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One of the longest answer record cycles was started by Hank Ballard and The Midnighters' (1954) R&B hit "Work with Me, Annie", and its sequel song "Annie Had a Baby" (1954). Answer songs include "Annie's Answer" (1954) by The El Dorados , "Annie Pulled a Humbug" (1954) by the Midnights, "Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry)" (1955) by Etta James ...
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within the African-American community in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ...
The song's opening lyrics were referenced in the song "Was a Sunny Day" by Paul Simon, on his 1973 album, "There Goes Rhymin' Simon. In the song, Simon sings, "Her name was Lorelei/She was his only girl/She called him Speedoo, but his Christian name was Mr. Earl." Simon has often professed his affection for doo-wop music, and has acknowledged ...
It reached #9 on the U.S. pop chart and #28 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1961. [1] The song ranked #69 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1961. [2] At the time, the song referred to songs from the Great Depression and WWII era (about 1930–1945), acts like Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee, which would have been oldies at the time.
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within the African-American community in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ...
The song's lyrics, which refer to riding "the white horse" and "the white pony", have been interpreted as references to heroin and/or cocaine use. Rolling Stone described "White Horse" as "[p]erhaps the most unconvincing anti-drug song of all time". [5]
In 1974, Ringo Starr covered this song for his album Goodnight Vienna at the suggestion of John Lennon.This version was released as a single (b/w "Call Me") on 11 November in the US, [16] and it became a number six hit on the US Billboard best seller chart and reached number one on the Easy Listening chart in early 1975. [17]
It made it to number 20 in the R&B charts and number 26 in the pop charts. [1] It spent a total of thirteen weeks in the pop charts. [2] It appears on the 16 All Time Great Rare Original Oldies various artists compilation issued on Del-Fi Records. [3]