The J. Geils Band was an American music group from Worcester, Massachusetts… Read Full Bio ↴The J. Geils Band was an American music group from Worcester, Massachusetts, USA that had a successful blues-rock/R&B-influenced sound in the 1970s, before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in the 1980s, which brought them MTV airplay and their 1982 international hit single "Centerfold".
The band started as an acoustic blues trio in the mid 1960s with singer and guitarist J. Geils (born February 20, 1946; died April 10, 2017), bassist Danny Klein (Dr. Funk) and harpist Richard Salwitz (stage name Magic Dick). The band formed under the name Snoopy and the Sopwith Camels while Geils was attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute for a couple of semesters. In 1967 the band switched focus, starting to play electric guitar and bass and recruiting drummer Stephen Jo Bladd and fast-talking ex-disc jockey singer Peter Wolf, born Peter Blankenfeld, both from Boston. The following year Seth Justman joined as an organist, and the group signed to Atlantic Records in 1970.
The J. Geils Band first received FM radio airplay with the live single "First I Look at the Purse", then had several hit singles in the 1970s, the most successful of which was "Must Of Got Lost" (1974). Later in the 1970s, the band signed with EMI America Records.
The band had good success covering soul singles. Besides the well-known aforementioned "First I Look at the Purse" from The Contours, they covered the more obscure "I Do" from The Marvelows and "Ain't Nothing But a House Party" from The Showstoppers.
The group's commercial fortunes improved in the early 1980s, first with the humorous "Love Stinks", then with their great success with the Freeze Frame album which included "Centerfold" (#1 for six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100) and then the title cut (#4). Wolf left the group in 1983 for a solo career not long after, over disagreements about whether to continue to take the band in more of a popular direction, or continue with the purist tradition.
The band went on to record one more album of new material, You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd, after Wolf left. He was not replaced, and Seth Justman took over most of the vocal duties. The album produced only one single - "Concealed Weapons", a song about breasts - and was not a success. The band toured in support of the album, but never again recorded anything new. The group then disbanded in 1985 after contributing the title song to the 1985 horror film Fright Night.
The group was not reunited with Wolf until 1999, and subsequently broke up again when ticket sales proved extremely disappointing. Wolf continues to tour with his own backup band, and the rest of the Geils band makes occasional appearances. Since the semi-retirement of the band, Geils has been restoring sports cars in Massachusetts.
On 22 May 2006, the six original members had a surprise reunion, the first time they had all played together in over 20 years, at bassist Danny Klein's 60th birthday party at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston.
Since 2009 they are reunited once more.
The band disbanded in 2017 after the death of bandleader J. Geils.
The band started as an acoustic blues trio in the mid 1960s with singer and guitarist J. Geils (born February 20, 1946; died April 10, 2017), bassist Danny Klein (Dr. Funk) and harpist Richard Salwitz (stage name Magic Dick). The band formed under the name Snoopy and the Sopwith Camels while Geils was attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute for a couple of semesters. In 1967 the band switched focus, starting to play electric guitar and bass and recruiting drummer Stephen Jo Bladd and fast-talking ex-disc jockey singer Peter Wolf, born Peter Blankenfeld, both from Boston. The following year Seth Justman joined as an organist, and the group signed to Atlantic Records in 1970.
The J. Geils Band first received FM radio airplay with the live single "First I Look at the Purse", then had several hit singles in the 1970s, the most successful of which was "Must Of Got Lost" (1974). Later in the 1970s, the band signed with EMI America Records.
The band had good success covering soul singles. Besides the well-known aforementioned "First I Look at the Purse" from The Contours, they covered the more obscure "I Do" from The Marvelows and "Ain't Nothing But a House Party" from The Showstoppers.
The group's commercial fortunes improved in the early 1980s, first with the humorous "Love Stinks", then with their great success with the Freeze Frame album which included "Centerfold" (#1 for six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100) and then the title cut (#4). Wolf left the group in 1983 for a solo career not long after, over disagreements about whether to continue to take the band in more of a popular direction, or continue with the purist tradition.
