BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: THE JOKER BY STEVE MILLER BAND (CAPITOL, 1973).

THE JOKER / STEVE MILLER, (CAPITOL, 1973) “The Pompatus of Love,” a nonsense phrase that Steve Miller cribbed from “The Letter,” a doo-wop song by the Medallions from 1958, entered the popular culture lexicon in 1973, when this Apostle of guitar consistency applied it to spread his Joker gospel, and ascended to Rock n Roll Godhead. It’s been used for the title of a movie starring Jon Cryer, and is…