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Arnold Rypens
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Artist: Big Joe Turner
Author: Charles Calhoun/Lou Willie Brown
Label: Atlantic
Year: 1955
Charles Calhoun is an alias for Jesse Stone, one of the first songwriters to incorporate rock 'n roll's solid backbeat into fifties' R&B. See also: Don't Let Go, Money Honey, Shake Rattle And Roll, Smack Dab In The Middle, As Long As I'm Movin' and Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash. Lou Willie Brown was Joe Turner's wife.
Covers:
Sid King & The Five Strings [as Sag, Drag And Fall (see there)]
Big Joe Turner [same melody served his The Chicken And The Hawk (Up Up And Away)]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)