Chords for "At the Hop"???
ki6ds
the Juniors "At the Hop"? Thanks a bunch in advance. Doug
Trey Behan
>Can someone point me to a site that has the chords and lyrics for Danny and
>the Juniors "At the Hop"?
I certainly hope so. Because to the pantheon of mis-heard lyrics I can add
(from this song) "spread your lips and wet your chicken at the hop" Looking
forward to the *real* lyrics...sort of.
Trey Behan
Edward Bielcik
>I just bought the original sheet music to this on eBay a couple of months ago,
>and here's your part:
>
>When the record starts a spinnin'
>you chalypso and you chicken
>at the hop
I believe they're saying:
"When the record starts spinnin""
"You Chalypso with your chicken"
The Chalypso was a dance. Your chicken is your "chick" or girlfriend.
Regards
Ed
Speedo232
>>you chalypso and you chicken
>>at the hop
>
>I believe they're saying:
>
>"When the record starts spinnin""
>"You Chalypso with your chicken"
I thought that the Chicken was a dance too.
Michael from Teaneck, formerly of Tenafly & Washington Heights
Gary Myers
and
> the Juniors "At the Hop"? <<
The song is just the simplest type of 12-bar blues, except for the intro and
ending which are I - vi - IV - V (or, in the key of G; G - Em - C - D7).
GM
Edward Bielcik
>> >When the record starts a spinnin'
>> >>you chalypso and you chicken
>> >>at the hop
>> >
>> >I believe they're saying:
>> >
>> >"When the record starts spinnin""
>> >"You Chalypso with your chicken"
>>
>> I thought that the Chicken was a dance too.
>Well, it was--as evidenced by Tony Harris's "Chicken, Baby, Chicken" from
>1957.
Really? What are the steps like?
>
>However in "At The Hop" it sounds to me like he's saying "you calypso with
>your chicken."
No, the Chalypso was a legitimate dance. Not too long lived, but it
did exist. I don't remember "The Chicken" being a dance. Not until
the "Funky Chicken" which came along a couple of decades later. I
seriously doubt that there ever was a dance in the 50's/60's by that
name. I, for one, wouldn't do anything that would be considered
"chicken" when I was a kid, except maybe eat one. <g>
Regards
Ed
brojack
wasn't there an instrumental called "Rock-a-Chicka"?
Jack
Edward Bielcik
>Didn't Billy Bland do one called "Chicken Hop" around 1958? And
>wasn't there an instrumental called "Rock-a-Chicka"?
I've never heard of either one. Are you saying that the "Chicken Hop"
was a dance, or that Bland was singing about an affair attended by
barn yard fowl? <g>
I'm not buying a dance called "The Chicken" until someone tells me
they've done it, or have at least *seen* it done. The other dances on
"At The Hop" are fairly well known.
"You can rock it, you can roll it"
Do The Bop and baby Stroll it"
We *played* "chicken"... we didn't dance it.
Regards
Ed
Mark Dintenfass
<bie...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
I don't remember a dance called the Chicken in the 50s (there was the
Funky Chicken in the 60s), but the lyric makes more sense if it is a
dance since I don't remember calling girls "chickens" in the 50s
either. The "chalypso" was a kind of r'n'r cha-cha popularized on
American Bandstand. It coincided with the infusion of Latin rhythms
into r'n'r in the late 50s. I believe it had nothing at all to do with
calypso.
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Edward Bielcik
>I don't remember a dance called the Chicken in the 50s (there was the
>Funky Chicken in the 60s), but the lyric makes more sense if it is a
>dance since I don't remember calling girls "chickens" in the 50s
>either. The "chalypso" was a kind of r'n'r cha-cha popularized on
>American Bandstand. It coincided with the infusion of Latin rhythms
>into r'n'r in the late 50s. I believe it had nothing at all to do with
>calypso.
Right. The Bop, Stroll, and Chalypso were at least fairly well known.
No. We didn't call our girlfriends "chickens", but this is just a
rock and roll song. Not the Magna Carta. So you can expect some
improvisation to make the lyrics fit the music. Or even a little
light hearted screwing around with the words. So why not "you
Chalypso with your chicken"?
In any case, it's the only lyric that makes any kind of sense. And it
sounds like that's exactly what they're saying.
Regards
Ed
Mark Dintenfass
<no...@operamail.com> wrote:
> >"You can rock it, you can roll it"
> >Do The Bop and baby Stroll it"
>
> Fairly well known? These lyrics??
>
> Here are the correct well-known lyrics:
>
> You can rock it, you can roll it
> Do the Slop and even stroll it
You are probably right about the lyric, but there was, I recollect, a
dance we called the Bop.
Frank Fay
The dance was called the chicken scratch. I have 2 versions.
Jimmy Mc’Cracklin - "Let’s Do It (The Chicken Scratch)" 1959
Commandos - "The Chicken Scratch" 1959 (instrumental)
Partial lyrics from Mc'Cracklin version
"I want to do it with you baby, come on let's do it.
I mean the chicken scratch, cause there ain't nothing to it.
Some people do it all by themselves.
They just twist and twist from right to left.
Let's do it,
Let's do it,
Chicken scratch .... chicken scratch.
Now when you do it baby turn your partner loose.
