1958
SEA CRUISE * FRANKIE FORD WITH HUEY 'PIANO' SMITH AND ORCHESTRA * LONDON 8850 * UK
This top Rockin' Roller kicks of with a clang, clang, of a tug boat's bell and a hooting fog horn, which is sheer genius in creating the image and atmosphere of a boat on the Mississippi river. It was originally recorded by Huey 'Piano' Smith, but his voice was wiped for Frankie Ford's so that being sung by a white guy it would have more commercial appeal. It did get to number fourteen on the Billboard top 100 in May 1959.
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