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"Sixty Minute Man" is an R&B record released on Federal Records in 1951 by the Dominoes. [1] It was written by Billy Ward and Rose Marks and was one of the first R&B hit records to cross over to become a hit on the pop chart. It is regarded as one of the most important of the recordings that helped generate and shape rock and roll. [2]
Billy Ward (born Robert L. Williams, September 19, 1921, Savannah, Georgia, died February 16, 2002, Inglewood, California [2]) grew up in Philadelphia, the second of three sons of Charles Williams and Cora Bates Williams, and was a child musical prodigy, winning an award for a piano composition at the age of 14. [3]
Following World War II, in 1945, Bednarik entered the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia at 20 years old, [11] [3] where he was a 60-minute man, excelling as both center and linebacker, [11] and sometimes as a punter. He married Emma Margetich in 1948. They first met at the Croatian Hall in Bethlehem. [4]
When the Bama label folded, Gunter signed to Decca, and his 1951 duet with Roberta Lee, "Sixty Minute Man," was one of the first country records to cross over to R&B audiences. In 1953 he began working at a radio station, and also remade "Gonna Dance All Night" and recorded "Jukebox Help Me Find My Baby", both of which were issued by Sun ...
Two of the tracks were 1950s covers "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" and "Sixty Minute Man" and together with the album title provoked concern in the media. [1] It reached No. 15 on the national album charts, [4] and was released in USA as Teenage Heaven. [1]
In 1960 he made his first recordings with his 17-year-old daughter Carla, for the Satellite label in Memphis, which changed its name to Stax the following year. The song, "Cause I Love You", featuring a rhythm borrowed from Jesse Hill's "Ooh Poo Pa Doo", was a regional hit; the musicians included Thomas' son Marvell on keyboards, Steinberg, and the 16-year-old Booker T. Jones.
60 US Billboard 200 [15] 30 References External links. Mean Old Man at Discogs (list of releases) Mean Old Man at All Music; This page was last edited on 22 November ...
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