Hall Of Fame Rock Contest Round 6

"Poison Ivy" is a popular song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by The Coasters in 1959 It went to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was also covered by The Rolling Stones in 1963 but never actually released as a single in its own right. Linda McCartney recorded the song in 1987and her cover was released on her posthumous album Wide Prairie in 1998. The song was also a massive nationwide hit for Australian group Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs in 1964, famously knocking The Beatles off the #1 spot on the charts there, even though they were touring the country at the time.

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Congrats to the top three. More amazing performances!!

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wooh oooo flagging

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Here's a song that was #1 for about six months in 1948..but alas no music from then, so did an updated version, by Elvis.
"Good Rocking Tonight" was originally a jump blues song released in 1947 by its writer, Roy Brown. It was covered by Wynonie Harris in December that year, and released in February 1948. The song includes the memorable refrain, "Well I heard the news, there's good rocking tonight!"

Harris's version was far more wild, featuring black gospel style handclapping. This was reflected in the composition's success on the national R&B chart. Harris' record was a #1 hit and remained on the chart for half a year, while Brown's original version charted for just one week in 1948, and only after Harris' recording was a hit. (Brown's single re-entered the chart in 1949 for another two weeks, peaking at #11.) Ironically, Brown had first offered the song to Harris, who turned it down. Only after the Roy Brown record gained traction in New Orleans did Harris reconsider.

Harris had a reputation for carousing, and sometimes forgot lyrics. His Good Rockin' recording session largely followed Brown's original lyrics, but by the end, he replaced the last section with a series of raucous "hoy hoy hoy!" interjections, a commonly used expression in jump blues tunes of the time, going back to 1945's "The Honeydripper" by Joe Liggins.[citation needed]

The song is a primer of sorts on the popular black music of the era, making lyrical reference to Sweet Lorraine, Sioux City Sue, Sweet Georgia Brown, Caldonia, Elder Brown, Deacon Jones. All of these characters had figured prominently in previous hit songs.

While Brown missed out on the biggest hit version of his song, its success kicked off his own career, which included two #1 R&B hits. In 1949, he released Rockin' at Midnight, a sequel to Good Rocking Tonight, which might be thought of as "Good Rocking Tonight part II" because it included updates on the same characters as the original. It reached #2 on the R&B chart, where it remained for a month. Harris's version started a craze of using gospel style backbeats in blues and rhythm and blues records, and that craze led to rock and roll.

In 1954, Good Rockin' Tonight was the second-ever Sun Records release by Elvis Presley. Presley and his bandmates hewed closer to the original Roy Brown version, but omitted the lyrics' by-then-dated roster of names in favor of a simpler, more energetic "We're gonna rock, rock, rock!"

* Paul McCartney recorded the song for the Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) album.

* A Gene Summers cover version of "Good Rocking Tonight" was included on a French compilation album "The Big Beat Show" issued by Big Beat Records (BBR1000) in 1981.

* Contraband, a all-star hard rock group recorded their version of the song for their debut self-titled album in 1991.

* Other cover versions of the song include the Treniers', Pat Boone's, James Brown's, Montrose's and Kevin DuBrow's. Robert Plant and the Honeydrippers had a successful cover of Rockin' at Midnight.

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Entries for Pre-1960's Rock

01. RebelllFae: Jailhouse Rock ~ Elvis Presley -
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02. KDS-Radus: Johnny B Goode ~ Chuck Berry -
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03. milesofborg - Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
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04. jewpita - Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis Presley
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Thanks for a grand contest~ enjoyed all my listens~ congrats to all the winners!

My song for the pre 60's~ by Earth Kitt

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"Santa Baby" is a 1953 Christmas song written by Joan Javits (the niece of Jacob K. Javits), Philip Springer, and Tony Springer.

The song is a tongue in cheek look at a Christmas list sung by a woman who wants the most extravagant gifts like sable, yachts and decorations from Tiffany's.

"Santa Baby" was originally sung and recorded in 1953 by Eartha Kitt. The song was a huge hit for Kitt, and she later said that it was one of her favorite songs to record. A sequel, "This Year's Santa Baby", was recorded by Kitt in 1954, to no commercial success; Kitt also reprised the original song for a 1963 re-recording with a more uptempo arrangement (Madonna's popular rendition for the 1987 charity album A Very Special Christmas is based on this latter version). The song gained considerable exposure after it was featured in the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy.

