Rockin' Pneumonia / Boogie Woogie Flu This song is by Johnny Rivers and appears on the album L.A. Reggae (1972) and on the album Last Boogie In Paris (1974). At the dawn of the '50s, Smith backed New Orleans guitar legends Earl King and Guitar Slim, and quickly became a popular session pianist, playing on records by the cream of the New Orleans R\u0026B scene: Smiley Lewis (the classic \"I Hear You Knockin'\"), Lloyd Price, and Little Richard. Bette Midler's 1972 recording of the song also reached the top ten on the U.S.
[5], Smith wrote his first song "Robertson Street Boogie", named after the street where he lived, on the piano, when he was eight years old. James "Sugar Boy" Crawford was first to popularize this rhythm on his 1954 hit "Jock-a-Mo." [8], In the years following, Smith made several comebacks, performing as Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns, the Hueys, the Pitter Pats, and Shindig Smith and the Soul Shakers, but he has never attained his former degree of success.
[3] The same year he also played piano on several studio sessions for other artists, such as Lloyd Price. This hit number 9 on the Billboard Pop chart and number 4 on the Rhythm and Blues chart. Ace Records stopped when Vee-Jay went broke. I Am P. J. Proby is P. J. Proby's first studio album, released on the Liberty label. Larry Williams: Bad Boy The Legends of Specialty Records, Speciality Records 1989, liner notes, Listen to "Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu", "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada", "flavour of new zealand - search listener", "Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973", Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu, "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (Part 2). [7], In 1955, Smith became the piano player with Little Richard's first band in sessions for Specialty Records. Bobby Marchan was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, bandleader, MC, and female impersonator. The A-side of the record was "Little Liza Jane", backed with "Everybody's Whalin'". Boogie-woogie is a music genre that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities in the 1870s. In 1959, Smith cut the original tune \"Sea Cruise,\" and seeking pop radio airplay, Ace had white teenage R\u0026B singer Frankie Ford overdub his own vocal onto Smith's backing track; the result became a nationwide hit. Scarface and I hung out a lot at the Dew Drop Inn on LaSalle Street. in 1979, Moore joined a re-formed version of the Clowns with Smith at the 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
"[8] The record was issued as "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu Part 1" on the A-side and "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu Part 2", an instrumental, on the flip side , by Ace Records' John Vincent. Huey Pierce Smith, known as Huey "Piano" Smith, is an American rhythm-and-blues pianist whose sound was influential in the development of rock and roll. Smith switched briefly to the Imperial label, then returned to Ace for one last chart single in 1962, \"Pop Eye.\" Smith spent part of the '60s recording for Instant and touring not only with the Clowns, but alternate groups the Hueys and the Pitter Pats as well. He was also one of R\u0026B's great comedians, his best singles matching the Coasters for genial, good-time humor, although his taste often ran more towards nonsense lyrics. This song is a cover of "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" by Huey "Piano" Smith. The earliest recorded boogie-woogie song was in 1916. "In the case of "Brother John,", Cyril Neville noted, "I wrote the lyrics in the early '70s with my Uncle Jolly [George Landry]. He sang with Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns in the early 1950s and then with the Tick Tocks--significant R&B groups in New Orleans. Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu This song is by Aerosmith and appears on the movie soundtrack Less Than Zero (1987) and on the compilation album Box of Fire (1994). Supersnazz was later released in compact disc format in 2000 on Sundazed Records with four edits of songs from the album included as bonus tracks. Williams left the Clowns in 1959 and formed the Tick Tocks.
Rockin' Pneumonia / Boogie Woogie Flu This song is by Johnny Rivers and appears on the album L.A. Reggae (1972) and on the album Last Boogie In Paris (1974). At the dawn of the '50s, Smith backed New Orleans guitar legends Earl King and Guitar Slim, and quickly became a popular session pianist, playing on records by the cream of the New Orleans R\u0026B scene: Smiley Lewis (the classic \"I Hear You Knockin'\"), Lloyd Price, and Little Richard. Bette Midler's 1972 recording of the song also reached the top ten on the U.S.
[5], Smith wrote his first song "Robertson Street Boogie", named after the street where he lived, on the piano, when he was eight years old. James "Sugar Boy" Crawford was first to popularize this rhythm on his 1954 hit "Jock-a-Mo." [8], In the years following, Smith made several comebacks, performing as Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns, the Hueys, the Pitter Pats, and Shindig Smith and the Soul Shakers, but he has never attained his former degree of success.
[3] The same year he also played piano on several studio sessions for other artists, such as Lloyd Price. This hit number 9 on the Billboard Pop chart and number 4 on the Rhythm and Blues chart. Ace Records stopped when Vee-Jay went broke. I Am P. J. Proby is P. J. Proby's first studio album, released on the Liberty label. Larry Williams: Bad Boy The Legends of Specialty Records, Speciality Records 1989, liner notes, Listen to "Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu", "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada", "flavour of new zealand - search listener", "Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973", Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu, "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (Part 2). [7], In 1955, Smith became the piano player with Little Richard's first band in sessions for Specialty Records. Bobby Marchan was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, bandleader, MC, and female impersonator. The A-side of the record was "Little Liza Jane", backed with "Everybody's Whalin'". Boogie-woogie is a music genre that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities in the 1870s. In 1959, Smith cut the original tune \"Sea Cruise,\" and seeking pop radio airplay, Ace had white teenage R\u0026B singer Frankie Ford overdub his own vocal onto Smith's backing track; the result became a nationwide hit. Scarface and I hung out a lot at the Dew Drop Inn on LaSalle Street. in 1979, Moore joined a re-formed version of the Clowns with Smith at the 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The track became Rivers' third million seller, which was acknowledged with the presentation of a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.) He signed up Huey "Piano" Smith and his group, who was able to develop a New Orleans shuffle style distinctive from the Fats Domino jumping boogie rhythm.
