Im just a bad boy lalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalala boy all dressed up in fancy clothes i aint takin. Formed in 1985 the jive bombers have been performing constantly all around australia at music festivals, clubs and functions. Their 1957 savoy records single bad boy, cowritten by avon long and lil hardin, was a hit in the u. They first recorded under the name the sparrows in 1949 for coral records, and changed their name to the jive bombers in 1952 to record for citation records. Jive bombers when your hair has turned to silver savoy 1508 duration. Im just a bad boy, boy all dressed up in fancy clothes im takin the trouble to blow my bubbles away bad boy boy life is just a bowl of cherries im takin the trouble to turn my nights into. Due to bad boys success, the jive bombers stayed on the club scene through the late 1960s with the inevitable personnel changes before calling it quits. We can only maintain and improve yalp if paying members keep supporting us. The song has since been covered by the escorts, mink deville, ringo starr, sha na na, maryann price, david johansen performing as buster poindexter, and others, and was used in the firstseason finale of the television show crime story as well as in the 1990 film crybaby. Clarence bad boy palmer and the jive bombers bad boy savoy 1508 a duration. Check out bad boy by the jive bombers on amazon music. Albums include crybaby, bad boy when your hair has turned to silver, and the golden age of american rock n roll volume 5.
The jive bombers the blues dont mean a thing if i had a talking picture savoy usa 1957 next by artist the jive bombers bad boy when your hair has turned to silver moonglow belgium 1957. They have won prestigious music awards for both jazz and rock n roll for their original compositions and have gained praise as one of the finest bands in the country. Label credit went simply to the jive bombers, instead of the usual clarence bad boy palmer and the jive bombers. Bad boy is a song written by lil armstrong and avon long. Befitting the party atmosphere, the small stars started the evening out with a spirited rendition of doug sahms nitty gritty, followed quickly by the jive bombers bad boy. The old standard stardust was the final savoy single in 1959. Our goal is to help musicians like you to learn to play the music they love. In late 1956, the title was changed to bad boy, and the big hit version was waxed for savoy. Bad boy lalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalala boy all dressed up in fancy clothes i aint takin the trouble to blow my bubbles away the hot, blazin sun doodoo, doodoo wont hurt my head doodoo, doodoo cause youll always find me doodoo, doodoo right there in. Lyrics to chachacha des thons by clarence bad boy palmer and the jive bombers.
In fact, the set was dominated by covers, with somewhat less than half the songs being small stars originals. Provided to youtube by universal music group bad boy the jive bombers stompin at the savoy. Bad boy cascada bm d a g remember the feelings, remember the day bm d a g my stone heart was breaking. Sid jacobson digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Im just a bad boy lalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalala boy all dressed up in fancy clothes. In 1952 the group name was the jive bombers and they recorded it again for the detroit based citation records. Chachacha des thons clarence bad boy palmer and the. Im just a bad boy, boy all dressed up in fancy clothes im takin the trouble to blow my bubbles away bad boy boy life is just a bowl of cherries im takin the. The jive bombers recorded four more discs for savoy, and one for the middle tone label in 1964.