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Good golly8/27/2023 ![]() And this hit song has such a tawdry, risque', and fun heritage (gay prostitute & The House of Blue Lights!). And Little Richard's rock & roll voice pushed this song into rock & roll history. I still love that tough piano intro and that blastin' saxophone break. Elmer H from Westville, OkWhat a great early rock & roll hit by the great Little Richard.Their jukeboxes still had Fifties' rock & roll hits! Getting out on a crowded dance floor wasn't too easy for this girl (I was 498 pounds in '67), but when I got the inertia factor going on the dance-floor-look out!! I still love "gut bustin' rock & roll!! I loved to dance to Little Richard songs in college bars when I was in college in the mid-Sixties. I believe I read that in some of Little Richards' bio's. got it right-the song really is about a whore-house (The House of Blue Lights) & a whore. A "gut-busting" rocker!! Hey, Steve from Raynham, MA. I, too, love that raunchy piano intro and the sax break. Rotunda from Tulsa, OkYowzaa! This song is part of rock-n-roll history, as is Little Richard.Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 3rd 1964, "Good Golly Miss Molly" by the Swinging Blue Jeans entered Billboard's Top Hot 100 chart at position #89 and on June 7th it peaked at #43 (for 1 week) and spent 7 weeks on the Top 100.Įxactly 38 years later to the day, on May 3rd, 2002 Little Richard performed the song on the ABC-TV network special 'American Bandstand 50th - A Celebration'.Fix your hair, fix your care, a rhythm of old came from within, it started to spin - you grabbed the waist made no haste - and works melted to play. reward for work, often crumbs, was like a ball and chain - like a rock.įinally time came to sit outside, waiting for supper to get done cooking, while rocking in a rocking chair, you'd find inspiration in youth - that had energy still and get revitalized! Up for sup, satisfied for good food and company - came time to celebrate kinfolk and yourself. Lisa from Maryland"Keep the ball rollin'" was a term to keep workmen and workwomen going.* The quartet also performed "Proud Mary" on the same 'Sullivan' show. Tom Fogerty passed away on September 6th, 1990 at the young age of 48. One track from the album, "Proud May"*, reached #2 for three weeks on Billboard's Hot Top 100 Singles chart. In the 1950s when I was a teenager and a true rock 'n roller, I had five idols, and now all five are gone. Barry from Sauquoit, NySuch a sad, sad day.Sandy from West Jefferson NvSure like to ball means what?.Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind Publisher: COHEN AND COHEN, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. When she hugs me and kiss me make me ting-a-ling-a-ling I am going to the corner, gonna buy a diamond ring. Good golly, miss Molly, sure like to ball. You can see miss Molly rockin' at the house of blue light. When you're rockin' and a rollin' can't hear your momma call.įrom the early, early mornin' till the early, early night Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball. Good golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball.
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