Get Your Gun

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"Get Your Gun" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Terry Cox.[1] It was released as a single by Zakatek (aka Lenny Zakatek) on Bell Records on 12 October 1973.[2] The b-side was another de Paul and Cox penned song "Gotta Runaway". Both sides were produced by de Paul and the strings were arranged by Christopher Gunning and de Paul.[2] The single was reviewed by well respected UK DJ John Peel for UK music magazine "Sounds". It has been described as "Freaky, bizarre and ultimately interesting and a definite one-off".[3] In an interview some years later Lenny Zakatek said "I was singing at a night club called Gulivers In London five nights a week when Lynsey De Paul and Dudley Moore came in, they both thought I had the X-Factor, Lynsey introduced me to the legendary Dick Leahy (Billy Ocean, David Cassidy, Donna Summer, Wham, George Michael) and he signed me to his U.S.A. label Bell Records".[4]

A German language version with the title "" with German lyrics written by Gunter Gabriel was released in 1974, also on Bell Records and sung by Zakatek.[5] This version was released on the German compilation album, 1000 Nadelstiche - Amerikaner Und Briten Singen Deutsch (1000 pin pricks - Americans and Brits sing in German) on Bear Family Records in 2002.

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  1. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Zakatek - Get Your Gun". 45cat.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Zakatek Get Your Gun UK Bell 1973 Glam Rock Punk - auction details". Popsike.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ^ http://www.lennyzakatek.co.uk/flyer/lennyzakatekqanda.pdf
  5. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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