Artist: Huey Piano Smith & The Clowns
Author: Huey Smith/Johnny Vincent
Label: Ace
Year: 1957
First national hit for Johnny Vincent's Ace label; top 5 R&B. Inspired by a lyric line from Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven. Unmistakably New Orleans but recorded in Jackson, Mississippi. Lead vocal: Bobby Marchan. (see also: Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues, Don't You Just Know It, Sea Cruise and Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain)
Covers:
Johnny Rivers [top 10 US]
Meters [leftover saved up for their Kickback album]
Mojo Blues Band [with Dana Gillespie]
Aerosmith [in film Less Than Zero]
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Arnold Rypens
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