50's & 60's Rock & Roll Videos: March 2018

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law

I Fought The Law

Bobby Fuller Four

I'm breakin' rocks in the hot sun

I fought the law and the law won

I needed money 'cause I had none

I fought the law and the law won

I miss my baby and I feel so sad

I guess my race is run

Oh, she's the best girl I ever had

I fought the law and the law won

I'm robbin' people with a six-gun

I fought the law and the law won

I miss my baby and the good fun

I fought the law and the law won

I miss my baby and I feel so sad

I guess my race is run

Oh, she's the best girl I ever had

I fought the law and the law won

The Gentrys - Keep on Dancing

Keep on Dancing

The Gentrys

I keep on dancin' (keep on)

Keep on doin' the jerk right now

Shake it, shake it, baby

Come on and show me how you work

Yellin' in motion

Keep on doin' the locomotion, yeah

Don't worry, little babe

Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, yes!

Keep on dancin' and a-prancin' (ah)

I keep on dancin' (keep on)

Keep on doin' the jerk

Shake it, shake it, baby

Come on and show me how you work

Yellin' in motion

Keep on doin' the locomotion, yeah

Don't worry, little babe

Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, yes!

Keep on dancin' and a-prancin' (ah)

I keep on dancin' (keep on)

Keep on doin' the jerk right now

Shake it, shake it, baby

Come on and show me how you work

Keep on dancin' and a-prancin' (ah)

Songwriters: Willie David Young

Keep on Dancing lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management US, LLC

Chris Montez- Let's Dance

Let's Dance

Chris Montez

Hey baby won't you take a chance?

Say that you'll let me have this dance

Well, let's dance, well, let's dance

We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too

Any old dance that you wanna do

But let's dance, well let's dance

Hey, baby, yeah, you thrill me so

Hold me tight, don't you let me go

But let's dance, well let's dance

We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too

Any old dance that you wanna do

But let's dance, well let's dance

Ok, wail now, oh, yeah

Hey, baby, if you're all alone

Maybe you'll let me walk you home

But let's dance, well let's dance

We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too

Any old dance that you wanna do

But let's dance, well let's dance

Hey, baby, things are swingin' right

Yes, I know that this is the night

Well, let's dance, well, let's dance

We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too

Any old dance that you wanna do

But let's dance, well let's dance

But let's dance

Songwriters: Jim Lee

Let's Dance lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

Little Eva - Loco-motion

The Loco-Motion

LittleEva

Everybody's doing a brand-new dance, now

(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)

I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now

(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)

My little baby sister can do it with me

It's easier than learning your A-B-C

So come on, come on, do the Loco-motion with me

You gotta swing your hips, now

Come on, baby

Jump up

Jump back

Well, now, I think you've got the knack

Wow, wow

Now that you can do it, let's make a chain, now

(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)

A chug-a chug-a motion like a railroad train, now

(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)

Do it nice and easy, now, don't lose control

A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul

Come on, come on

Do the Loco-motion with me

Ye-ye-ye-yeah

Move around the floor in a Loco-motion

(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)

Do it holding hands if you get the notion

(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)

There's never been a dance that's so easy to do

It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue

So come on, come on, do the Loco-motion with me

You gotta swing your hips, now

(Come one)

That's right (do the Loco-motion)

You're doing fine!

(Come one, do the Loco-motion)

Come on, babe

(Come one, do the Loco-motion)

Hm-hm-hm, jump up

(Come one)

Jump back (do the Loco-motion)

You're looking good

(Come one, do the Loco-motion)

Hm-hm-hm, jump up

(Come one)

Jump back (do the Loco-motion)

Songwriters: Carole King / Gerry Goffin

The Loco-Motion lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why

I Wonder Why

Dion and the Belmonts

Don't know why I love you like I do, don't know why I do.

Don't know why I love you, don't know why I care

I just want your love to share

I wonder why, I love you like I do

Is it because I think you love me too

I wonder why, I love you like I do, like I do.

I told my friends that we would never part

They often said that you would break my heart

I wonder why they think that we will part, we will part

When you're with me, I'm sure you're always true

When I'm away, I wonder what you do

I wonder why I'm sure you're always true, always true

Don't know why I do.

Songwriters: Milton Campbell / Oliver Sain

I Wonder Why lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC

Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade

Moonlight Serenade

Glenn Miller

I stand at your gate and the song that I sing is of moonlight.

I stand and I wait for the touch of your hand in the June night.

The roses are sighing a moonlight serenade.

The stars are aglow and tonight how their light sets me dreaming.

My love, do you know that your eyes are like stars brightly beaming?

I bring you and sing you a moonlight serenade.

Let us stray till break of day

In love's valley of dreams.

Just you and I, a summer sky,

A heavenly breeze kissing the trees.

