"How Come" is a song co-written by
Ronnie Lane
Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who was the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Small Faces (1965–69) and Faces (band), Faces (1969–73).
Lane formed Small Faces in 1965 afte ...
and Kevin Westlake, and recorded by Lane as his first single in 1973 after he left
Faces. Featuring a band of constantly changing personnel called Slim Chance, including
Benny Gallagher
Bernard Joseph "Benny" Gallagher (born 10 June 1945) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, most famous as half of the popular duo Gallagher and Lyle.
Career
The son of Irish parents, Gallagher attended St Michael's Ac ...
and
Graham Lyle
Graham Hamilton Lyle (born 11 March 1944, in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer.
Between 1970 and 1997, he co-wrote 18 British Top 40 hits, 9 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entries, 4 US Country No ...
,
who later had considerable success as a performing and songwriting duo in their own right, it reached No. 11 in the UK.
Gallagher played piano accordion and Lyle mandolin on the A-side, both also contributing back-up vocals. "Done This One Before", on the B-side, featured Gallagher on Hammond organ and Lyle on harmonica.
The song was later recorded by Oscar Houchins, of the White Whale Recording group the Clique, and released by Monument Records in 1975.
In 1996 the song was used as the first track of
the Pogues
The Pogues are an English Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. Originally named Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish phrase :wikt:póg mo thóin, ''p� ...
' seventh and last studio album ''
Pogue Mahone''.
References
1973 singles
Songs written by Ronnie Lane
Song recordings produced by Glyn Johns
1973 songs
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