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"Willie and the Hand Jive" is a song written by Johnny Otis and originally released as a single in 1958 by Otis, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #5 on the Billboard R&B chart. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The song has a Bo Diddley beat and was partly inspired by the music sung by a chain gang Otis heard while he was touring.
In April 1958, he recorded his best-known song, "Willie and the Hand Jive", a clave-based vamp. It was a hit in the summer of 1958, peaking at number 9 on the U.S. Pop chart, and was Otis's only Top 10 single. The single reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B chart.
The second track to be released as a single was "Willie and the Hand Jive", which came out in October 1974. [22] Clapton slowed down the tempo for his version. Author Chris Welch believes that the song benefits from this "slow burn". [23] However, Rolling Stone critic Ken Emerson complains that the song sounds "disconcertingly mournful". [24]
The album contains six original tunes by the band, plus covers such as "I Don't Need No Doctor", "Hello Mary Lou", and "Willie and the Hand Jive". Powerglide was the first New Riders album to feature Buddy Cage , who had replaced Garcia as the New Riders' pedal steel guitar player.
Willie Dixon "I Know It's a Sin" Jimmy Reed "I Second That Emotion" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles "I'm a Hog for You" The Coasters "I'm a King Bee" Slim Harpo "Iko Iko" Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters "In the Midnight Hour" Wilson Pickett "It Hurts Me Too" Elmore James "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" Bob Dylan
It is one of the Destroyer`s best known songs, it is often played live and included on many live and compilation albums. [19] It peaked at number 13 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. [4] [20] "Willie and the Hand Jive" released in June 1985, [21] is a cover of the Johnny Otis song of the same name.
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"Fall in Love with You" was released with the flip side "Willie and the Hand Jive", a 1958 song by Johnny Otis, due to public demand, as Richard had been playing it on stage. Richard recalled that he thought "Willie and the Hand Jive" "was so good that we recorded it and released it on the back of Fall In Love With You which we thought was the ...