The band went on to record one more album of new material, You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd, after Wolf left. He was not replaced, and Seth Justman took over most of the vocal duties. The album produced only one single - "Concealed Weapons", a song about breasts - and was not a success. The band toured in support of the album, but never again recorded anything new. The group then disbanded in 1985 after contributing the title song to the 1985 horror film Fright Night.
The group was not reunited with Wolf until 1999, and subsequently broke up again when ticket sales proved extremely disappointing. Wolf continues to tour with his own backup band, and the rest of the Geils band makes occasional appearances. Since the semi-retirement of the band, Geils has been restoring sports cars in Massachusetts.
On 22 May 2006, the six original members had a surprise reunion, the first time they had all played together in over 20 years, at bassist Danny Klein's 60th birthday party at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston.
Since 2009 they are reunited once more.
The band disbanded in 2017 after the death of bandleader J. Geils.
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The J. Geils Band Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by The J. Geils Band:
09.J._Geils_Bird_-_Centerfold Come on! Does she walk? Does she talk? Does she c…
Angel in Blue We met in a bar Out on Chesapeake Bay With her…
Back to Get Ya Yeah Need that... ooo, ayy Ayy, ayy Uh, uh, uh, uh, whoa Bi…
Be Careful Be careful La cuenta full Tamo agresivo como Gangsta Siempre…
Believe in Me You come home with somethin' on your mind and darlin' tell m…
Center Fold Does she walk? Does she talk? Does she come complete? My h…
Centerfold (Come on) Does she walk? Does she talk? Does she come compl…
Centrefold Does she walk? Does she talk? Does she come complete? My hom…
Chimes Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll We d…
Come Back WIDESCREEN When you left me all alone You left me cryin' on…
Concealed Weapons Buried treasure All that hidden loot She didn't seem so da…
Cruisin' for a Love Somebody help me Somebody help me now Somebody help me now …
Crusin' For A Love Somebody help me Somebody help me now Somebody help me now…
Cry One More Time For every night I cried For every time you lied For every…
Dead Presidents Rich, $ign, Homie, Dolla $ign, Dolla, Quan Dolla $ign, Dolla…
Desire You won’t find nobody You won’t find no one like me You…
Detroit Breakdown Music is blastin′ We're havin′ a ball Everybody doin' it Rig…
Do You Remember When I overheard someone mention your name I overheard now my hea…
Don Don't walk too close Don't breathe so soft Don't talk so swe…
Don't Look Back I remember who I was I'm not going back where I…
Don't Try To HideYourself I can't believe you had the nerve to say the…
Easy Way Out I'm still finding my way out The trenches They told me I…
First I Look at the Purse First I Look at the Purse by the J. Geils Band Some…
Flame Thrower All day long she holds it back Back with all her…
Flamethrower All day long she holds it back Back with all her…
Flamethrower (re-edit) Back with all her might She carries a burnin' torch inside S…
Floyd's Hotel Let me tell ya ′bout it She had big rosy red…
Freeze Frame Freeze-frame I could see it was a rough-cut Tuesday Slow-mo…
Freeze Frame 1981 I could see it was a rough-cut Tuesday Slow-motion weekdays …
Freeze-Frame Freeze-frame I could see it was a rough-cut Tuesday Slow-mo…
Fright Night Fright (fright, fright, fright) Night (night, night, night)…
Gettin' Out Oh baby Now can't you see It ain't the same as it…
Give A Little Love You know that team's down there, right? I also know there's…
Give It to Me You've got to give it to me You've got to give…
Givin' It All Up I watch the sun break through the sky Made it through…
Going up the Country Hit the Dash on the whip then I Falling in love…
Hard Drivin' Man Somebody help me Somebody help me now Somebody help me now…
Here Comes The Sun Here comes the sun for left behind Some things i didn't…
Hold Your Loving She's in love with the paper Ahn I call her she…
Homework Oh baby, you know I may be a fool I'm wastin'…
Hot Summer Water Pull up to the club everybody showing love Started from the…
