If you want to hear more, Google me or follow one of these links : ) www.youtube.com www.facebook.com twitter.com For booking: darrenevorglens@hotmail.com "Beth," was written by Kiss drummer Peter Criss (and Stan Penridge) and performed by Criss. It was originally released on Kiss' 1976 album, 'Destroyer'. To date, it is their highest-charting single, reaching #7 on Billboard's American charts. Kiss drummer Peter Criss wrote this song with Stan Penridge before Criss had even joined Kiss, while he was still a member of Chelsea. Criss came up with the melody for the song while on a train to New York City from New Jersey where the band practiced. He and Chelsea guitarist Stan Penridge wrote the song together. A demo tape of the song was recorded during Criss's tenure in another band, Lips, immediately before he joined Kiss. The name "Beth" in the song is actually not the name of either of the two women that inspired it. In fact, a bootleg exists of the song from 1971, and the s! ong was sung "Beck, what can I do?" "Beck" was the nickname of fellow Chelsea member Mike Brand's wife, Becky, who would call often during practices to ask Mike when he was coming home. Years later, while in Kiss, both Bob Ezrin and Gene Simmons are credited with changing the song's title to "Beth," presumably to be more recognizable as a female name. According to interviews with Criss, around the same time, some of the lyrics were changed to reflect his wife Lydia Di Leonardo's lamentations that she
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