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Another version of "Hot Rod Lincoln" was recorded by country musician Johnny Bond and released in 1960 through Republic Records, with Bond's lyrics changing the hot rod's engine from a V12 to a V8 [citation needed], among other changes. It reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1960. [4]
Cyrus Whitfield "Johnny" Bond (June 1, 1915 – June 12, 1978) was an American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer and publisher, who co-founded a music publishing firm. He was active in the music industry from 1940 until the late 1970s.
"Hot Rod Race" prompted the even more successful answer song "Hot Rod Lincoln", a hit for Charlie Ryan (recorded 1955 and 1959, charted 1960, No. 33 pop), Johnny Bond (1960, No. 26 pop) and Commander Cody (1972, No. 9 pop).
I first found it out through Phil Harris and traced it back to Johnny Bond.” He found his shot in a remake of “Hot Rod Lincoln,” originally conceived in 1955 as an answer song to a hit from ...
The unofficial start of summer brings to mind riding with the windows down and good tunes on the radio.
It should only contain pages that are Johnny Bond songs or lists of Johnny Bond songs, ... Hot Rod Lincoln; S. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed; T. The Tijuana Jail
A car song is a song with lyrics or musical themes pertaining to car travel. Though the earliest forms appeared in the 1900s, car songs emerged in full during the 1950s as part of rock and roll and car culture, but achieved their peak popularity in the West Coast of the United States during the 1960s with the emergence of hot rod rock as an outgrowth of the surf music scene.
Allroy's Revenge was released through Cruz Records as a 12-song LP and a 14-song cassette and CD, the latter two including "Carnage" and a cover version of "Hot Rod Lincoln", a 1955 song by Charlie Ryan that was a hit for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen in 1971.