[edit] Cover versions

"Santa Baby" has been covered in recorded and live performances by many other female artists throughout the years, including Maria Muldaur, Everclear, RuPaul, Taylor Horn, Madonna, Jhene, Macy Gray, Natalie Merchant, Faith Evans, Boney James, Kylie Minogue, The Pussycat Dolls, LeAnn Rimes, Kellie Pickler, and Taylor Swift as well as in an Ally McBeal episode by the title character (Calista Flockhart), by Chris Mitchell, and by The Swingle Singers. Miss Piggy sang the song in the film It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie; and recorded another version for the album A Green and Red Christmas.

The version recorded by the Pussycat Dolls entered the Top 70 Billboard charts in the Philippines, peaking at #22. Although it was a b-side the song picked up radio airplay in the Philippines. This version also appeared as track 1 on CD 1 of The Perfect Christmas 2006 album.

Rev Run has also re-recorded this song for A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3.

In December 2007, Kylie Minogue's version of the song reached #76 in the UK due to download sales. She used it as a b-side to her single "Over The Rainbow".

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HOpe this works

Hey Guys and Girls I have almost sorted all my work crap now so I can get back to recording next week. Isn't it a pain when your paying job gets in the road of your passion.

KD this may not fall into rock if not let me know as otherwise I will have to submit the third version of JBG to date!!

Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

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Mack the Knife was introduced to the United States hit parade by Louis Armstrong in 1954, but the song is most closely associated with Bobby Darin, who recorded his version at Fulton Studios on West 40th Street, New York City, on December 19, 1958 (with Tom Dowd engineering the recording). In 1959 Darin's version reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 and number six on the Black Singles chart, and earned him a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Dick Clark had advised Darin not to record the song because of the perception that, having come from an opera, it wouldn't appeal to the rock & roll audience. To this day, Clark recounts the story with good humor. Frank Sinatra, who recorded the song with Jimmy Buffett, called Darin's the "definitive" version. On Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, pop mogul Simon Cowell named "Mack the Knife" the best song ever written. In 2003, the Darin version was ranked #251 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.

Darin's version also hit #3 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[1]

Promise next week back with a freshie for Heavy metal!! Rock on guys and girls. By the way my noms are in as well

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here comes mine from before 60`s

EVERLY BROTHERS
"bye bye love"

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Whew found the thread...lol

Congrats to the top 3 for Round 5!!! It was mighty close! My nominations are in.

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I want to say I am just blown away I don't know what to say. I really love singing but my daughters got me to sing in front of others. I always sang to them when they were growing up and then they got me singing in the band they were in, and thats that I finally sang in front of others at 53 years of age. Rebelllafae was sent some songs they have done on sing snap, I think they are so great I would not want to be in any contest they were in their a little scarry for me. They are a little too good.

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here's mine for the 50s' by Little Richard , " Good golly miss Molly http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/baf84847 Good Golly Miss Molly" is a hit rock 'n' roll song first recorded in 1956 by the American musician Little Richard. The song, a 12-bar blues, was written by John Marascalco and producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell. Although it was first recorded by Little Richard, Blackwell produced another version by The Valiants, who imitated Little Richard, but sang the song even faster. Although the Valiants' version was released first, Little Richard had the hit. Like all his early hits, it quickly became a rock 'n' roll standard and has subsequently been covered by hundreds of artists.

In 1966 the song again became a hit when Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels recorded it in a medley with "Devil With A Blue Dress On". Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would make "Detroit Medley" a staple of their concerts' encores in the 1970s and 1980s; one such performance is captured on the 1980 No Nukes album.

Creedence Clearwater Revival recorded "Miss Molly" with slightly changed lyrics. Instead of the result of the gift of a diamond ring being, "When she hugged me and kissed me, made me ting-a-ling-a-ling", John Fogerty sang, "Would you pardon me if it's a nineteen-carat golden thing?"

The song was also covered by the Meat Puppets on their album Out My Way.

The song is included on the Jerry Lee Lewis album Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, recorded in 1964.

Brief additional history is located at Rolling Stone.

Was mentioned in the Hannah Montana Episode starring Dolly Parton, and referenced as "Good Golly Miss Dolly"

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Sorry gonna have 2 get a different song I'm havin trouble with this song to play

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50s entry ; Chuck berry ) Johnny b, goode ; http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b1bbb86f Johnny B. Goode" is a song by Chuck Berry.