The Chordettes - Mr Sandman

Mr Sandman

Chordettes

Mr. Sandman bring me a dream,

Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen

Give him two lips like roses and clover

Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over

Sandman, I’m so alone

Don’t have nobody to call my own

Please turn on your magic beam

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen

Give him the word that I’m not a rover

Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over

Sandman, I’m so alone

Don’t have nobody to call my own

Please turn on your magic beam

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

Bung, bung, bung, bung

Mr. Sandman (Yes?) bring us a dream

Give him a pair of eyes with a come-hither gleam

Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci

And lots of wavy hair like Liberace

Mr Sandman, someone to hold

(Someone to hold)

Would be so peachy before we’re too old

So please turn on your magic beam

Mr Sandman, bring us, please, please, please

Mr Sandman, bring us a dream

Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me

You Don't Own Me

Lesley Gore

You don't own me

Woah, let's go

But I'm Gerald and I can always have just what I want

She's that baddest I would love to flaunt

Take her shopping, you know Yves Saint Laurent

But nope, she ain't with it though

All because she got her own dough

Boss bossed if you don't know

She could never ever be a broke ho

You don't own me

I'm not just one of your many toys

You don't own me

Don't say I can't go with other boys

Don't tell me what to do

And don't tell me what to say

Please, when I go out with you

Don't put me on display

You don't own me

Don't try to change me in any way

You don't own me

Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay

Don't tell me what to do

And don't tell me what to say

Please, when I go out with you

Don't put me on display

R-r-r-really though, honestly

I get bored of basic bitches

She's the baddest, straight up vicious, texting her asking her

If she's alone and if she'd sent some pictures, she said no (what)

Well goddamn, she said come over and see it for yourself

Never asking for your help, independent woman

She ain't for the shelf

No, she's the one

Smoke with her till the weed is gone

Stayin' up until we see the sun

Baddest ever, I swear she do it better than I've ever seen it done

Never borrow, she ain't ever loan

That's when she told me she ain't never ever ever ever gonna be owned

I don't tell you what to say

I don't tell you what to do

So just let me be myself

That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young

I'm free and I love to be free

To live my life the way I want

To say and do whatever I please

Hey hey (you don't own me) oh, no

Oh no no

Hey no no no

Don't you, don't

You don't own me

Na na na na

You don't own me (easy)

You don't own me

Songwriters: David White / John Madara / Gerald Gillum

You Don't Own Me lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel

Shelley Fabares

You're an angel to me

Johnny Angel, how I love him

He's got something that I can't resist

But he doesn't even know that I-I-I exist

Johnny Angel, how I want him

How I tingle when he passes by

Every time he says "Hello" my heart begins to fly

I get carried away

I dream of him and me and how it's gonna be

(Other fellas) call me up for a date

But I just sit and wait, I'd rather concentrate

On Johnny Angel (Johnny Angel)

'Cause I love him ('cause I love him)

And I pray that someday he'll love me

And together we will see how lovely heaven will be

I get carried away

I dream of him and me and how it's gonna be

(Other fellas) call me up for a date

But I just sit and wait, I'd rather concentrate

On Johnny Angel (Johnny Angel)

'Cause I love him ('cause I love him)

And I pray that someday he'll love me

And together we will see how lovely heaven will be

Johnny Angel (Johnny Angel) you're an angel to me

Songwriters: Lee Julien Pockriss / Lyn Duddy

Johnny Angel lyrics © Emily Music Corp

Manfred Mann - Doo Wah Diddy Diddy

Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Manfred Mann

There she was just a-walkin' down the street, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"

Snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"

She looked good (looked good), she looked fine (looked fine)

She looked good, she looked fine and I nearly lost my mind

Before I knew it she was walkin' next to me, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"

Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"

We walked on (walked on) to my door (my door)

We walked on to my door, then we kissed a little more

Whoa-oh, I knew we was falling in love

Yes I did, and so I told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of

Now we're together nearly every single day, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"

A-we're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"

Well, I'm hers (I'm hers), she's mine (she's mine)

I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime

Whoa-oh, I knew we was falling in love

Yes I did, and so I told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of

Now we're together nearly every single day, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"

A-we're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"

Well, I'm hers (I'm hers), she's mine (she's mine)

I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime

Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh yeah

Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do, we'll sing it

Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do, oh yeah, oh, oh yeah

Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do

Songwriters: Ellie Greenwich / Jeff Barry

Do Wah Diddy Diddy lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

In the jungle, the mighty jungle

The lion sleeps tonight

In the jungle the quiet jungle

The lion sleeps tonight

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

Near the village the peaceful village

The lion sleeps tonight

Near the village the quiet village

The lion sleeps tonight

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

Hush my darling don't fear my darling

The lion sleeps tonight

Hush my darling don't fear my darling

The lion sleeps tonight

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

Songwriters: George David Weiss / Hugo E. Peretti / Luigi Creatore / Linda Solomon

The Lion Sleeps Tonight lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Imagem Music Inc

Harry Belafonte - Day-O

Day-O

Harry Belafonte

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o

Daylight come and he wan' go home

Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o

Daylight come and he wan' go home

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