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The Coasters - Young Blood

The Coasters - Young Blood Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Greatest Hits
Released: 1957

Young Blood Lyrics

I saw her standin' on the corner
A yellow ribbon in her hair
I couldn't stop myself from shoutin:
Look a-there! Look a-there!
Look a-there! Look a-there!

Young Blood, young blood, young blood
I can't get you out of my mind

I took one look and I was fractured
I tried to walk but I was lame
I tried to talk but I just stuttered:
What's your name? What's your name?
What's your name? What's your name?

Young blood, young blood, young blood
I can't get you out of my mind

What crazy stuff! She looked so tough
I had to follow her all the way home
Then things went bad; I met her dad
He said, "You'd better leave my daughter alone"

I couldn't sleep a wink for tryin'
I saw the rising of the sun
And all night my heart was cryin':
You're the one, you're the one
You're the one, you're the one!

Young blood, young blood, young blood
I can't get you out of my mind

Young blood, young blood, young blood
I can't get you out of my mind

Writer/s: BEATRICE MILLER, MATT PARAD, MICHAEL FRANCIS GONZALEZ, PHOEBE HOLIDAY RYAN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Young Blood

This song is written by the legendary songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and was released as the B-Side of The Coasters' hit "Searchin'." The Coasters were a spin-off from an earlier group The Robins, with the members Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn. To this duo, they added Billy Guy and Leon Hughes and became The Coasters. The group had one final re-arrangement a few years later to reach the classic line-up of Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, Cornell Gunter, and Will "Dub" Jones. Their manager was none other than Lester Sill, Leiber and Stoller's longtime mentor.

Jerry Leiber tells the story of how "Young Blood" was written, in the book Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography . He was on his way to dinner with the family of Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler, when Jerry gave him a challenge. Wexler sprung the title "Young Blood" on Leiber while they were driving to Wexler's home, and asked him if he could write lyrics to go with it. Leiber asked "How far are we from your house?" and when Wexler told him it was fifteen minutes, Leiber responded "I'll have the lyrics finished before we get there." And he did!

The Beatles played this at their audition for Decca Records in 1962. Their version can be found on the album The Beatles Live At The BBC.

Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child

Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: An Evening With Belafonte
Released: 1957

Mary's Boy Child Lyrics

Long time ago in Bethlehem,
So the Holy Bible say,
Mary's Boy Child, Jesus Christ,
Was born on Christmas day,
Hark, now hear the angels sing,
A newborn King today,
And man will live forevermore,
Because of Christmas day.
Trumpets sound and angels sing,
Listen to what they say,
That Man will live forevermore,
Because of Christmas day.

(verse 1)
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
They saw a bright new shining star,
They heard a choir sing,
The music seemed to come from afar,

(verse 2)
Now, Joseph and his wife, Mary,
Come to bethlehem that night,
They found no place to bear her child,
Not a single room was in sight.

(verse 3)
By and by, they find a little nook,
In a stable all forlorn,
And in a manger cold and dark,
Mary's litlle Boy was born!

(end song with a full repeat of chorus) From: Trent girlfriendvideo@webtv.net (Girlfriend Productions)
Writer/s: JESTER HAIRSTON
Publisher: BOURNE CO., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Mary's Boy Child

Originally, this was a West Indian song written by Jester Hairston, a Julliard-trained songwriter who would later popularize the spiritual "Amen" during the civil rights movement in the United States. The song tells the story of the birth of Jesus.

When this reached #1, Harry Belafonte became the first black male to have a #1 in the UK. It was the first ever song to sell 1 million copies in the UK, and the first ever British #1 record to have a playing time of more than four minutes (4:12).

This stayed at #1 in the UK for 7 weeks before becoming the only song to drop from #1 straight out of Top 10 the following week. After Christmas it tumbled from #1 to #12. The song returned to the charts the next 2 years at Christmas, going to #10 in 1958 and #30 in 1959.

During the Christmas season of 1978, Boney M. returned the song to the top of the British charts with the melody "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord." According to Boney M. member Marcia Barrett in the book 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, "I always thought of Boney M. as being put together by a spiritual force and we liked doing spiritual songs. When we did Mary's Boy Child, we added a bit spontaneously at the end. As it worked, we left it in." Hence the record was listed as a medley of "Mary's Boy Child" and "Oh My Lord."

At the end of 2007, Boney M's medley of this song and "Oh My Lord" was the 10th top selling single of all time in the UK. In addition Boney M's version of "River's Of Babylon" was at that date the fifth top selling single of all time in the UK, making them the only act to have 2 singles in the UK all-time Top 10 best sellers list.

