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'Good Times', the new tune from London grime crew Roll Deep, falls firmly into that last category. The urban clubby production owes a debt to Calvin Harris 's recent Dizzee Rascal collaborations, the lyrics mine much the same party-on vibe as [the] Black Eyed Peas ' ' I Gotta Feeling ', and there are even a few GaGa-style "oh-oh-oh-oh"s chucked ...
"Let the Good Times Roll" reached number two in the Billboard R&B chart in 1947. Its flip side, "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens", was the top number one record of 1947 — both songs spent nearly six months on the chart. [6] In 2009, the song was acknowledged with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. [7]
In a retrospective review in 1971, music critic Dave Marsh wrote that "at his very best, Cooke utilized a perfect lyrical sentimentality... listen to 'Good Times' – It might be one o'clock and it might be three/Time don't mean that much to me/Ain't felt this good since I don't know when/And I might not feel this good again/So come on baby, let the good times roll/We gonna stay here til we ...
"Come On" (often referred to as "Let the Good Times Roll") is a song written by New Orleans rhythm and blues artist Earl King. He first recorded the song as "Darling Honey Angel Child" in 1960 for the Ace Records subsidiary Rex. Later that year, he recorded it as a two-part song for Imperial Records using some new lyrics. Retitled "Come On", it ...
Written and sung by Cars lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, "Good Times Roll" was released as the third single from the band's debut album. [4] Ocasek wrote the song as a sarcastic commentary on the good times in rock music, saying, "That was my song about what the good times in rock 'n' roll really mean, instead of what they're supposed to be.
He featured on Roll Deep's 2004 mixtape Creeper Vol. 2 and performed on some songs including "U Were Always" in 2002, which was released years later on Roll Deep's compilations album Street Anthems in 2009. Has since recorded many top 40 hits including two number-ones.
With its sweeping arrangement and unique lyrics, Harris fell in love with "MacArthur Park" and turned it into the almost 7 1/2-minute highlight of his 1968 album "A Tramp Shining."
"Let the Good Times Roll" (Louis Jordan song), a 1946 song by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five; Let the Good Times Roll, a 1999 album by B.B. King "Let the Good Times Roll/Feel So Fine", a 1972 song by British band Slade which, along other tracks, have been covered by multiple bands, e.g. Twisted Sister "Good Times Roll", 1978 song by The Cars ...