Anyone for Tennis

"Anyone for Tennis"
Single by Cream
B-side	"Pressed Rat and Warthog"
Released	May 1968[1]
Format	7" Single
Recorded	January–February 1968
Genre	Psychedelic pop
Length	2:37
Label	Atco 6575 (U.S.) Polydor (UK)
Writer(s)	Eric Clapton, Martin Sharp
Producer(s)	Felix Pappalardi
Cream singles chronology
"Sunshine of Your Love" (January 1968) "Anyone for Tennis" (May 1968) "White Room" (September 1968)
1968 ATCO 45 single label, 45-6575

"Anyone for Tennis (The Savage Seven Theme)" is a 1968 song by the English rock band Cream which was featured in the 1968 movie The Savage Seven.^[2] The song was on the movie soundtrack album and was released as a single.

The single by Cream backed with "Pressed Rat and Warthog" reached #40 on the UK charts in June, 1968 and #64 on the U.S. charts in May, 1968.^[3][4]

The song was performed during their appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in lip-synching form.

Personnel

• Eric Clapton - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
• Jack Bruce - Bass guitar, recorder
• Ginger Baker - Drums, percussion
• Felix Pappalardi - Viola

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Singles Chart[5]	40
US Billboard Hot 100[6]	64
US Cashbox Top Singles[7]	83

References

1. Strong, Martin Charles (2002). The great rock discography. The National Academies. ISBN 978-1-84195-312-0.
2. The Savage Seven (1968) at IMDB.
3. everyHit.com.
4. Song Artist 623-Cream.
5. http://www.everyhit.com/
6. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. p. 209. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.
7. Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950–1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 135.

Sources

• Unterberger, Richie. "Cream: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
• "Cream – the Band". BBC. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
• Cream: Classic Artists. [DVD]. Image Entertainment. 2007.
• "The world's 18 biggest supergroups". Musicradar.com. 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
• "Supergroup Cream rises again". CNN.com. 1999-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
• Whereseric.com[dead link]
• Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 53 – String Man. : UNT Digital Library" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu.
• "Time, Cream article". Time.com. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
• "Cream: Biography: Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
• "Anyone for Tennis?" search results. http://www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics