<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Gloria" is a song written by Northern Irish singer - songwriter Van Morrison and originally recorded by Morrison's band Them in 1964 and released as the B - side of "Baby, Please Don't Go". The song became a garage rock staple and a part of many rock bands' repertoires . It is particularly memorable for its "Gloria!" chorus . It is easy to play, as a simple three - chord song, and thus is popular with those learning to play guitar . </P> <P> Morrison said that he wrote "Gloria" while he performed with the Monarchs in Germany in the summer of 1963, at just about the time he turned 18 years old . He started to perform it at the Maritime Hotel when he returned to Belfast and joined up with the Gamblers to form the band Them . He would ad - lib lyrics as he performed, sometimes stretching the song to 15 or 20 minutes . After signing a contract with Dick Rowe and Decca, Them went to London for a recording session at Decca Three Studios in West Hampstead on 5 April 1964; "Gloria" was one of the seven songs recorded that day . Besides Morrison, present were Billy Harrison on guitar, Alan Henderson on bass, Ronnie Millings on drums and Patrick John McCauley on keyboards . Rowe brought in session musicians Arthur Greenslade on organ and Bobby Graham on drums, since he considered the Them members too inexperienced . There remains some dispute about whether Millings and McCauley were miked up, but Alan Henderson contends that Them constituted the first rock group to use two drummers on a recording . Although some sources claim that Jimmy Page played second guitar, other sources deny this . </P>

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