" by The Dynamics, and "I Got Love If You Want It" by Slim Harpo. Both were well-known mod songs; by all accounts, angered mods were the primary cause the single's failure. The band quickly broke off their association with Meaden, and would shortly earn the mods' affection, and indeed became one of the most emblematic "mod" bands of all time.

In 1974, The Who released the album Quadrophenia, their second rock opera, its lyrical subject matter being a search for identity during the heyday of the mods. Fittingly, lyrical references to "I'm the Face" and "Zoot Suit" appeared in the songs "Cut My Hair" and "Sea and Sand", respectively. "Zoot Suit" later appeared on the soundtrack for the film adaptation of Quadrophenia, whereas the two aforementioned album cuts were used only in abridged forms.

The High Numbers' only single was released alongside two other studio cuts ("Leaving Here" and "Here 't Is") as part of The Who's box set Thirty Years of Maximum R&B. A number of High Numbers performances also exist in bootleg audio, or video form; most notably, this includes one, or several, performances during their residency at the Marquee Club in London.

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Baby Don't You Do It
The High Numbers Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Baby Don't You Do It' by these artists:

Barbara Randolph Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…
Humble Pie Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…
Isley Brothers Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…
Larson Nicolette Baby don't you do it, don't do it Don't break my…
Marvin Gaye Ah, baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't…
Nicolette Larson Baby don't you do it, don't do it Don't break my…
Poets Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…
Poets The Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…
Small Faces Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…

Stevie Wonder Don't you do it, do you break my heart Oh baby…
The Isley Brothers Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…
The Poets Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…
The Small Faces Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…
The Wailers Baby don't you do it, don't do it babe Don't break…
The Who Ah baby don't you do it Don't do it baby Don't you…
The Who - Who's Next Ah baby don't you do it Don't do it baby Don't you…

We have lyrics for these tracks by The High Numbers:

Here Hey, fellas, have you heard the news, Yeah, the women in…
Here 't Is Whoa, whoa, whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa), I said whoa, whoa, who…
I'm the Face I'm the face baby, is that clear, I'm the face baby,…
Im The Face I'm the face baby, is that clear, I'm the face baby,…
Leaving Here Hey, fellas, have you heard the news, Yeah, the women in…
The High Numbers I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you…

Zoot Suit I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you…

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@buzby303

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Great ! 👍🏼

@Seanc74

what's happened to the lyrics?

@nellynelly-memories

@Seanc74

@@nellynelly-memories I assumed you mean/meant written as they're not there.

@nellynelly-memories

I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you why,
I'm the snappiest dresser right down to my inch wide tie,
And to get you wise I'll explain it to you,
A few of the things that a face is supposed to do.

I wear zoot suit jacket with side vents five inches long,
I have two-tone brogues yeah you know this is wrong.
But the main thing is unless you're a fool,
Ah you know you gotta know, yeah you know, yeah you gotta be cool.

So all you tickets I just want you to dig me,
With my striped zoot jacket that the salts can plainly see,
So the action lies with all of you guys,
Is how you look in the other, the other, yeah, the other cat's eye.

Well don't you see, well don't you see, well don't you see now,
Well don't you see now, come on baby, 'cause don't you see now, oh baby,
Well don't you see now, you drive me wild, hmm hmm hmm, you're crazy-looking now.