Haley was blinded in his left eye as a child due to a botched operation. According to biographer John Swenson, Haley later adopted his distinctive spit-curl hairstyle to distract attention from his blind eye. The spit-curl caught on as a 50's style signature, although Haley and others had worn the hairstyle much earlier.
In 1946, Haley joined his first professional group, a Pennsylvania-based western swing band called The Down Homers run by Kenny Roberts. It has often been reported in musical reference works that Haley's first professional recordings were made with the Down Homers on a pair of singles released in 1946 by Vogue Records. This was later debunked by Roberts and others, stating Haley had already left the group by the time the singles were made. In the early 2000s, however, a set of 1946 radio recordings by the Down Homers were discovered and Haley is definitely present as he is identified by name and sings a solo number "She Taught Me to Yodel"; these recordings were commercially released for the first time in 2006.
After gaining experience with the Down Homers, Haley set out on his own, forming several groups such as the Range Drifters and the Four Aces of Western Swing. With the Four Aces, he made a number of regionally successful country music singles in the late 1940s for Cowboy Records while working as a touring musician and later a radio DJ at WPWA. (Many of Haley's early recordings from this period would not be released until after his death.) After disbanding the Four Aces and briefly trying a solo career using the names Jack Haley and Johnny Clifton (as chronicled in the biography Sound and Glory), Haley formed a new group called The Saddlemen in either 1949 or 1950 (sources vary as to the exact year); this new group recorded for several labels, including one single for Atlantic Records, Haley's first exposure to a major national record company. In 1951, Haley was signed to Dave Miller's Philadelphia-based Holiday Records and began to change musical styles, recording cover versions of "Rocket "88"" (previously recorded by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats), and in, 1952, "Rock the Joint", previously recorded by several bands including Jimmy Preston and His Prestonians. (By the time of "Rock the Joint", Haley had graduated from Holiday Records to Miller's larger Essex label.) The relative success of these recordings (both sold in the 75,000-100,000 copy range in the Pennsylvania-New England region) convinced Haley that his new and as-yet officially unnamed hybrid of country and rhythm and blues could be a commercial success.and some of his family lives in oklahoma and there is a road named after his family.
What'd i say
Bill Haley Lyrics
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Come and love your daddy all night long
All right now, hey hey, all right
See the girl with the diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing
All right now now now, hey hey, hey hey
Tell your mama, tell your pa
Oh yes, ma'm, you don't do right, don't do right
When you see me in misery
Come on baby, see about me
Now yeah, all right, all right, aw play it, boy
When you see me in misery
Come on baby, see about me
Now yeah, hey hey, all right
See the girl with the red dress on
She can do the Birdland all night long
Yeah yeah, what'd I say, all right
Well, tell me what'd I say, yeah
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say yeah
And I wanna know
Baby I wanna know right now
And-a I wanna know
And I wanna know right now yeah
And-a I wanna know
Said I wanna know yeah
Spoken: Hey, don't quit now! (c'mon honey)
Naw, I got, I uh-uh-uh, I'm changing (stop! stop! we'll do it again)
Wait a minute, wait a minute, oh hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Hey (hey) ho (ho) hey (hey) ho (ho) hey (hey) ho (ho) hey
Oh one more time (just one more time)
Say it one more time right now (just one more time)
Say it one more time now (just one more time)
Say it one more time yeah (just one more time)
Say it one more time (just one more time)
Say it one more time yeah (just one more time)
Hey (hey) ho (ho) hey (hey) ho (ho) hey (hey) ho (ho) hey
Ah! Make me feel so good (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good now yeah (make me feel so good)
Woah! Baby (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good yeah (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good yeah (make me feel so good)
Huh (huh) ho (ho) huh (huh) ho (ho) huh (huh) ho (ho) huh
Awh it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right right now (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right yeah (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right (baby it's all right)
Woah! Shake that thing now (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing now now (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing right now (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Woah! I feel all right now yeah (make me feel all right)
Said I feel all right now (make me feel all right)
Woooah! (make me feel all right)
Tell you I feel all right (make me feel all right)
Said I feel all right (make me feel all right)
Baby I feel all right (make me feel all right)
"What'd I Say" by Bill Haley & His Comets is a song about a man who is pleading with his lover, asking her not to treat him wrongly and to love him all night long. He sings about seeing other women who know how to shake their body and dance, and he praises them for it. He threatens to send his current lover back to Arkansas if she doesn't start treating him right. He also calls out to her when he is in misery, asking her to come and see about him. The song ends with the man asking the listener to tell him what he said, as if he is questioning whether what he is feeling and saying is real.
The lyrics reflect a mix of passionate love, heartbreak, and jealousy. The man is so enamored with his lover that he sings about wanting her all night long, but at the same time he is frustrated with her and threatens to send her away if she doesn't change her ways. He is also aware of other women who catch his eye, making him feel jealous and looking for someone else to soothe him.
The song was a groundbreaking hit for Bill Haley & His Comets, hailed as one of the first rock and roll songs to reach mainstream popularity in the US, though it was not Haley's first hit. The heavy use of piano and rhythm and blues influenced groove, along with the lyrics' sexual nature, made the song energizing and popular among younger generations. It was known to cause raucous dancing and even provoked some controversy in its time.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong
Don't mistreat me, mama
Come and love your daddy all night long
Show me some love all night, mama
All right now, hey hey, all right
I'm feeling great!
See the girl with the diamond ring
Check out that girl with the bling
She knows how to shake that thing
She can dance really well!
All right now now now, hey hey, hey hey
I'm still feeling great!
Tell your mama, tell your pa
Let your parents know
I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas
I'll send you away
Oh yes, ma'm, you don't do right, don't do right
You're not treating me right
When you see me in misery
When I'm feeling low
Come on baby, see about me
Help me out, baby
Now yeah, all right, all right, aw play it, boy
I'm feeling better, let's keep dancing!
See the girl with the red dress on
There's another girl in a red dress
She can do the Birdland all night long
She can dance the Birdland really well!
Yeah yeah, what'd I say, all right
This is so fun, what did I say?!
Well, tell me what'd I say, yeah
What did I say?!
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what I said now!
And I wanna know
I need to know
Baby I wanna know right now
I really need to know right now
Spoken: Hey, don't quit now! (c'mon honey)
Keep it going! Don't stop now!
Wait a minute, wait a minute, oh hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Wait a minute, something's not right
Ah! Make me feel so good (make me feel so good)
This is making me feel really good!
Huh (huh) ho (ho) huh (huh) ho (ho) huh (huh) ho (ho) huh
Let's keep going with these sounds!
Awh it's all right (baby it's all right)
Everything is alright
Woah! Shake that thing now (baby shake that thing)
Keep dancing, shake that thing!
Woah! I feel all right now yeah (make me feel all right)
I feel great now!
Said I feel all right now (make me feel all right)
I really do feel great!
Woooah! (make me feel all right)
This is making me feel great!
Tell you I feel all right (make me feel all right)
I'm telling you, I feel great!
Said I feel all right (make me feel all right)
Yep, I still feel great!
Baby I feel all right (make me feel all right)
I'm feeling great, baby!
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Tratore, Sentric Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Ray Charles
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Bellerophon challen
I've got this track on an album called The Golden King of Rock, from the early seventies, fantastic stuff. Probably the best version in my humble opinion.
MANUEL CARRERA BENITEZ
Junto a la versión de the beatles, son las dos mejores versiones
JerryLee1956
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