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I know a cat named Way-out Willie Got a cool little chick named Rocking Millie He can walk and stroll and Susie Q And do that crazy hand jive, too
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Willie and the Hand Jive.
5 About Willie and the Hand Jive "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. Do you know any background info about this track?
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.
Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the ... gave birth to the hand-jive I could barely walk when I milked a cow When I was three, I pushed a plow While chopping wood I moved my legs, And I started.
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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.
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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, though Otis has always denied it.
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The lyrics tell of a man named Willie who became famous for doing a Despite the song's references to dancing, and despite the demonstrations of the dance during performances, would-be censors believed that the song glorified Other artists who covered the song include: Johnny Rivers, Footage from Otis' performance of "Willie and the Hand Jive" at the 1970 Otis, Johnny, Johnny Otis:The Capitol Years, COL CD 2773, Collectables Records, Narberth PA, 2000, liner notesScherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, forward by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
"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.