| "Teach You to Rock" (Freddie Bell & Joey Lattanzi) |
| Recorded at EMI Recording Studios, London. |
| Released as Columbia DB.3822. Charts 19 October 1956. |
| Tony Crombie and His Rockets [probably personnel]: Tony Crombie (drums), Jimmy Currie (guitar), Jet Harris (bass), Red Mitchell (piano), Al Cornish (tenor sax), and Cliff Lawrence (voice). |
| Norrie Paramour (artist-and-repertoire manager) |
| Notes: Originally recorded by Freddie Bell and the Bell Boys. Appears in the film Rock around the Clock. |
| Text | |
| Hello ev'rybody! I mean ev'rybody! | a |
| We're gonna teach you to rock. We're gonna teach you to rock. We're gonna teach you to rock. Come on and rock with us. |
b |
| If you can't swing, get out of the way, 'Cause we don't want no squares. Once you learn and you get in the groove, you jump around, you don't have no cares. |
c |
| I said “One-Two-Three-Four, Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten.” Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock! We're gonna teach you to rock. |
d |
| Music | |||
| Intro | Sung to stop time | a | |
| Verse | A | b | |
| Verse | A | b | |
| Chorus | B | c | |
| Verse | A | ||
| Tony Crombie and His Rockets |
| Early British Rock |
| MU220 Index |