House Party Yeah They're dancing on the ceiling, they're dancing on the…
HouseParty They're dancin' on the ceilin' They're dancing' on the floor…
I Two, one, two, three, four Do, do, do, do, do, do,…
I Can't Believe You Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
I Can't Go On Huh-uh Ah Oh-oh-oh Huh 해줄 수 없는 일이 하나 있어 너의 손을 놓고 돌아서는 일 나는…
I Could Hurt You Dirty money from the trap I feel like Ace My life is…
I Do Two, one, two, three, four Do, do, do, do, do, do,…
I Don I don't know how to love him. What to do, how…
I Don't Need You No More I'm not head over heels, so I won't chase you…
I Will Carry You Home Your sweetest dreams might seem to fade before your face Thi…
I'll Be Coming Home I'm dreaming tonight Of a place that I love Even more than…
I'm Falling Into the spotlight, alone Just waiting for my cue Staring in…
I'm Not Rough I'm not sad just crying I'm not sad just crying I'm not…
Ice Ice Baby Tengo todos mis sueños fuera de esa empresa No es dentro…
Ill Be Coming Home I'm dreaming tonight Of a place that I love Even more than…
Im falling Thank you for being there right when you could Stay beside…
Insane Insane Again Mad dog in the hallway and my head is filled…
Intro What Zeus had kept inside the box Broke loose from…
Intro: Sage, to be of profound wisdom or experience In an age…
It Ain Yeah They're dancing on the ceiling, they're dancing on the…
it ain t what you do Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans And…
It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It I like the way that you (Yeah) I like the way…
It Ain’t What You Do Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans And…
Just Can Your daddy's tellin' you, I just ain't no good And everythin…
Land Of A 1000 Dances One, two, three! One, two, three! You gotta know how to pony…
Look Me in the Eye When I first saw you That look in your eyes The way…
Looking for a Love Somebody help me Somebody help me now Somebody help me now …
Love Is The Drug You're so gorgeous right now I fell your aura like how You'r…
Love Stink You love her But she loves him And he loves somebody else …
Love Stinks You love her But she loves him And he loves somebody else Yo…
Love-itis My family doctor couldn't find me no cure, oh no Said…
Love‐itis My family doctor couldn't find me no cure, oh no He…
Make Up Your Mind This love feels so hurried Think that every time Is it you O…
Monkey Island Living home on monkey island, baby Right in the middle of…
Must of Got Lost Hold on this song has a little introduction to it It's…
Night Time Get up in the morning kick the covers from my…
Nightmares Niggas be lurking don't trust em as far as I…
no anchovies This is the story of a young couple in Portland,…
On Borrowed Time Well we're living on borrowed time, Lord Can you give us…
One Last Kiss Just one last kiss Before I walk out the door I'm gonna…
Only You It's very hard to define it Just why I feel this…
Orange Driver I can hear my name ringin' baby people talk about me all…
Pack Fair and Square Well, no more slipping and dodging around with you No more…
Peanut Butter Inside peanut butter outside jelly 7 days of the week…
Pictures Of You I'm crying over pictures of you and me I'm crying over…
Piss on the Wall Now some people think the world is what it ain't To…
Put Your Records On La Latino The Clock Don t Stop, Put Your…
Rage in the Cage Shopping Center crazy I need some fast relief The boss says,…
Raise Your Hand If there's somethin' you need All that you'll never, ever, …
Rio Y ahora llorando un río, un río Pa' los que no…
River Blindness Human kindness - River blindness Black flies rise as the wat…
Sanctuary Times are tough, frustration Need relief, medication Gone to…
Serves You Right to Suffer It serve you right to suffer Serve you right to…
Shoot Your Shot Gotta go shoot your shot, make or miss Can’t stress no…
So Good I was wild I was always on the run I kept my…
Somebody I didn't take the warning I really didn't care I had already…
Southside Shuffle I should have known you'd bid me farewell There's a lesson…
Stars 誰も見えない光 名付けようのない気持ち 宛名のない手紙 遥か遠く聞こえないメロディ 繰り返す理不尽だって 愛しく抱きし…
Start All Over Start all over again Start all over again Every boy and ev…
Struttin' With My Baby Wanna spend time with my baby It's getting so messy, can…
Summer Comes Sunday (Oh, oh baby, oh) 好きになればなるほどあなたに逢いたい キミがそう言うたび 僕は黙って抱きしめるしかな…
