La chanson a été écrite par Eric Clapton (textes et musique de la première partie du morceau) et Jim Gordon auteur de la fin du morceau jouée au piano. [2] Otis' label, Capitol Records, also provided diagrams showing how to do the hand jive dance. The hand jive is a dance particularly associated with music of the 1950s, rhythm and blues in particular. [5], Despite the song's references to dancing, and despite the demonstrations of the dance during performances, would-be censors believed that the song glorified masturbation. [2] The dance consisted of clapping two fists together one on top of the other, followed by rolling the arms around each other. So what's a rustie / Neil Young fan to do? For the swing dance, see. Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees Johnny Angel - Shelly Fabares Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry Johnny Yuma The Rebel- Johnny Cash Joker - Steve Miller Band Joy To The World - Three Dog Night Judy In Disguise - John Fred And The Playboys Judy's Turn To Cry - Leslie Gore [11], Eric Clapton did "Willie and the Hand Jive" on his 1974 album 461 Ocean Boulevard. "Willie and the Hand Jive" is a song written by Johnny Otis and originally released as a single in 1958 by Johnny Otis, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #5 on the Billboard R&B chart. The hand jive is a dance particularly associated with music of the 1950s, rhythm and blues in particular. [4] Lee Michaels released a version of the song on his 1971 album, 5th. The song lyrics describe the hand dance the title refers to. The audience is taught the hand jive some time before the show begins. [3] It has since been covered by numerous artists, including The Strangeloves, Eric Clapton, Cliff Richard, Kim Carnes, George Thorogood and The Grateful Dead. Maybe aside from those on fixed incomes, unemployed, retired, tight budgets, etc - basically everyone. [12] Author Chris Welch believes that the song benefits from this "slow burn". This song exhibited the Bo Diddley beat, a rhythm that originated in Latin music and was brought into mainstream American music by Bo Diddley. [1] According to an article in the Daily Mirror,[2] "it's so crowded the girls hand-jive to the band as there's no room for dancing." [23] Music author Dave Thompson claimed that Clapton's "live versions almost get you learning the [hand jive] movements all over again. Full list of Willie Nelson songs, sorted alphabetically by name. Hand Jive by Betty Smith released April 1958. page 34. The band's goal while writing the album was to write rhythms inspired by old-school school-yard hand claps. The long-running Walt Disney World musical Festival of the Lion King (1997) uses this[clarification needed] during the song "Hakuna Matata," and the performers and audience do it while singing the song. “I think when Willie Dixon turned on the radio in Chicago twenty years after he wrote his blues, he thought, ‘That’s my song [Whole Lotta Love].’ … When we ripped it off, I said to Jimmy It resembles a highly elaborate version of pat-a-cake. [2] As recently as 1992, an interviewer for NPR asked Otis "Is 'Hand Jive' really about masturbation? Footage from Otis' performance of "Willie and the Hand Jive" at the 1970 Monterey Jazz Festival was included in Clint Eastwood's 1971 film Play Misty for Me.[2][33]. New Riders of the Purple Sage | Powerglide | Gypsy Cowboy The Adventures of Panama Red | Home, Home on the Road | Brujo Oh, What A Mighty Time | Best Of | New Riders | Who Are Those Guys? [2], The lyrics tell of a man named Willie who became famous for doing a hand jive dance. Wholesome... everyone jiving with their hands because there was precious little room to do it with their feet... a bizarre sight. Usually the hand jive is performed to the following songs: “Willie and the Hand Jive,” or “Born to Hand Jive.” Both of these songs have been recorded by multiple different artists over the years. Billboard 28 Apr 1958. The Johnny Otis Show - Willie and the Hand Jive (02:34) 11. Sonny Fisher - Hey Mama (02:32) 14. ", In April 1958, the label London released a song called "Hand Jive" by Bud Allen, performed by the Betty Smith Group. "[2][7] Otis was frustrated by this misinterpretation. It has since influenced generations of musicians. [1][26] Allmusic critic James Christopher Monger called the song one of Thorogood's "high points. [8][9] The Youngbloods released a version of the song on their 1971 album, Good and Dusty. [10] Johnny Rivers included the song on his 1973 album Blue Suede Shoes. Reviews of New Popular Records. [6], Additionally, "Willie and the Hand Jive" was played on several occasions by the New Riders of the Purple Sage featuring Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead. "[27] Thorogood included the song on his 2000 compilation album Anthology, his 2002 compilation album On Tap Plus, his 2003 compilation album The George Thorogood Collection and his 2008 compilation The Best of George Thorogood & the Destroyers.