The Robins - Out Of The Picture

The Robins - Out Of The Picture Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: MGM Studio, Fairfax Avenue, LP
Released: 1957

Out Of The Picture Lyrics

You left me you sent me through
I'm all alone lost without you what shall I do?
Out Of The Picture out of the frame
And now when you see me nothings the same
Your lips are kissing somebody new
I'm out of the picture out of the view
Smile for I've got nothing to smile for
But I'd still run a mile for any wish you desire
Dreams we made have faded
Out of your heart now gone is the flame
I'm out of the picture out of the frame
Out of the picture out of the frame
Your lips are kissing somebody new
Smile for I've got nothing to smile for
But I'd still run a mile for any wish you desire
Dreams we made have faded
Out of your heart now gone is the flame
I'm out of the picture out of the frame
Please come back to me because I don't want to be
Out of the picture

Writer/s: IRVING ROTH, JOE LUBIN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, NEIL MUSIC/SKYVIEW MUSIC
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Out Of The Picture

The Robins were one of California's first Doo Wop groups. They formed when Ty Terrell Leonard and the Richards brothers Billy and Roy met at Alameda High School in San Francisco in 1945, and formed the "A-Sharp Trio." The trio came to Hollywood a year later, and in 1947 they were joined by Bobby Nunn. Grady Chapman joined the group as lead singer and fifth member in 1953. In March 1954, Carl Gardner was the substitute for Grady (who was sent to jail for a while) and Carl was later featured as sixth singer in the group. In 1955, Chapman created The Coasters.

This song was produced in Los Angeles over 5 sessions during 1956 and early 1957.

In 2004, the French director Francois Vogel made the "HP + You" campaign; at Francois II, Vogel is seen holding white photo frames up to his face as each captures a snapshot, while he lip synchs the song "Out of the Picture" by The Robins.

Danny & the Juniors - At The Hop

Danny & the Juniors - At The Hop Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: At The Hop
Released: 1957

At The Hop Lyrics

Bah-bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah-bah, At The Hop!

Well, you can rock it you can roll it
You can stop and you can stroll it at the hop
When the record starts spinnin'
You chalypso when you chicken at the hop
Do the dance sensation that is sweepin' the nation at the hop

Ah, let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop

Well, you can swing it you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jockey is the smoothest
And the music is the coolest at the hop
All the cats and chicks can get their kicks at the hop
Let's go!

Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop
Let's go!

Well, you can rock it you can roll it
You can stop and you can stroll it at the hop
When the record starts spinnin'
You chalypso when you chicken at the hop
Do the dance sensation that is sweepin' the nation at the hop

You can swing it you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jockey is the smoothest
And the music is the coolest at the hop.
All the cats and chicks can get their kicks at the hop.
Let's go!

Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop

Bah-bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah-bah, at the hop!

Writer/s: JONES, OLLIE
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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At The Hop

In the '50s, high school dances in America were often referred to as "The Hop." Sometimes, these dances would be "Sock Hops" because school administrators would make the kids take off their shoes so they didn't scuff up the floor of the gymnasium, where the dance was usually held.

This was written by Dave White and John Madara, who were songwriter/producers based in Philadelphia - White was a member of Danny and the Juniors. Madara explained in an interview with Forgotten Hits : "'At The Hop' originally was recorded by myself, with Danny and The Juniors (who at the time were called The Juvenairs) singing background. It was titled 'Do The Bop,' with the B Side, 'Sometimes,' also with me singing lead and Danny and The Juniors singing background. I was under contract at the time to Prep Records and had just had a record, 'Be My Girl,' which had made the national charts. Prep had me all set up to record again with a producer who was working with Paul Anka, Sid Feller, when I had the idea to write a song 'Do The Bop.' I wanted to do something that had a piano featured like 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.' So, off we go to the recording studio, with me singing lead, Danny and The Juniors singing background, and my 45 record 'A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' to set the tone of what I was shooting for. I paid for the session, sat in the control room, told the engineer what to do, played the Jerry Lee Lewis record for the musicians and that is how 'Do The Bop' was created. After the recording, we played the record for Prep. They didn't care for it. They still wanted me to record with Sid Feller. So we went back to Philadelphia where 'Do The Bop' was played for Dick Clark, who suggested that The Bop wasn't really happening around the country and why don't we change it to something about record hops. So with some additional lyric changes, and because I was under contract with Prep, we went back into the studio with Danny and The Juniors. Danny, who was their lead singer, sang lead, using a lot of the same phrasing that I did on 'Do The Bop.' Of course, the rest is Rock and Roll history."

Danny & the Juniors were the Philadelphia group of Danny Rapp, Dave White, Frank Maffei and Joe Terranova. At the time, they were known as The Juvenairs. They were on a street corner singing when a someone who worked at a recording studio heard them and brought them in to sing. The "Bah"'s go in this order of singers:

Bah 1, Terranova (also does the Oh, Baby)

Bah 2, Rapp (Lead Singer and choreographer. He committed suicide in 1983 in a Holiday Inn in Arizona with a shotgun, he owned a black 1958 Impala Convertible with a continental kit)

Bah 3, Maffei (First Tenor)

Bah 4, White (Second Tenor)

Danny and the Juniors hit the US Top 40 three more times, including "Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay," but this was their only hit in England.

This was used in the 1973 film American Graffiti.

This song stayed on the top of US charts for seven weeks in 1958, longer than any other song that year. For four of those weeks, it held "Great Balls of Fire" off the top spot; Jerry Lee Lewis never did have a #1 US hit.