Summertime Yeah yeah Body on heat burning up a sweet Yeah yeah Sing a…
Surrender Could it be mind over matter Or maybe you just can't…
Take a Chance I'm tryna do what's right, sometimes its hard to know I've…
Take It Back Take it back, take it back, take it back from…
Takin Yo, yo this one's for you boo (yeah), ha ha…
Takin' You Down It never really mattered too much to me That you were…
Tell Lay your head on my pillow Close your eyes like you…
Tell 'Em Jonesey Looking through my story views So I know who knows what…
Teresa I remember every moment And this color, the brightest day…
The Bite From Inside It's all so sick It's all so sick, so sick, so…
The Tide Is High The Instamatic focal point bringing damage to your boroughs …
The Usual Place Please be there on time Please be there on time Darlin' do…
The Way to Your Heart Take me away from the light Take me away from the…
Think It Over Paid the check and walked away there wasn't much we could…
Til The Walls Come Tumblin Smashed a hole through my TV screen Too much too soon…
Til The Walls Come Tumblin' down Smashed a hole through my TV screen Too much too soon…
Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down Smashed a hole through my TV screen Too much too soon…
Truck Drivin' Man Somebody help me Somebody help me now Somebody help me now…
Wait Your daddy's tellin' you, I just ain't no good And everythin…
Walking on Sunshine I used to think maybe you loved me now baby…
What's Your Hurry She like them diamonds and them fancy things On Instagram he…
Where Did Our Love Go Baby, baby, baby don't leave me Ooh, please don't leave me…
Where Did Our Love Go? Baby, baby, baby don't leave me Ooh, please don't leave me…
Who'd Have Known How could I have known When you allowed me to believe…
Wild Man I look out You look in You can't lose I can't win And I'…
Wild World 뚜룩 뚜룩 뚜룩 뚜룩 hey 뚜룩 뚜룩 뚜룩 뚜룩 oh 뚜룩 뚜룩…
Wreckage Hold on real tight It's gonna be all right Don't get lost…
You I overheard someone mention your name I overheard now my he…
You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd My job was OK I thought I was cruisin' Little did I…
You're the Only One It's very hard to define it Just why I feel this…
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Ken Dematteis
TWO BANDS THAT DIDN'T GET THE RESPECT THEY DESERVED-GRAND FUNK RAILROAD AND THIS BAND.
H Mackie
The Vietnam Vets LOVED them
H Mackie
GFR was the HOTTEST band in 1975...they were recognized
Mark Tucker
I absolutely agree. As a long time fan of Magic Dick (as well as the J. Geils band, of course!), I've always thought that this is one of the finest examples of fantabulous rock harp playing ever recorded. His control and punctuation is unrivaled. Another one of my favorites is his work on "Back To Get Ya" from the Bloodshot album.
Everyone still holds "Whammer Jammer" as the icon of his portfolio and a 'measuring stick', if you will, of great rock harp playing, but I'll take "Stoop Down" every day, thank you very much!
H Mackie
don't forget Whammer Jammer
dk6024
This song is clearly being under appreciated.
H Mackie
that's what happens when ppl who operate radio stations choose the music and NOT someone who knows music.TRUE story,they made a doc about a Canadian Radio Station The Big 8 CKLW 80 AM Radio.The secretary took the records home and listened to them and gave the DJ the one's she liked like MOTOWN and The best Canadian bands,Gordon Lighjtfoot The Guess Who and even Detroit Rockers Bob Seger and Alice Cooper.This was b4 wattage regulations and The Big 8's techs were the best.Seriously,on a good night ,you could hear this Windsor,Ontario AM Radio Station in half the Northern Hemisphere.No Shit!The Candadian regulation on wattage for Radio was specifically brought about because of ONE 80 AM Radio Station,Windor,Ontario,Canada...EH!
kyman Bedford-Brown
Seriously only 25 comments, Well this is a "best taste" little club, to a great man and band! I learnt piano on hearing this and all of the talent of The J. Geils and his magic band. Get into it all, music is the great uniter, and a natural high to great music!
Marc C
I saw this band so many times - I lost count !
They were AWESOME every, single time !
Flip Schultz
You will not find a better harmonica intro like this one anywhere else soon. Legendary!