Knock on Wood

[Beverly Flanigan]

Not our David Bowie of BYU, I assume?!

At 12:56 PM 3/15/02 -0800, you wrote:
>And David Bowie covered it in the early 70s.
>
>Ed
>
>
>--- Bob Haas <highbob at MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:
> > The pop song "Knock on Wood" by Eddie Floyd (backed
> > by the MGs of Booker T
> > and the MGs) made it to number 28 in 1966.  Funny, I
> > always imagined that it
> > would have climbed higher.  I remember it from my
> > near infancy.  More of you
> > might remember Amii Stewart's disco remake from 1977
> > that was played for
> > years.  I heard at a 70s night at a club just a
> > couple of months ago, and it
> > wasn't played in an ironic fashion . . . I think.
> > Heck, it was a 70s night.
> >
> > On 3/13/02 11:27 AM, "Drew Danielson"
> > <andrew.danielson at CMU.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > > "A. Maberry" wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Alice Faber wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Is there
> > >>>> regional variation?
> > >>>
> > >>> Not that I'm aware of. For what it's worth, I'm
> > from the NY area.
> > >>> --
> > >>
> > >> I've heard "touch wood" but more often "knock on
> > wood" out here in the
> > >> PNW.
> >
> >
> > ‹
> >
> > Bob Haas
> > Department of English
> > High Point University
> >
> > "Wherever you go, there you are."
>
>
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