Deep Purple - Hush (2023 Remaster)

“Hush“ is a song written by American composer and musician Joe South, for recording artist Billy Joe Royal. It was covered by Deep Purple in 1968. The song was recorded by English hard rock band Deep Purple for their 1968 debut album Shades of Deep Purple, group member Ritchie Blackmore having heard the Billy Joe Royal original while living in Hamburg: (Ritchie Blackmore quote:) “It was a great song [which] would be a good song [for] our act, if we could come up with a different [recorded] the whole song in two takes.“ The track became the group’s first hit single peaking at number 4 on the Hot 100 on 21–28 September 1968. New remaster from the Time-Life Flower Power series.