Like many rockabilly songs, especially by Elvis, this has its roots in blues. It’s a cover of Junior Parker, who released his version in 1953….
Tag: Rock N Roll
08/02/2021: “Ain’t She Sweet” by The Beatles
It’s hardly surprising that The Beatles’ very first professionally recorded song wasn’t a sophisticated and original masterpiece such as ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ or ‘Yesterday’. They…
21/08/2019: “You Never Can Tell” by Chuck Berry
This song, for me, will always remind me of the iconic dance scene in Pulp Fiction. John Travolta and Uma Thurman twist and jive together…
10/03/2019: “Rumble” by Link Wray & His Ray Men
Music gets banned for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, the lyrics are too obscene. The song might be too subversive on a political level. But…
14/09/2018: “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley
There’s no name more strongly connected with ’50s Rock ‘n’ Roll than The King himself, Elvis Presley. Despite the legions of Elvis impersonators around the…
03/07/2018: “Lonesome Town” by Ricky Nelson
By the standards of the 50s, this sort of thing was pretty commonplace. The rockabilly crooner singing a plaintive love song with some heavy reverb…
22/06/2018: “Johnny B Goode” by Chuck Berry
This is real good times rock n roll, from one of the guys who pioneered the whole thing! That guitar lick is just incomparable. It’s…
09/06/2018: “Don’t Be Cruel” by The Million Dollar Quartet
The credit here really, should go to Elvis Presley. He is the one who recorded the hit song in 1956, after all. However, Elvis didn’t…