Artie Singer also has a composer credit on this song. In the Forgotten Hits interview, Madara said: "Artie Singer, who had been my vocal coach, took all of the credit for the production (and production monies and all of the publishing), put his name on as a songwriter and publisher and has tried to take credit for producing 'At The Hop' all these years. I have read on many websites that Artie Singer went out and got Leon Huff to help with the production and play piano. This is totally, one hundred percent false. I discovered Leon Huff in 1963 playing with a band called'The Lavenders,' and at that time he was about 18 years old. He would have had to have been 12 years old to be involved with 'At The Hop.'"

Sha-Na-Na played this at Woodstock in 1969. They were relatively unknown at the time and performed covers of '50s hits and Doo-Wop songs. Their Woodstock performance, which preceded Jimi Hendrix, helped launch their career, which led to their own TV show in 1977.

The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love

The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Everly Brothers
Released: 1957

Bye Bye Love Lyrics

Bye Bye Love
Bye bye happiness, hello loneliness
I think I'm-a gonna cry-y
Bye bye love, bye bye sweet caress, hello emptiness
I feel like I could di-ie
Bye bye my love goodby-eye

There goes my baby with-a someone new
She sure looks happy, I sure am blue
She was my baby till he stepped in
Goodbye to romance that might have been

Bye bye love
Bye bye happiness, hello loneliness
I think I'm-a gonna cry-y
Bye bye love, bye bye sweet caress, hello emptiness
I feel like I could di-ie
Bye bye my love goodby-eye

I'm-a through with romance, I'm a-through with love
I'm through with a'countin' the stars above
And here's the reason that I'm so free
My lovin' baby is through with me

Bye bye love
Bye bye happiness, hello loneliness
I think I'm-a gonna cry-y
Bye bye love, bye bye sweet caress, hello emptiness
I feel like I could di-ie
Bye bye my love goodby-eye

Bye bye my love goodby-eye
Bye bye my love goodby-eye

Bye bye my love goodby-eye
Bye bye my love goodby-eye

Writer/s: B BRYANT, F BRYANT
Publisher: HOUSE OF BRYANT PUBLICATIONS
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Bye Bye Love

About 30 other artists had previously rejected this song before The Everly Brothers recorded it. It became their first hit in both the UK and US.

The husband-and-wife songwriting team of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant wrote this. Together, this talented couple penned many huge hits for the Everly Brothers and other artists, including "Wake Up Little Susie" and "All I Have To Do Is Dream." The Bryants are credited with being the first songwriters to come to Nashville and make a living only by writing songs. See a photo and learn more about them in Song Images .

This was a favorite of Simon & Garfunkel, who included it on their classic Bridge Over Troubled Water album. Paul Simon tells the story about how when he and Art Garfunkel were kids, they took a bus to the nearest record store so they could buy the single, and it became a staple of their shows when they started performing. It was always a fun song for them to play, especially when the audience would supply the backbeat. For their Bridge Over Troubled Water recording, they recorded audiences clapping from some of their shows to incorporate into the mix.

According to legend, the Everlys were nonplussed about the song but were appreciative of the $64 fee that both brothers received for the session.

In 1995, a movie called Bye Bye Love hit theaters. The film stars Paul Reiser, Matthew Modine and Randy Quaid as divorced men navigating a web of relationships. The song "Bye Bye Love" and a few other Everly Brothers tunes are featured in the film.

Patricia Bredin - All

Patricia Bredin - All Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Single Release Only
Released: 1957

All Lyrics

All

British actress and singer Patricia Bredin became the very first United Kingdom representative in the Eurovision Song Contest when she took part in the 1957 competition. She finished in seventh place out of ten entries with this song.

This was the first ever song sung in English at the Eurovision contest, which was first held the previous year.

The shortest song to have been performed in Eurovision history, it lasted a whole one minute and 52 seconds. The contest's rules state that songs cannot be longer than three minutes but there's nothing stated about a minimum length.

Buddy Holly - Everyday

Buddy Holly - Everyday Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Buddy Holly
Released: 1957

Everyday Lyrics

Everyday, it's a gettin' closer,
Goin' faster than a roller coaster,
Love like yours will surely come my way, (hey, hey, hey)
Everyday, it's a gettin' faster,
Everyone says go ahead and ask her,
Love like yours will surely come my way, (hey, hey, hey)

Everyday seems a little longer,
Every way, love's a little stronger,
Come what may, do you ever long for
True love from me?

Everyday, it's a gettin' closer,
Goin' faster than a roller coaster,
Love like yours will surely come my way, (hey, hey, hey)

Everyday seems a little longer,
Every way, love's a little stronger,
Come what may, do you ever long for
True love from me?

Everyday, it's a gettin' closer,
Goin' faster than a roller coaster,
Love like yours will surely come my way, (hey, hey, hey)
Love like yours will surely come my way

Writer/s: HOLLY, BUDDY / PETTY, NORMAN
Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Everyday

This upbeat song finds Holly in a hopeful mien, sure that he will soon land the girl of his dreams. He recorded the song in May 1957 with The Crickets at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico.