Berry wrote the piece in 1955 and released it in 1958. It is a rock and roll telling of the American dream - a poor country boy becoming a star by hard work and his skill at playing the guitar. Although partly autobiographical, the inspiration for the song is said to have been Johnnie Johnson who played the piano and composed several songs with Berry, and is considered a major contributor to the unmistakable Berry sound. On earlier unreleased takes Chuck sang "colored boy" instead of "country boy", but it was changed for fear of it not being played on the radio. In reference to the boy's name, Berry was also born on Goode Avenue in St. Louis. [1]

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Here is my entry for this round.

Great Balls Of Fire ~ Jerry Lee Lewis
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Great Balls of Fire
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the original film, see Great Balls of Fire! (film).
“Great Balls of Fire”

Single by Jerry Lee Lewis
Released November 1957
Recorded October 8, 1957, Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Label Sun 281
Writer(s) Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer
"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 song written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer[1].

[edit] Jerry Lee Lewis recording
The song is best known for Jerry Lee Lewis's rendition, which was recorded in the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee on October 8, 1957, and released as a 45rpm single on Sun 281 in November 1957. It reached #2 on the Billboard pop charts, #3 on the R&B charts, and #1 on the country charts. It also reached #1 on the UK pop charts.

The song was ranked as the 96th greatest song ever by Rolling Stone.[2]

The song title is derived from a Southern expression, which some Christians consider blasphemous, that refers to the Pentecost's defining moment when the Holy Spirit manifested itself as "cloven tongues as of fire" and the Apostles spoke in tongues. In the 1939 movie Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara (played by Vivien Leigh) frequently exclaims, "Great balls of fire!"

[edit] Other recordings

Congrats to all the winners last round. Tough competition and an honor to be at the top. Great singing to you all. Love Dotti

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ok here is my entry, i think an icky throat helped on this one lol

Jailhouse Rock
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"Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was first released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock. Composer Mike Stoller can be seen playing piano in the film presentation of the song.

The song as sung by Elvis Presley is #67 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time[1] and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

The single, with its B-side "Treat Me Nice," was a US #1 hit for 7 weeks in the fall of 1957, and a UK #1 hit for three weeks early in 1958.

Also in 1957, "Jailhouse Rock" was the lead song in an EP (extended play single), together with other songs from the film, namely "Young and Beautiful," "I Want to be Free," "Don't Leave Me Now," and "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care." It topped the Billboard EP charts, eventually selling an additional two million copies and earning another double-platinum RIAA certification.

In 2005, the song was re-released in the UK and reached #1 for a single week. The song, which is an example of simple verse form, eventually sold four million copies in the US, thus earning a Double Platinum certification by the RIAA.

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Good Golly Miss Molly
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Good Golly Miss Molly" is a hit rock 'n' roll song first recorded in 1956 by the American musician Little Richard. The song, a 12-bar blues, was written by John Marascalco and producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell. Although it was first recorded by Little Richard, Blackwell produced another version by The Valiants[1], who imitated Little Richard, but sang the song even faster. Although the Valiants' version was released first, Little Richard had the hit. Like all his early hits, it quickly became a rock 'n' roll standard and has subsequently been covered by hundreds of artists. The song is ranked #94 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Elvis Presley - Hound Dog

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"Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues, country, and rock and roll in the mid 1950s. The 1956 remake by Elvis Presley is the best known version. This is the version that is #19 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3] "Hound Dog" was also recorded by 5 country singers in 1953 alone, and over 26 times through 1964. [4]. From the 1970's onward, the song has appeared, or is heard, as a part of the soundtrack in numerous motion pictures, most notably in blockbusters such as American Graffiti, Grease, Forrest Gump, Lilo and Stitch and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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Rnd 6: Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper - 1958

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"Chantilly Lace" is the name of a rock and roll song, written and originally performed by The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) in 1958.The song depicts one side of a telephone conversation, with a young man talking about what he likes in a girl, including:

Chantilly lace and a pretty face
And a pony tail hanging down
That wiggle in the walk and giggle in the talk

Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), called JP by his friends but commonly known as The Big Bopper, was an American disc jockey, singer, and songwriter whose big voice and exuberant personality made him an early rock and roll star.In May 1957, he broke the record for continuous on-the-air broadcasting by eight minutes. He performed for total of five days, two hours and eight minutes, playing 1,821 records and taking showers during five-minute newscasts. He lost 35 pounds (16 kilos) during his marathon. KTRM paid Richardson $746.50 for his overtime and he slept for the next 20 hours.

