
Episode 7: Wynonie Harris and “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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'I'm Going to Hold My Baby as Tight as I Can'
Royal brown recorded his song on de luck's records and had a minor hit with itio. It wears its influences on its sleeve so much that it name checks sweet levaine, sue city su, sweet georgia brown and caldonia. Even though youd think from the melody line that it was a 12 bar blues, it's something altogether different. The more chord something has, in general, the harder it is to dance to.
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