This is listed as being written by Charles Hardin and Norman Petty. Charles Hardin is actually Buddy Holly: his real name was Charles Hardin Holley. (thanks, David - Lubbock, TX)

Holly's version of this song never charted, but two others did. In 1972, John Denver took it to #81 US. Then in 1985, James Taylor made #61 with his cover.

This was used in the movies Big Fish and Stand By Me as well as a Season 4 episode of the TV show Lost.

Little Richard - Lucille

Little Richard - Lucille Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Little Richard 2
Released: 1957

Lucille Lyrics

Lucille, you won't do your sister's will?
Oh, Lucille, you won't do your sister's will?
You ran off and married, but I love you still

Lucille, please, come back where you belong
Lucille, please, come back where you belong
I been good to you, baby, please, don't leave me alone

I woke up this morning, Lucille was not in sight
I asked my friends about her but all their lips were tight
Lucille, please, come back where you belong
I been good to you, baby, please, don't leave me alone, whoa

I woke up this morning, Lucille was not in sight
I asked my friends about her but all their lips were tight
Lucille, please, come back where you belong
I been good to you, baby, please, don't leave me alone

Lucille, baby, satisfy my heart
Lucille, baby, satisfy my heart
I played for it, baby, and gave you such a wonderful start

Writer/s: PENNIMAN, RICHARD / COLLINS, ALBERT
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Lucille Song Chart

This song began as a ballad Richard wrote called "Directly From My Heart to You," which he recorded as a member of The Johnny Otis band in 1955. "Directly From My Heart to You" was released by Peacock Records as a B-side, and when Little Richard recorded for Specialty Records in September, 1955, he tried recording the song for his first album. It didn't make the cut, but Richard's career took off, and when he needed another single in 1957, he revived the song, but gave it the sound that made him a star, speeding up the tempo considerably.

The lyrics were completely rewritten, and Richard went to a common theme for his hits: a girl's name. If Lucille was based on a real woman who broke Richard's heart, he isn't saying - he told Rolling Stone in 1970: "I don't know what inspired me to write it, it may have been the rhythm." Certainly, the lyrics serve the rhythm, with the nonsensical first line "Lucille, won't you do your sister's will" scanning to the beat.

If there was a real Lucille, it would probably be either Richard's (female) lover Lee Angel, or his mentor Steve Reeder Jr., who performed under the name Esquerita. Little Richard hasn't kept a lot of secrets, so it's more likely that he did make up Lucille. His next single was also named after a girl: "Jenny, Jenny."

In a 1999 interview with Mojo magazine, Richard explained: "The effects and rhythms you hear on my songs, I got 'em from the trains that passed by my house. Like 'Lucille' came from a train – Dadas-dada-dada-dada, I got that from the train."

This was released at a time when Richard was hot - he sold 32 million records in 1956 and 1957. His songs were also very successful for other artists, who sometimes outsold him with his own songs. "Lucille" was covered by The Everly Brothers, who matched Richard's #21 peak position with their version in 1960. Waylon Jennings had a #1 Country hit when he recorded this on his 1983 album It's Only Rock and Roll, and other artists to cover the song include Van Halen, Deep Purple, Johnny Winter, Bill Haley & His Comets, Otis Redding, AC/DC and The Hollies. (thanks, Julian - Oakland, AR)

Other popular Lucille's in music: B.B. King's guitar is named Lucille, and Kenny Rogers had a hit with different song with the same title in 1977 - his is the one that goes, "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille..."

Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider

Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: His Greatest Recordings
Released: 1957

C.C. Rider Lyrics

Well now see, C. C. Rider,
Well now see, see what you have done.
Well now see, C. C. Rider,
Well now see, see what you have done.

Well you made me love you woman,
Now your man has come.
So I'm goin' away now, baby
And I won't be back till Fall,
I'm goin' away now baby
And I won't be back till Fall,
Just might find me a good girl
Might not be comin' back at all.

Well now see, C. C. Rider,
See now the moon is shining bright,
Well now see, C. C. Rider,
See now the moon is shining bright,
Just might find me that good girl
And everything would be alright.

Writer/s: VANCE, PAUL/JACKSON, CHUCK
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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C.C. Rider Song Chart

This is a Blues standard first recorded by Ma Rainey, whose version hit #12 in 1925 as "See See Rider Blues." The "C.C. Rider," also known as "See See Rider" or "Easy Rider," is a Blues cliché for the sexual partner, although originally it referred to the guitar hung on the back of the traveling bluesman. (thanks, Patrick - Port Arthur, TX)

Willis' version started "The Stroll" dance craze. The Diamonds (of "Little Darlin'" fame) capitalized by writing and releasing "The Stroll," which peaked at #4 as it sold over one million copies.

In 1965, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels incorporated "C.C. Rider" into a medley of songs with Little Richard's "Jenny Jenny." This version peaked at #10 in the US in early January, 1966.

Bill Justis - Raunchy

Bill Justis - Raunchy Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Raunchy
Released: 1957

Raunchy Lyrics

Raunchy Song Chart

This was originally called "Backwards." Justis changed the title when he heard someone enjoying the tune say that it was "raunchy," which meant "good" in '50s teenage slang.

