How ironic. And just a couple of weeks apart from Jon Lord who had his first US hit with the Deep Purple version of Hush - still most likely the Top Ten (it went to no 4) Billboard song with the longest organ solo ever! I'm sure Joe must have been pleased, it earned him good money.
Brit Poppers Kula Shaker resurrected the song (and DP's arrangement) in 1997 and had a hit with it in England:
It's become a rock standard
Purple play it to this day, a lasting legacy for Herr South