A rare video of Vanilla Fudge performing on The Ed Sullivan Show has been shared online, spotlighting the band’s appearance on an episode in 1969.

In the classic clip from The Ed Sullivan Show archives, the New York rock band delivers a fervent cover of “Shotgun,” which was originally released by Junior Walker & The All Stars on Berry Gordy’s Soul Records in 1965.

Vanilla Fudge joins the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Norwegian R&B group Public Enemies in covering the song. The US band’s version also found chart success in their home country and internationally, entering the Billboard Hot 100 and the singles chart in Canada in 1969.

Jr. Walker & The All Stars’ original composition was based on a dance called the Shotgun that Walker saw in action at his nightly gig at the El Grotto Club in Battle Creek, Michigan. Revelers walked across the floor making as if they were firing a gun, and the sax-playing bandleader, born Autry DeWalt Jr., saw the potential.

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