Ernie Freeman covered this. It was a reversal of the usual process as Freeman was black and Justis was white. Freeman's version hit #4 while Justis' hit #2. Although both did extensive session work, "Raunchy" remains each act's sole Top 40 hit. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for above 2)

George Harrison played this on his guitar for John Lennon when he was auditioning to be a member of The Quarrymen.

Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite

Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Greatest Hits Of Jackie Wilson
Released: 1957

Reet Petite Lyrics

Well, lookabell, lookabell, lookabell, lookabell
Oooooh Weeeeee
Lookabell,lookabell,lookabell
OoooooWeeee

Oh, Ah,Oh,Ah, Oh wee
Well, she's so fine, fine, fine,
She's so fine fa fine
She's so fine,
She's so fine, fine, fine
She's really sweet the finest girl you ever want to meet

Oh,oh,oh,oh
Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh
Rrrrrrrr Reet Petite, the finest girl you ever want to meet

Well, have you ever seen a girl for whom your soul you'd give
For whom you'd fight for, die for, pray to God you'd lie for
She's so fine, she's so fine, she's really sweet the finest girl
You ever want to meet

Well, she really thrills me so
From her head to toe,
I want the world to know,
I love her,love her so
She's alright,she's alright,
She's alrighty.
You know to me it has to be at night

Oh,oh,oh,oh, oh,oh,oh,oh
Rrrr Reet Petite the finest girl you ever want to meet
Oh

Well, she's like honey from a bees
And like bees from a tree,I love her,need her,
She bez' so buzzin'

She's alright, she's got what it takes
She's got what it takes and to me she really rates
Well, Oh now she's my cutey, my tuttu fruitt,
My heart, my love,my bathin' beauty she's alright, she's
Got just what it takes, she's got what it takes and to
Me she a- really rates

Oh oh oh oh,
Oh oh oh oh
Rrr
Reet Petite the finest girl you ever want to meet
Rrr
Reet Petite the finest girl you ever want to meet
Rrr
Reet Petite the finest girl you ever want to meet

Writer/s: GORDY, BERRY / CARLO, TYRAN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
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Reet Petite Song Chart

This was written by Berry Gordy and Tyran Carlo (Roquel "Billy" Davis). The royalties from this song (and two hits by Marv Johnson) enabled Gordy to borrow the money needed to start up Motown Records.

This was the first chart single for Wilson, a native of Detroit. He had been in the group The Dominoes, but this was his first release as a solo artist.

The title comes from a Louis Jordan movie with an all-black cast called Reet, Petite, and Gone.

In 1986, this was re-released in the UK and rocketed to #1 after millions of Britons saw a Miller beer commercial featuring a plasticine-animated Jackie Wilson singing this song.

Van Morrison wrote and recorded a song called "Jackie Wilson Said," which was covered by Dexys Midnight Runners . The first line in that song is: "Well, Jackie Wilson said, it was Reet Petite..."

In British slang, "Reet" means "Righteous."

This song holds the record for taking the longest time to reach #1 in the UK. Released in 1957, it finally topped the charts in 1986. (thanks, Ray - Nuneaton, United Kingdom)

Elvis Presley - All Shook Up

Elvis Presley - All Shook Up Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits
Released: 1957

All Shook Up Lyrics

A well'a bless my soul
What'sa wrong with me?
I'm itchin' like a man in a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug
I'm in love
I'm All Shook Up
Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay

Well, my hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you think of when you have such luck?
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay

Well, please don't ask me what'sa on my mind
I'm a little mixed up, but I'm feelin' fine
When I'm near that girl that I love best
My heart beats so it scares me to death!

Well she touched my hand what a chill I got
Her lips are like a volcano when it's hot
I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay

My tongue gets tied when I try to speak
My insides shake like a leaf on a tree
There's only one cure for this body of mine
That's to have that girl that I love so fine!

She touched my hand what a chill I got
Her lips are like a volcano that's hot
I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay
Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay
I'm all shook up

Writer/s: OTIS BLACKWELL, ELVIS PRESLEY
Publisher: IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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All Shook Up Song Chart

This was Presley's second-biggest hit in the US (after "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog"), spending eight weeks atop Billboard's Top 100 Singles chart and a ninth week at #1 on the Jukebox chart.

Songwriter Otis Blackwell wrote this on a dare. One of the owners of Shalimar Music (Blackwell's publishing company) wandered into Blackwell's office as he was struggling to create a follow-up to "Don't Be Cruel." As Al Stanton approached Blackwell, Stanton was shaking a bottle of Pepsi. Stanton said to Blackwell, "I've got an idea. Why don't you write a song called 'All Shook Up'?" According to Blackwell, the song was finished in a couple of days.

Although Blackwell is the sole composer, Presley shared the songwriting credit, as demanded by Colonel Tom Parker. The same thing happened with "Don't Be Cruel."

Billboard declared this the #1 single of 1957. "Don't Be Cruel" was #1 for 1956, the only time in the history of Billboard that the same artist recorded the #1 hit singles of two consecutive calendar years.

