Introduction

answer songs were a regular thing in the 1950s. Muddy Waters' Manish Boy is an answer song to Bo Diddley's I'm a Man. Johnny Otis discovered Detroit band The Royals, who had recently changed their name from the Four Falcons. Sully Woods suggested that as a replacement, they should consider Hank Ballard. A history of rock music and 500 songs. By a dream.