Album cover artwork from 'Son Of My Father' by Giorgio Moroder (1972). Produced by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte.

Son Of My Father

It may be 1970s glam rockers Chicory Tip (below) who are best remembered for the UK hit 'Son Of My Father' in 1972 but Moroder made his virtually identical recording first. (In fact, the song had been already been recorded more conventionally in 1971, in German, by Micheal Holm as 'Nachts scheint die Sonne'.)

The revised track, with new English lyrics by Bellotte. was taken from Moroder's solo album (also called 'Son Of My Father') which, even by 1972, clearly illustrated his belief in the potential of synthesisers with several tracks featuring the Moog sound.

Chicory Tip's producer Roger Easterby went ahead with a clandestine recording of Moroder's record, determined to have success with a song that he felt 'smelled of a hit'. He recalls: 

"As we had to produce the record as quickly and as secretly as possible we could not ask for the written lyrics. So lead singer Peter Hewson had to learn the words from the Moroder record. And as they were not too clear certain passages were actually made up and vary a great deal from the original! 

"In fact, the Giorgio Moroder version did take the honours in the rest of Europe where Chicory Tip didn't get a look in and, disappointingly, neither version made it in the USA. Giorgio and his songwriting partner Pete Bellotte, generously said they would continue writing songs for Chicory Tip and the group had two further hits, 'What's Your Name', and 'Good Grief Christina'."