Talk:The Thrill Is Gone

Albert King played a song named "The Feeling" where he sings "the feeling is gone". If you listen to the song you'll understand that it's a tribute to B.B Kings song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.224.137.143 (talk) 20:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Cover versions
The Article states that Peggy Lee did a cover in 2010. She has however been dead since 2002. I'm not sure when she performed the cover but the year should be changed. Elrox (talk) 16:33, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

1931 version
In my opinion this article is misleading. "The Thrill Is Gone" was originally a 1931 song that B.B. King changed while maintaining the original title. Although it does say that in the article, and since the original song is not obscure (it features, for example, on one of Chet Baker's most famous albums, "Chet Baker Sings") I believe the article should be renamed to "The Thrill Is Gone (B. B. King song)" or the history of the original song should be specified in the very first paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by King Chit (talk • contribs) 10:58, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Good point, but the article title follows WP:DISAMBIG. Since there is only one article named "The Thrill Is Gone", it is not ambiguous and therefore does not require further qualification.  An earlier version of the article presents the Brown/Henderson song somewhat differently.  Is this closer to what you have in mind? —Ojorojo (talk) 14:07, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Article currently claims "'The Thrill is Gone' is a version of the similarly titled 1931 song by Broadway songwriters Lew Brown and Ray Henderson,[2] written for the Broadway revue George White's Scandals. "

It is in no way a "version" of the earlier song. Other than the title, the songs share no lyrics and no melody. Even the sentiment is different. It would make sense for there to be two different articles, or for the "Origins" paragraph to be a bit more accurate. I could imagine the title of the 1931 song inspiring the later one, though I have no knowledge or evidence that this is actually the case. Sojambi Pinola (talk) 13:23, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I've removed the reference to the earlier song. --jpgordon:==( o ) 21:22, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * [moved comment incorrectly inserted into the first paragraph] —Ojorojo (talk) 13:26, 28 April 2020 (UTC):
 * *** CHET BAKER'S SONG JUST HAS THE SAME TITLE, NOT THE SAME SONG*** unsigned IP

Songwriters
I'm a bit confused about the songwriters. This article names Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins, even though the image of the record clearly shows Arthur Benson and Dale Petite. I've seen other versions of the record that also name Arthur Benson and Dale Petite as the songwriters. I don't want to edit the article myself because I'm not entirely sure, although the 33s are pretty strong evidence to go with what's written on them. Also, I haven't seen any evidence of aliases being used. If someone has definitive knowledge, please step forward.HowlinMadMan (talk) 14:08, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Good eyesight. The original King releases list Benson and Petite, although reissues, compilations, etc., credit Darnell and Hawkins. Hawkins' AllMusic bio includes "When B.B. King blasted up the charts in 1970 with Roy Hawkins's classic "The Thrill Is Gone," the tune was mistakenly credited to the wrong composers on early pressings." BMI Work # 1509407 lists the songwriter/composer as "DARNELL RICK RAVON... HAWKINS ROY". Credits for albums and singles are sometimes wrong and should be checked against other reliable sources. —Ojorojo (talk) 14:58, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding so quickly. I'd actually continued my own research and found the following on this site: https://blues.org/blues_hof_inductee/the-thrill-is-gone-b-b-king-abc-bluesway-1969/. "Writers’ credits on the first B.B. releases went to Arthur H. Benson and Dale Pettite, but are now filed under Hawkins and Rick Darnell." So I'm clear on that now, but I think maybe a note should be added to the BB King section of the article to keep this discussion from popping up from time to time? I can do that if no one objects.HowlinMadMan (talk) 15:25, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The Blues Foundation is a good source and should be included in the article. But the point doesn't need to be be overemphasized – now, it's more of an artifact. Maybe add as a footnote after the songwriter credit. —Ojorojo (talk) 15:56, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Gotcha!HowlinMadMan (talk) 17:03, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * And done!HowlinMadMan (talk) 17:13, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Nice, but added the BF quote, so reader can see the earlier credits too. —Ojorojo (talk) 18:41, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I guess we're good then.HowlinMadMan (talk) 20:31, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Aretha Franklin
It's a bit odd that her template & category appear underneath this article, but the article itself makes no mention of her version at all... even if it was apparently a single, which isn't insignificant. Jules TH 16 (talk) 18:31, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Agreed, so I added a blurb about it. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:59, 20 February 2024 (UTC)