When this song was released, Presley was in the midst of an incredible hot streak. He had the #1 single for 25 weeks in 1956: "Heartbreak Hotel" (8 weeks), "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (1), "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" (11 weeks, both sides alternating at #1), "Love Me Tender" (5). He spent 25 more weeks at #1 in 1957 with: "Too Much" (3 weeks), "All Shook Up" (8), "Teddy Bear" (7), "Jailhouse Rock" (7).

This song was the basis for a musical called All Shook Up that opened on Broadway in 2005. The production featured various Elvis Presley songs amidst a plot line based on the Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night.

In 2009 The Performing Rights Society announced this as the most ever played Elvis song in public places in the UK.

John Coltrane - Bakai

John Coltrane - Bakai Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Coltrane
Released: 1957

Bakai Lyrics

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This was on the first album Coltrane recorded under his own name. He had been a sideman for other musicians before.

The album was originally titled The First Train, but it can now be purchased as Coltrane.

Written by a friend, trumpeter and one-time roommate of Coltrane's named Calvin Massey.

Bakai means "cry" in Arabic.

The title was used in memory of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy who was killed by older white men in the American South in 1955.

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Great Balls Of Fire
Released: 1957

Great Balls of Fire Lyrics

Hey hoo
Hey hoo

(Hey) I know you’re missing home
It’s been so long since you’ve been
And that life you had in Dublin
Now ain’t nothing but a dream
To be right there in the moment
You’d give anything to be

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green

Your friends are on the phone there
It's so close to Paddy’s Day
And it kills you not to be there
But life got in the way
If I have to break the bank
Spend every penny on your dreams

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green

Just like home
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
If it’s just you and me

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green (Hoo)

Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo

(Hey) And we travel on the subway
Like it was the Luas line
Chase the Hudson to the Liffey
Where we kissed for the first time
Turn the city into Dublin
Yeah, wherever we may be

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green

Just like home
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
If it’s just you and me,

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green (Hoo)

Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo

Hey ooh
Ooh
Ooh

Hey ooh
Ooh
Ooh

Just like home
Let’s color the streets like our own
Let’s make this place feel like our own
If it’s just you and me,

It’s alright
‘Cause tonight
We’re gonna paint the town green (Hoo)

(Hey hoo) Paint the town green
Hey hoo
(Hey hoo) Paint the town green
Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo
Hey hoo

Writer/s: Barry, James / O'Donoghue, Daniel John / Sheehan, Mark Anthony
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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This energetic track is hymn to the spirit of The Script's Irish homeland. "We're not crying on the page," said guitarist Mark Sheehan with a grin, "and it's not super-emotional as a song. It's just about missing home and talking about what every emigrant around the world feels."

The song title is a play on words regarding the phrase "paint the town red," meaning to party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner. (Green is Ireland's national color).

The incident that sparked it off the phrase was when Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford and his fox-hunting friends went on a drunken spree with pots of red paint In the early hours of April 6, 1837. The location of the event has been located in both the Irish town of Waterford and the English town of Melton Mowbray.

Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Loving You
Released: 1957

(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear Lyrics

Oh baby let me be, your lovin' teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck, and lead me anywhere
Oh let me be (oh let him be)
Your teddy bear

I don't want to be your tiger
Cause tigers play too rough
I don't want to be your lion
Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough

I just want to be, your teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere
Oh let me be (oh let him be)
Your teddy bear

Baby let me be, around you every night
Run your fingers through my hair
And cuddle me real tight
Oh let me be (oh let him be)
Your teddy bear

I don't want to be your tiger
Cause tigers play too rough
I don't want to be your lion
Cause lions ain't the kind you love enou-ou-ou-ough

Just want to be, your teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere
Oh let me be (oh let him be) your teddy bear
Oh let me be (oh let him be) your teddy bear
I just want to be your teddy bear (ooh)

Writer/s: LEIBER, JERRY / STOLLER, MIKE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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This was written by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe for Elvis Presley's second feature film, Loving You. The song, backed with the film's title track, would top the pop charts the day before the movie's release, where it stayed for seven weeks. The songwriters took advantage of Elvis's accidental reputation as a teddy-bear lover after a false rumor of his penchant for the stuffed animals spread to his fans, who promptly flooded him with hordes of cuddly pals. The day after Christmas, he donated the collection of thousands to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

This song showed a side of The King that was more sweet than sexy, perhaps a bid to tone down his swivel-hipped invitation to sin that scandalized the censors of the time.

The sitcom Full House occasionally featured this as a lullaby for the character Michelle, performed by Elvis fanatic Uncle Jesse (John Stamos) with Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) and Joey Gladstone (Dave Coulier). The guys later reunited as their characters on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and sang the song to comfort the host about his departure from the talk show.

Aside from dominating the pop charts, this also topped the R&B Best Sellers List and the country charts.

Country singer Tanya Tucker covered this for her Elvis tribute album It's Now or Never in 1994. ZZ Top also included it on their 30th anniversary album, XXX, in 1999.

This was featured in the 1989 Jerry Lee Lewis biopic Great Balls of Fire!, starring Dennis Quaid in the title role, with Michael St. Gerard as Elvis. It was also used in the 1998 fantasy Pleasantville, starring Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon.

