one of those simplistic yet important songs in pop music, I got to watching some youtubes of them doing the song in '66, and recently; ..strikes me that the singer (Rudy?) is a very Stones-y dude. I've always liked it, and the style, Tex - Mex or whatever..

the great Doug Sahm also used to cover the song..

Iggy covered it too.



A garage classic. The most glaring omission from the Nuggets box set. Allen Klein owns it. I blame him.

The song [but not the ? and the Mysterians version; it was a low-budget film and Allen Klein's price was likely too high, as was the song by The Police] was used in the 1985 film Cat's Eye, an anthology of shorts based on Stephen King stories. In case you haven't seen it, here's a little set-up for the scene below. Alan King plays a counselor for a mob-run clinic for smokers wishing to quit. They are forceful in their methods, and because James Woods has fallen off his nonsmoking regimen, they bring his wife in to be tortured. The song 96 Tears is played as she cries, well, 96 tears:

A great song to hear on a jukebox when you're playing pool and the bass rattles off the wall. Brown Sugar had that feeling too.

It is also worth noting that, like The Stones, ? and The Mysterians are active since 1962.



Here is a clip of them performing 96 Tears with Ronnie Spector at Lincoln Center on 31 July 2010.

Awesome cover of Sally go round the roses, what a band:

Maybe 96 tears is the best rock song ever.

Yes it's amazing that ? and the Mysterians are still going today, with most of the original members present.

Don Was once posted on his Wasmopolitan Cavalcade website a great version of "96 Tears" from one of the annual Concert of Colors by ? who was backed up by an all-star band of Detroit musicians. That was my introduction to ?.
I recommend you look for it on the web.

He is really a national treasure, so to speak.

Many covers available. This one's by Primal Scream.

Great song !!!

and great covers :

Garland Jeffreys




Eddie and the Hotrods



Rock on

Resotele

Now there's a blast from the past, 96 Tears! What fun.