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If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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Artist: Willie & Ruth
Author: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
Label: Spark
Year: 1954
Reissued on Ace compilation Great R&B Duets.
Covers:
Four Escorts [for RCA]
Connie Russell [for Capitol]
Woodside Sisters [with The Harptones]
Jimmie Rodgers Snow [yes, the son of and yes, named after]
Elvis Presley [on his second lp Elvis]
Jackson Brothers [with Tell Him No on the B-side; see there]
Fats Domino [the Love Me he recorded for Imperial in '54 was his own song]
Little Willies [vocal: Norah Jones]
By the time Elvis cut it, the song was two years old. Two versions circulated already: one by Jimmie Rodgers Snow and one by duo Willie & Ruth for Spark. The latter was the oldest and no wonder: Spark was managed by Leiber & Stoller.
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)