The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie

The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Everly Brothers - They're Off And Running!
Released: 1957

Wake Up Little Susie Lyrics

Wake up, little Susie, wake up
Wake up, little Susie, wake up
We've both been sound asleep, wake up, little Susie, and weep
The movie's over, it's four o'clock, and we're in trouble deep
Wake Up Little Susie
Wake up little Susie, well

Whatta we gonna tell your mama
Whatta we gonna tell your pa
Whatta we gonna tell our friends when they say â??ooh-la-laâ??
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie, well

I told your mama that you'd be in by ten
Well Susie baby looks like we goofed again
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie, we gotta go home

Wake up, little Susie, wake up
Wake up, little Susie, wake up
The movie wasn't so hot, it didn't have much of a plot
We fell asleep, our goose is cooked, our reputation is shot
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie, well

Whatta we gonna tell your mama
Whatta we gonna tell your pa
Whatta we gonna tell our friends when they say â??ooh-la-laâ??
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie

Writer/s: B BRYANT, F BRYANT
Publisher: HOUSE OF BRYANT PUBLICATIONS
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This was written by the husband and wife team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, who wrote most of The Everly Brothers songs in the '50s. Their songs were also recorded by Bob Dylan, Elvis, and Buddy Holly.

This is about a young couple who fall asleep at the drive-in, realize they are out past curfew, and make up a story to tell Susie's parents.

Some Boston radio stations banned this because of the lyrics, which imply that the young couple spent the night together. At the time, staying out late with a girl was a little controversial.

For The Everly Brothers, this was the first of 4 US #1 hits. It also went to #1 on the Country & Western charts.

At an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show while campaigning for President in year 2000, George W. Bush was asked by Oprah what his favorite song was. He said: "Wake Up Little Susie - by Buddy Holly."

Simon and Garfunkel played this at their 1981 concert in Central Park. The live recording was released as a single the next year and hit #27 in the US.

Chet Atkins played guitar on this. Atkins, who died of cancer in 2001, was a Nashville musician who created a distinctive sound using a 3-fingered picking technique.

Chuck Berry - School Day

Chuck Berry - School Day Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: After School Session
Released: 1957

School Day Lyrics

Up in the mornin' and out to school
The teacher is teachin' the Golden Rule
American history and practical math
You studyin' hard and hopin' to pass
Workin' your fingers right down to the bone
And the guy behind you won't leave you alone

Ring, ring goes the bell
The cook in the lunch room's ready to sell
You're lucky if you can find a seat
You're fortunate if you have time to eat
Back in the classroom, open your books
Keep up the teacher don't know how mean she looks

Soon as three o'clock rolls around
You finally lay your burden down
Close up your books, get outta your seat
Down the halls and into the street
Up to the corner and 'round the bend
Right to the juke joint, you go in

Drop the coin right into the slot
You're gotta hear somethin' that's really hot
With the one you love, you're makin' romance
All day long you been wantin' to dance,
Feeling the music from head to toe
Round and round and round we go

Drop the coin right into the slot
You're gotta hear somethin' that's really hot
With the one you love, you're makin' romance
All day long you been wantin' to dance,
Feeling the music from head to toe
Round and round and round we go

Hail, hail rock and roll
Deliver me from the days of old
Long live rock and roll
The beat of the drums, loud and bold
Rock, rock, rock and roll
The feelin' is there, body and soul

Writer/s: BERRY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Many people mistakenly think the title is the first line in the last verse, "Hail, hail, rock 'n' roll." The line was used as the title for a 1988 rock documentary featuring Berry.

The song is about high school life in the '50s. Teenagers were the target audience for most rock music in that era, and Berry knew that he could sell a lot of records by appealing to this crowd.

This was Berry's first hit in the UK.

Berry released a follow-up to this in 1971 called "Lonely School Days (Version 2)."

Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music

Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: One Dozen Berrys
Released: 1957

Rock And Roll Music Lyrics

Rock And Roll Music
Just let me hear some of that
Rock And Roll Music,
Any old way you choose it,
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
Any old time you use it.
It's gotta be Rock And Roll Music,
If you want to dance with me,
If you want to dance with me.

I've got no kick againt modern jazz,
Unless they try to play it too darn fast,
And change the beauty of the melody,
Until they sounded like a symphony,
That's why I go for that
Rock and roll music

I took my loved one over cross the tracks
So she can hear my man await a sax,
I must admit the have a rockin' band,
Man they were going like a hurricane
That's why I go for that
Rock and roll music

Way down South they gave a jubilee,
The jockey folks they had a jamboree,
They're drinkin' homebrew from a water cup,
The folks dancin' they all got shook up
And started playin' that
Rock and roll music

Don't care to hear 'em play a tango,
I'm in the mood to dig a mambo,
It's way to early for a congo,
So keep a rockin' that piano
So I can hear some of that
Rock and roll music

Writer/s: BARRY, JEFF
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is about a guy who will only dance to rock and roll. Like many of Berry's songs, it doesn't have deep lyrical content, but a distinctive guitar riff.

Berry: "I was heavy into rock and roll and had to create something that hit the spot without question."