With the success of "Chantilly Lace," Richardson took time off from KTRM radio and joined Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Ritchie Valens and Dion & the Belmonts for a "Winter Dance Party" tour. On February 2, 1959, Buddy Holly chartered a Beechcraft Bonanza to take him, Tommy Allsup, and Waylon Jennings to Fargo, North Dakota. Richardson was suffering from the flu and didn't feel comfortable on the group's bus. Jennings agreed to give up his plane seat to Richardson. Valens had never flown in a small plane and requested Allsup's seat. They flipped a coin, and Valens won the toss.
Early on the morning of February 3, 1959, after a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, the small four-passenger Beechcraft Bonanza took off from the Mason City airport during a blinding snow storm. It crashed into Albert Juhl’s corn field several miles after takeoff at 1:05 a.m. The crash killed all aboard: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Richardson and the 21-year-old pilot, Roger Peterson.

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Congrats to the top 3...excellent performances again by so many :))))

Here's my entry for this round (methinks we'll here a lot of this one!!)

Round 6. Older than 60's Rock - Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
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Well done to the top three from last round, got my nominations in. I'll be sitting this round out this week but should be able to rip out a heavy dosage of rock next week :)

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Hey everyone! It is day 9 of my 12-days in Hades work week so, please accept my apologies for not getting anyone listened to last round... which means I also did not vote :0(

BUT... I punched in all three nominations last night!! That much I made time to do for you three. I do not need to listen to know that ALL THREE OF YOU deserve the nom cuz I know what you are capable of producing. So... CONGRATULATIONS ALL!!!

See everyone... eventually! LOL

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Good morning, everyone!

Congrats to the top 3! I got my nominations in yesterday! I am at a loss for a song this week. I'm gonna tryand find a list somewhere. When I do, I'll post it here, for anyone else who's having trouble in this genre.

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Thanks everyone for the Nom this week!!!!
Congrats also to VoiceOgold and JessKent!!!!!
Knew you had to be in there this week Jess!!!
You're House Of The Rising Sun was truly awesome!!!!

Thanks again all!!

Turtlerox

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I have decided to sit the rest of this contest out. Just email me the people to nominate each week and I'll be happy to send mine in.

Best of luck to everyone and thank you for putting my S.O.A.D recording into the HOF.

Great talent here and I hope that some of you I've gotten to know a little will keep in touch.

I'd like to add that if any of you get a chance, ask Jess Kent about links to his singing family. They're great! IMO (in my opinion)

Again congratulations to each weeks HOF winners...outstanding work!!!

I've had fun here and am happy that I've had the chance to meet/listen to you.

You're doing a great job with your contest Jerry...fantastic ideas you have for contests...and this one isn't costin' ya. LOL

Take care!
Big Ole Okie Hugs to y'all! (although I spent almost 41 yrs in California) I'm an Okie now. LOL

Peace!
Fae

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Ok - this is has the top 200 rock n rolls ongs of the 50's. There are also links to top 100 from each year.

http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_songs50s.html

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I Had thanked everyone on the other round 6 before it was changed. so again thank you to all who voted for me.

i love this club. and the people in it are great..

i'm out of town right now and not sure if i will post a song this week.. Fae, sorry to see you go you have brought a lot of life and laughs,

congrats to
Turtle and Jess again

Keep Rockin!

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Aww Fae! I'm sorry to see you go! It has been a pleasure getting to know you. Please stay in touch :)

Shannon

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flagging!!!! Congrats the the top three!! My noms are in!

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Ok here's my entry:

Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
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"Mr. Sandman" is a popular song written by Pat Ballard which was published in 1954 and first recorded in that year by The Chordettes. The song's lyrics convey a request to "Mr. Sandman" to "bring me a dream", the word "dream" ambiguously referring to a real significant other as well as to a sleeping dream - the traditional association with the folkloric figure, the sandman. The pronoun used to refer to the desired dream is often changed depending on the gender of the singer or group performing the song. Some time later, Ballard also rewrote the lyrics for Christmas use as "Mr. Santa", though this version is rarely heard today. The song has an interesting music theoretical aspect, as the chord progression in the chorus follows the circle of fifths for six chords in a row.

The Chordettes recording of the song was released on the Cadence Records label whose founder, Archie Bleyer, is credited on the disc's label as "knees played by" and orchestra conductor. The single reached #1 on the Billboard United States charts and #11 on the United Kingdom charts in 1954. In November, 1954 The Four Aces released a version that charted even higher in the UK, reaching #9 and in the same year a version by Max Bygraves reached #16 on the UK charts. On the Cash Box magazine charts in the US, where all versions were combined, the song also reached #1.

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Here's my entry for this round!!

Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
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Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was first released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock.

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Here's mine,
Hound Dog, by Elvis Presley
"Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues, country, and rock and roll in the mid 1950s. The 1956 remake by Elvis Presley is the best known version. This is the version that is #19 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3] "Hound Dog" was also recorded by 5 country singers in 1953 alone, and over 26 times through 1964. [4]. From the 1970's onward, the song has appeared, or is heard, as a part of the soundtrack in numerous motion pictures, most notably in blockbusters such as American Graffiti, Grease, Forrest Gump, Lilo and Stitch and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Please use this link instead with video. Thank you!

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Oh Boy!" is a song by Buddy Holly. It appeared on the album The "Chirping" Crickets, and was originally written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, and Norman Petty. The song was recorded June 29 - July 1, 1957 at Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico with The Picks providing backing vocals. The song in an A-A-B-A format with a 12-bar blues verse and an 8-bar bridge

Please Accept My Entry:

" Oh Boy " Buddy Holly & The Crickets

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Aww Fae! Gonna miss you girl! Watch out for those reclusive spiders! Take care! I have you flagged so I can keep up with your recordings!

Take Care!

I am outta here folks! Much work to get done before we leave tomorrow am. See you all on Monday!

Hugs~Karyn

ROCK ON!!!!

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Here's my Round 6 entry!!

Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
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"Rock Around the Clock" is a 12-bar-blues-based song from 1952, written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight").

Although it was probably not the first rock and roll record, nor was it the first successful record of the genre (Haley had American chart success with "Crazy Man, Crazy" in 1953 and "Shake, Rattle and Roll" in 1954, a year before "Rock Around the Clock" became a success), it is considered by many to be the song that put rock and roll on the map in America and around the world. With lyrics such as

"Put your glad rags on, join me, Hon
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one"

and

"When the clock strikes two, three and four
If the band slows down we'll yell for more"

Although first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights,[2] [3] the more famous version by Bill Haley & His Comets is not, strictly speaking, a cover version. Myers claimed the song had been written specifically for Haley, but for various reasons Haley was unable to record it himself until 1954.

The original full title of the song was "We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock Tonight!". This was later shortened to "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock", though this form is generally only used on releases of the 1954 Bill Haley Decca Records recording; most other recordings of this song by Haley and others (including Sonny Dae) shorten this title further to "Rock Around the Clock".

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Heres a play list.Please let me know if I am missing anyone!!!

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flagging :) Congrats all 3 to the HOF noms....Now off to google.....

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The Five Satins-In The Still Of The Night

On September 1, 1956, “In the Still of the Night” charted on Billboard’s R&B lists and one week later did the same on the Pop charts. The song had become such a symbol of the ‘50s that most listeners don’t realize it never came close to being a number one record (except in New York and on various big-city charts); it only made it to number 24 Pop in the fall (#3 R&B). Still, its steady play on radio for over 35 years has made it a multi-million seller, though its author Fred Parris and the group were never honored with a gold record. It is usually among the top five songs on annual and holiday oldies shows and marathons.
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here is the youtube link as well :)

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One of the first songs Ritchie Valens (Valenzuela) recorded at Gold Star, at a single studio session one afternoon in July 1958, was "Come On, Let's Go", an original (credited to Valens/Kuhn, Keane's real name). Pressed and released within days of the recording session taking place, the record was a success.

Ritchie later sang "Come On, Let's Go" in Philadelphia where he appeared on Dick Clark's American Bandstand television show on October 6.

COME ON, LET'S GO- 1958
Ritchie Valens
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My noms are in too :)))) But Fae leaving?????!!!! :(((((((

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Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues, country, and rock and roll in the mid 1950s. The 1956 remake by Elvis Presley is the best known version. This is the version that is #19 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3] "Hound Dog" was also recorded by 5 country singers in 1953 alone, and over 26 times through 1964. [4]. From the 1970's onward http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/c112f8108

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Here's my entry :

Elvis Presley - Can't help falling in love
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Fae leaving!!!?

awwww.....

but why?

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well, take care dear....
we'll surely miss ya!

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Let's dance our way back up to the top of the page....

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