[28][29][30][31]. Russell told interviewer Leo Benedictus of The Guardian[3] that "the place was crowded with young kids... the atmosphere was very jolly. Hey all you greasers, teen angels and party dolls: twist, stroll and hand jive to the classics as performed by the crowned princes of doo-wop and rock & roll, Sha Na Na. [2][5] At Otis' concerts, performers would demonstrate Willie's "hand jive" dance to the audience, so the audience could dance along. "[24], George Thorogood recorded a version of "Willie and the Hand Jive" for his 1985 album with the Destroyers Maverick. Albummet havde i 1998 solgt over 193.000 eksemplarer. The craze fascinated me. [1] The origin of the song came when one of Otis' managers, Hal Ziegler, found out that rock'n'roll concert venues in England did not permit the teenagers to stand up and dance in the aisles, so they instead danced with their hands while remaining in their seats. Rockabilly CDs, Psychobilly T-Shirts, 1950s Rock 'n' Roll vinyl and Surf instrumental LPs at Raucous Records online store. Charlie Adams - Cattin' Around (02:26) 18. Willie And The Hand Jive - Johnny Otis White Lightning - George Jones Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harem White Sport Coat, A - Marty Robbins Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival Whole Lotta Loving - Fats Domino Who Needs To Dream - Barry Manilow Who Put The Bomp - Barry Mann Who's Cheatin' Who - Alan Jackson [16][22] Author Harry Shapiro said that the song could sound like "a dirge on bad nights but uplifting when the mood was right". The song has a Bo Diddley beat and was partly inspired by the music sung by a chain gang Otis heard while he was touring. Over the past few months, much discussion over the flood of Neil Young product. This song can be heard in the film The Shawshank Redemption. The Everly Brothers - Wake up Little Susie (01:58) 12. Eric Clapton did a version of the Johnny Otis song in 1974 that reached the Top 40. Shu-bi-dua 3 er navnet på Shu-bi-duas tredje album, som udkom på LP i 1976 og senere blev genudgivet på CD i 1990.Albummet blev på ny genudgivet i remasteret version på CD, LP og som download i 2010 under navnet "Deluxe udgave". It seemed like a strange novelty; I used to join in. Thorogood's 1985 version reached #25 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. You can also sort the list of songs by year recorded (from oldest to newest, and from most recent to first recorded), by Song Rank (popularity rank of song versus all other songs) and by album name. The lyrics are about a man who became famous for doing a dance with his hands, but the song has been accused of glorifying masturbation,[2] though Otis has always denied it. "[13] However, Rolling Stone critic Ken Emerson complains that the song sounds "disconcertingly mournful". The hand jive is also featured prominently in the Broadway musical Grease (1971) through the song "Born to Hand Jive"; in the movie adaptation of the musical, the song is performed by Sha Na Na. [1][2] The song has a Bo Diddley beat and was partly inspired by the music sung by a chain gang Otis heard while he was touring. [14] Other critics praised Clapton's confident vocals. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up (01:56) 17. Pistes de Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs It's Too Late Thorn Tree In The Garden modifier Layla est une chanson du groupe Derek and the Dominos de 1970 , parue sur l'album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs . page 34. [32] The Grateful Dead played "Willie and the Hand Jive" live several times in 1986 and 1987. "[16] Clapton's version of the song was released as a single in 1974 and reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 in the Netherlands. This article is about the dance performed using only the hands. It involves a complicated pattern of hand moves and claps at various parts of the body, following and/or imitating the percussion instruments. Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis has a track titled "Hand Jive," written by drummer Tony Williams, on the album Nefertiti from 1967. [1][2] In a sense, the story is similar to that of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode", which tells of someone who became famous for playing the guitar and was released two months before "Willie and the Hand Jive". [7], Cliff Richard recorded the song in 1960 and The Strangeloves included it on their 1965 album I Want Candy. [2] The music was based on a song Otis had heard a chain gang singing while touring, combined with work Otis did as a teenager when he was performing with Count Otis Matthews and the West Oakland House Stompers. Marin County Line | Feelin' Alright | Where I Come From | 17 Pine Avenue | Thanksgiving In New York City Clapton slowed down the tempo for his version. The 2005 album "Midnight Boom" by the band The Kills features the hand-jive rhythm in the song "Sour Cherry." Wanda Jackson - Long Tall Sally (01:57) 16. Other artists who covered the song include: Johnny Rivers, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Sandy Nelson, The Tremeloes, Amos Garrett, Ducks Deluxe and Levon Helm. The hand jive becomes even more fun if you practice the movements to music. [4][5] Clapton's 1974 version was also released as a single and also reached the Billboard Top 40, peaking at #26. [15] Author Marc Roberty claimed that on this song, "Eric's vocals had clearly matured, with fluctuations and intonations that were convincing rather than tentative as in the past. [25] His single version charted on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaking at #25, and reached #63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A good problem to have if ever there was one and who can complain? [To sort the list - you need to change the Display from "List" to "Table"] Capitol Records released the song "Hand Jive 6-5" in the U.S., backed with "Ramshakle Daddy" (3937) by British group Don Lang and the Frantic Five in March 1958 . On a DVD audio commentary for the movie, choreographer Patricia Birch mentions that the dance also went by the much more risque name "hand job", but the title was changed as Grease was aimed at a family audience. Billboard 17 Mar 1958. 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The hand jive was popularized in the States by Johnny Otis's "Willie and the Hand Jive", described as a "funky blues rendition in a Bo Diddley styling" and "another approach to the growing Stateside interest in the British originated hand dance."[5]. In 1957 when filmmaker Ken Russell was a freelance photographer, he recorded the teenagers of Soho, London hand-jiving in the basement of The Cat's Whisker coffee bar, where the hand-jive was invented by Leon Bell of Leon Bell and the Bell Cats. [4] This recording does not feature the Bo Diddley rhythm. [7][8], George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers recorded a version of "Willie and the Hand Jive" and a music video.[9]. [6] Johnny Otis biographer George Lipsitz describes Jimmy Nolen's guitar riff on the song as "unforgettable". Jazz fusion guitarist John Scofield's 1993 album is called by [Hand Jive (album)]. [20] Clapton included the song on his compilation album Time Pieces: Best of Eric Clapton. [21] Clapton often played the song live, and it appeared on the live DVD One Night Only Live. [5] Adapting the song to an 8-minute-long disco club version, Laurin Rinder & Michael Lewis produced a successful club hit in 1979 and included the song on their 1979 album Warriors. "Willie and the Hand Jive" is a song written by Johnny Otis and originally released as a single in 1958 by Johnny Otis, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #5 on the Billboard R&B chart. Hand moves include thigh slapping, crossing the wrists, fist pounding, hand clapping, and hitch hike moves. The Johnny Otis original version of the song produced by Tom Morgan has an infectious Bo Diddley beat, in addition to resemble precisely to the hit "Bo Diddley" of Bo Diddley [1][2] much of it provided by drummer Earl Palmer. Johnny Carroll - Hot Rock (02:16) 13. Reviews of New Pop Records. The Greedy Hand | Neil Young Store | WBR .