Talk:Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

Mercy Mercy Mercy was a preexisting song recorded by Don Covay & the Goodtimers in 1964--see that article for correct info on its history
Would whoever is working on this article please refer to the article on Don Covay & the Goodtimers 1964 recording of this song to see that it was not a new song written for Cannonball Adderley but an instrumental cover, if you will, of that R&B recording. Too many times seminal R&B recording artists and writers have not gotten the credit they deserved, so please get it right this time. By the way, nowhere does this article mention that it is an instrumental, which I find strange, to say the least. During the 60's, as anyone who listened to radio then knows, there were lots of instrumental hits, some of which even went to number 1 on the charts. (Aside: one of them belonged to the first British group ever to do so, namely the Tornadoes' "Telstar" 2 years before the Beatles.) Most radio stations then often used instrumentals to "fill" time up to syndicated programs downfeeds such as national news, so more of them were exposed to the audiences and consequently sold records and got requests for airplay, resulting in chart "action." As far as the reference to the Buckinghams recording of this song, it owes a lot more to Don Covay & the Goodtimers version (vocal) than to that of Cannonball Adderley, but of course it did capitalize on the popularity of Cannonball's instrumental hit version. I don't know Joe Zawinul, but I'm guessing he was probably an arranger of the song in this case, certainly not the song's writer. It's often noted that the bigger hit version of a song is remembered more than the original, but let's not let that happen here. Lovingthesixties (talk) 02:50, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It's credited to Joe Zawinul for the correct reason. Mercy Mercy is a different song. --Son (talk) 02:00, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The Covay tune is definitely a different song, here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G20rQdW_AY

Linking names
My understanding is that names for whom an article exists should always (or almost always) be wikilinked, but my edit resulted in too many disambiguation links, so I self-reverted. I need some help.--Kevjgav (talk) 10:46, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

The Buckinghams' Version
I don't see a credit for lyricist. Was it the original songwriter who wrote the lyrics? Either way, it should be stated. Also, I note numerous session men (Yes, including Carol Kaye in that!) played on their version. So who from the Buckinghams actually performed on their recording? DavidFarmbrough (talk) 13:26, 22 January 2021 (UTC)