Shotgun

Description

Junior Walker’s debut album on Motown’s subsidiary label Soul. It includes the eponymous single, which climbed to #1 on the US R&B Singles chart for four weeks and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The group had several more hit songs, including “What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)” (also #1 R&B) and a cover of the Supremes’ “Come and See About Me.” “Shotgun” was the first hit for Walker, whose real name was Autry DeWalt. He was a saxophone player who made his vocal debut on this song. In fact, Walker recorded the vocals because the singer who was assigned to the session didn’t show up. He didn’t expect his tracks to make the cut, but the Motown producers liked the sound and left them in. “Shotgun” was covered by Vanilla Fudge in 1969.