A shuffle round your partner like a rooster do.
You play the hen, I'll play the rooster.
Everything we do we got to get use ta."
Frank Fay
Edward Bielcik
>>I've never heard of either one. Are you saying that the "Chicken Hop"
>>was a dance, or that Bland was singing about an affair attended by
>>barn yard fowl? <g>
>
>swing it right, etc. "Chicken Hop" Old town 1022
Who sang it? What year? Was it a popular dance in the Philly area?
Popular enough to mention in a record? And most importantly, can
anyone here say that they've ever seen it done? Can you? After all,
anyone can release a record about a dance they'd like to see promoted
and have catch on. Whether it will become popular is another story.
>>"You can rock it, you can roll it"
>>Do The Bop and baby Stroll it"
>
>Fairly well known? These lyrics??
>
>Here are the correct well-known lyrics:
>
>You can rock it, you can roll it
>Do the Slop and even stroll it
The lyric your quoting doesn't sound right to me. Although there was
a dance called The Slop, to my recollection we didn't do it until well
after "At The Hop" became popular. I don't have a copy of the song
handy, but I'm pretty sure he's saying "bop", not "slop", and, if I
remember correctly, the working title for "At The Hop" was "Do The
Bop" before the final version.
>Enough proof????
Ummm...no. I'll get find of a copy of "At The Hop" and we'll talk
about it again.
Regards
Ed
Jim Colegrove
<dianeemu...@MAMAatt.net> wrote:
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>> >When the record starts a spinnin'
>> >>you chalypso and you chicken
>> >>at the hop
>> >
>> >I believe they're saying:
>> >
>> >"When the record starts spinnin""
>> >"You Chalypso with your chicken"
>>
>> I thought that the Chicken was a dance too.
>-----------
>Well, it was--as evidenced by Tony Harris's "Chicken, Baby, Chicken" from
>1957.
>
>However in "At The Hop" it sounds to me like he's saying "you calypso with
>your chicken."
>
>Don't forget, Wanda Jackson can shake a chicken in the middle of the floor.
>
>Over to you, Col. Sanders.
>
>DianeE
>
"The Greasy Chicken" by Andre Williams.
Jim Colegrove
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Roger Ford
Right on,Ed!
This is certainly how we heard and understood it on this side of the
pond!
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Roger Ford
Bielcik) wrote:
>
>>Didn't Billy Bland do one called "Chicken Hop" around 1958? And
>>wasn't there an instrumental called "Rock-a-Chicka"?
>
>I've never heard of either one. Are you saying that the "Chicken Hop"
>was a dance, or that Bland was singing about an affair attended by
>barn yard fowl? <g>
>
Ed,I just posted "Chicken Hop" by Billy Bland to the mp3 groups (see
seperate header).I await with bated breath the verdict of the American
folk who were actually THERE to determine whether or not he is singing
about an actual dance
>I'm not buying a dance called "The Chicken" until someone tells me
>they've done it, or have at least *seen* it done. The other dances on
>"At The Hop" are fairly well known.
>
>"You can rock it, you can roll it"
>Do The Bop and baby Stroll it"
>
>We *played* "chicken"... we didn't dance it.
>
Oh yeah? What about those other famous "chicken" records?
"KFC Lovin'" by Little Willie Littlefield?
Or how about the memorable "Till HEN" by The Orioles?
Fats Domino scored with "CHICK and Tired"
And then there was (ladies please cover your ears!) "Rock Around The
COCK" by Bill Haley & His Comets?
brojack
Bielcik) wrote:
>
>>Didn't Billy Bland do one called "Chicken Hop" around 1958? And
>>wasn't there an instrumental called "Rock-a-Chicka"?
>
>I've never heard of either one. Are you saying that the "Chicken Hop"
>was a dance, or that Bland was singing about an affair attended by
>barn yard fowl? <g>
On second thought (and with help from Whitburn) "Roc-A-Chicka" is a
vocal by Warner Mack from 1958 (Decca 30471) but I can't recall if it
was about a dance.
Jack
Bob Roman
Ford) wrote:
>Oh yeah? What about those other famous "chicken" records?
>
>"KFC Lovin'" by Little Willie Littlefield?
"I'm going to Colonel Sanders, Colonel Sanders here I come
I'm going to Colonel Sanders, Colonel Sanders here I come
They got extra crispy chicken there
And I'm gonna get me some.
I'll be standing in the line
Givin' my order to the fast food folks
I'll be standing in the line
Givin' my order to the fast food folks
I'll have a bucket original recipe
And a side order extra large Coke
Well I might take a train
I might take a plane, but for the seven herbs and spices
I'm gonna get there just the same
I'm going to Colonel Sanders, Colonel Sanders here I come
They got extra crispy chicken there
And I'm gonna get me some."
Bob Roman
Roger Ford
I can't find my copy right now but I'm pretty sure the "Chicka" in the
title refers to "his baby" i.e a girl.....and not a dance.
"Roc-A-Chicka" was also covered in the US by Jim Lowe and in the UK by
Frankie Vaughan
Roger Ford
wrote:
Nice work Bob.........but don't give up the day job :-)
Okay,here's one for ya....how about
"Night FOWL" by Tony Allen & The Champs?