The Beatles played this at their early concerts and recorded it on Chuck Berry's 38th birthday. It was one of their favorite songs to play live, and they used it when they needed an additional track for their album Beatles For Sale. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Blues legend Willie Dixon played bass on this track.

The Beach Boys also recorded this song. Their version reached US #5 and UK #36 in 1976.

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Elvis' 30 #1 Hits
Released: 1957

Jailhouse Rock Lyrics

The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there and they began to wail
The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
You should've heard them knocked-out jailbirds sing

Let's rock; everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang

Let's rock; everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Number forty-seven said to number three
"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see
I sure would be delighted with your company
Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me"

Let's rock; everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Sad sack was sittin' on a block of stone
Way over in the corner weepin' all alone
The warden said, "Hey, buddy, don't you be no square
If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair"

Let's rock; everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Shifty Henry said to Bugs, "For Heaven's sake
No one's lookin'; now's our chance to make a break"
Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, "Nix, nix
I want to stick around a while and get my kicks"

Let's rock; everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Writer/s: LEIBER, JERRY / STOLLER, MIKE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who also wrote "Hound Dog," which became a huge hit when Elvis recorded it. Leiber and Stoller excelled at writing catchy Pop songs with elements of Blues music. Their songs could be very funny and clever, and often take place in unusual situations. Some of their other hits include "Love Potion #9" and "On Broadway." Mike Stoller played piano on this track.

This was featured in the Elvis movie of the same name, where Elvis plays a wrongly accused convict who becomes a star when he gets out. The film, which is considered one of the best of his 31 movies, is famous for the scene where Elvis performs this song in an elaborate dance number taking place in prison.
The movie score was the first one that Leiber and Stoller wrote. Stoller recalled to Mojo magazine April 2009: "We flew in to New York from LA, where were living at that time, and we had a hotel suite. We had a piano put in, in case the muse struck us, and Jean Aberbach - he and his brother (Julian) owned Hill & Range Songs and they had to deal with Colonel Parker but created Gladys Music and Elvis Presley Music-handed us a script for a movie. We threw it in the corner with the tourist magazines that you get in hotels. We were having a ball in New York, going to the theatre, going to jazz clubs to hear Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, doing a lot of drinking. On a Saturday morning- we'd been there about a week - Jean knocked on the door and said, in a very Viennese accent, 'Vell boys, you vill haf my songs for the movie.' Jerry said, 'Don't worry Jean, you'll have them' Jean said, 'I know.' And he pushed a big chair in front of the door and sat down and said, ' I'm going to take a nap and I'm not leaving until you have my songs.' So we wrote four songs (including this one) in about five hours and then were free to go out."

The line, "Number 47 said to number 3, You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see," is a sly reference to prison sex but was not offensive enough to create any controversy over the song.

This was a massive hit. It was #1 on the US pop charts for seven weeks, and also reached #1 on the country and R&B charts. In the UK, it entered the charts at #1, becoming the first song to do so. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Elvis was so big in 1957 that this smash wasn't even his biggest hit that year: according to Billboard, that honor went to "All Shook Up." The Top 5 that year illuminated the cultural divide between young Elvis fans and their parents, who were looking for something more subdued:

1) "All Shook Up" - Elvis
2) "Love Letters In The Sand" - Pat Boone
3) "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis
4) "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" - Elvis
5) "April Love" - Pat Boone

"Jailhouse Rock" has one of the most memorable intros in rock history: two guitar chords with snare drum hits. The intro last just six seconds, but the pattern repeats throughout the verses, establishing a firm musical hook that remains the envy of songwriters.

ABC television ran a series of educational cartoons called "Schoolhouse Rock" in the '70s. Millions of kids learned about grammar, history, and astronomy from them. The title was a play on this song.

Ozzy Osbourne played a Heavy Metal version of this in 1987 when he did a tour of prisons.

Sha-Na-Na played this at Woodstock in 1969. Very few of the attendees saw their performance, as they didn't go on until Monday morning (the event was scheduled to end at midnight on Sunday, but ran long). Jimi Hendrix followed Sha-Na-Na to close out the festival.

January 2005 marked what would have been Elvis Presley's 70th birthday. In commemoration, Elvis' record label re-released this in the UK where it went straight to #1, making it the oldest recording ever to top the UK charts. It also became the third single to hit #1 twice in the UK, following "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "My Sweet Lord," both of which were also posthumous re-releases.

In 2007, Chris Rock performed this on the Movies Rock TV special, where modern pop artists performed classic movie songs. Brown re-created Elvis' scene from the movie.

The Cramps recorded a version of this on the CD The Last Temptation of Elvis. All profits went to a music therapy charity. (thanks, Richard - London, England)

On November 4, 1957, this topped both the pop and R&B charts. In an odd twist, the next five positions on both charts were also the same songs: "Wake Up Little Susie" by the Everly Brothers, "You Send Me" by Sam Cooke, "Silhouettes" by the Rays, "Be-Bop Baby" by Ricky Nelson, and "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

This song was covered by the Blues Brothers, and featured at the end of the movie of the same name. The brothers and the band are seen playing this song to their fellow inmates.