Here's a bit of rock and roll written by Doc Pomus, lyricist, and Mort Shuman, songwriter. Elvis Presley released this song as a double A-side along with "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame".
Van Credenza now interpret this number which deals with a young man who is baffled by women.
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Showing posts with label Rockabilly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rockabilly. Show all posts
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Friday, February 01, 2013
Jungle Rock
When William M. Mizell wrote a persistent jungle blues item which he thought would make good swingin' dance fare it was all about the jungle denizens doing the rock with a good sound and rhythm.
However, we suspect that the narrative in this tale is pure fiction. Accepting there may have been a jungle drummer, it’s certainly unlikely that a chimpanzee or any sort of monkey would be able to dance anything resembling the Suzie Q, which is a famous rock n roll dance step. A fox is expected to grab a rabbit at any opportunity, but again, the ‘bunny’ is more likely to be killed and eaten than given the prospect of a dance. A camel jitter buggin’? While achievable, yet again, this is stretching the bounds of plausibility.
Yet William M. Mizell, renaming himself ‘Hank’ then joined the church as a preacher man. A man of the cloth, but, it appears, a stranger to the truth.
Labels:
Electrobilly,
Hank Mizell,
R'n'R,
Rock Music,
Rockabilly
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