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Thanks James. I'm too young to remember the Joe Turner song. I believe the Bill Haley version came out shortly after Big Joe's version ran up the R&B charts. I do remember,sorta, the Bill Haley version, but it may have been seveal years later that I heard it. Also, Elvis recorded it, and I think he charted with it as well, maybe in 1956. Both Haley and Elvis used alternate lyrics, as the Big Joe Turner version was a bit risqué for audiences on the pop charts.
A good song, whatever the version, that pretty much started it all.
A good song, whatever the version, that pretty much started it all.