This instrumental was number one in the United States, and Canada, in 1973.
“Frankenstein” is the signature instrumental by the Edgar Winter Group, written solely by Edgar Winter and first released on the 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night. At a time when rock radio was dominated by vocal hits, this powerful blend of hard rock, blues, jazz influences, and early synthesizer sounds became one of the most unusual chart-toppers in history,
Rick Derringer, born Richard Dean Zehringer on August 5, 1947, in Fort Recovery, Ohio, was an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist, and producer whose career spanned over five decades. Raised in a musical family, he developed an early interest in music and learned to play guitar by the age of nine.
