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Eyesight to the Blind
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"Eyesight to the Blind" is a blues standard originally written by Sonny Boy Williamson II.
As a blues standard, the original Sonny Boy Williamson song has been covered many times. Here is a non-exhaustive list of these covers (artists, albums and date)
- The Larks - Eyesight to the Blind (1951) - #5 on Billboard R&B chart
- The Who - Tommy (1969) The song is parenthetically called "The Hawker"
- Aerosmith - Honkin' On Bobo (2004)
- Gary Moore - Close As You Get (2007)
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| Song by The Who | |||||
| Album | Tommy | ||||
| Released | May 23, 1969 | ||||
| Recorded | September 19, 1968 to March 7, 1969 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 2:46 | ||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||
| Writer | Sonny Boy Williamson II | ||||
| Producer | Kit Lambert | ||||
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Parenthetically titled "The Hawker", it is the sixth song on The Who's rock opera Tommy.
In the film version of Tommy, the song was performed by Eric Clapton.
There are differences in the musicality of the two versions of the song, in "Eyesight" was originally a R&B tune, but when The Who recorded "The Hawker", they changed the music from a bluesy song to a bouncy, more melodic and upbeat rock song. The lyrics are slightly changed.
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