Jack the Ripper (song)

For other uses, see Jack the Ripper in fiction.
For the song by Morrissey, see Certain People I Know.

"Jack the Ripper"
Single by Screaming Lord Sutch
B-side
  • "Don't You Just Know It" (UK)
  • "I'm a Hog For You" (Germany)
ReleasedMarch 1963 (1963-03)
RecordedHolloway Road
Islington, England
Genre
Length2:57
LabelDecca
F 11598 (UK 7")
DL 25202 (Germany 7")
Songwriter(s)Clarence and Charles Stacy (Stacey)
Walter Haggin (Hagen)
Joe Simmons (Symonds)
Producer(s)Joe Meek
Screaming Lord Sutch singles chronology
"Good Golly Miss Molly"
(1961) 		"Jack the Ripper"
(1963) 		"She's Fallen in Love with a Monster"
(1963)

"Jack the Ripper" is a song written by Clarence Stacy, his brother Charles Stacy, Walter Haggin and Joe Simmons, and first recorded by Clarence Stacy in 1961. His recording, arranged by Lor Crane, was issued that year as a single on the Carol record label in New York City.[1][2][3]

The most famous recording was by English musician Screaming Lord Sutch, released as a 7" single in the UK and Germany in 1963 on Decca. It was credited as written by "Stacey, Hagen, Symonds", produced by Joe Meek and recorded in his Holloway Road studio in Islington, England. The song was banned by the BBC upon its release.[4]

  1. ^ "Clarence Stacy – Cherry Tree Resident Makes Good", CherryTree, WV, 23 August 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2014
  2. ^ Clarence Stacy, "Jack the Ripper", at popsike.com. Retrieved 2 May 2014
  3. ^ "Jack the Ripper" at BMI. Retrieved 2 May 2014
  4. ^ Hai, Bali. "Screaming Lord Sutch: Sutch's Life". Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2007.