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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.
The song lyrics describe the hand dance the title refers to. [5] The hand jive was popularized in the States by Johnny Otis's "Willie and the Hand Jive", described as a "funky blues rendition in a Bo Diddley styling" and "another approach to the growing Stateside interest in the British originated hand dance." [6]
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.
"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 ...
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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]
"Willie and the Hand Jive" released in June 1985, [21] is a cover of the Johnny Otis song of the same name. "Willie and the Hand Jive" is the only Destroyers single to reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Peaking at number 63. [4] [22] [23]
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.