Gotta love those speakeasies. I attended several late night hangouts at bars that were “closed” during my times in the UK. Good stuff!

Cardiff 1992. Honeymoon. Lock in. Gentlemen got a whisky, ladies a wine. Dave Edmunds is great

Brilliant story

Love it... I just wish I could have been there....as an English guy... to share that with you blokes and lassies.... To share some life!

Ah yes, Fridays are good crack alright.

WOW! Was a classic!..... I was there.... I was crazy... I was...... Freaking HAPPY! As we all were....we had none of this weight hanging over us..... This weight of GUILT.... The problems of today.... I DID NOT CAUSE. The generation of today....is inventing and amplifying the problems of the past. ..as a means of "Not my fault!" Why? Because they know they have NOTHING to contribute. They are totally bereft of ideas. But have the audacity to blame US!...for their failings.... "Whine Society"" Far too prevalent.

Believe it or not it's a cover from the late 40s or early 50s , gale storm sang it to orchestra music

That's Mickey Gee playing that.

Anything would be better than that CRAP...FFS.

Original was sung by a few people before Fats Domino. Gale Storm, Smiley Lewis,Connie Francis I believe sang it but Fats made it popular

@@brianforgie7724 thank you. I didn’t know that! I remember that song from when I was a kid and I just assumed that Fats Domino wrote it. I guess if it happened before I was born, it never happened. 😊

@@whitebirchtarot ya no problem. I never heard that song until Dave Edmunds did it lol. I am a fan of Dave Edmunds I have like 15 albums of his various projects. Great cover and he does great covers. Dave has his fingers everywhere from Stray Cats to Dion . Talented dude. Peace and love from 🇨🇦

You’ll find, as noted elsewhere here, Dave Bartholomew wrote it and Smiley Lewis was the first to record it using Dave Bartholomew’s band and with Dave Bartholomew producing the record-way back in 1955! Unfortunately for Smiley, Gale Storm, an actress and pop singer, released a version in 1955 also-which Bartholomew thought sank Smiley’s version (Bartholomew called Storm’s version “whitewashed”). The Fats Domino version didn’t come out until 1961; however, Bartholomew was involved in its production.

@@ursulareeder8568 wow, thank you. I didn’t know all that. I guess it came out the year I was born which is why I don’t remember it. I remember the 1961 version. I also remember Gale Storm.

Yep, and good riddance!! :}

Nope, Gale Storm was a cover--the original was by Smiley Lewis on the Imperial label.

You’ll find, as noted elsewhere here, Dave Bartholomew wrote it and Smiley Lewis was the first to record it using Dave Bartholomew’s band and with Dave Bartholomew producing the record-way back in 1955! Unfortunately for Smiley, Gale Storm, an actress and pop singer, released a version in 1955 also-which Bartholomew thought sank Smiley’s version (Bartholomew called Storm’s version “whitewashed”). The Fats Domino version didn’t come out until 1961; however, Bartholomew was involved in its production.

Says new Jersey usa .

@@michaeljones8016 Capitol Theater , Passaic , New Jersey

Maybe, but the Fat Man is NOT the writer of the song, as misunderstood by many people. You’ll find, as noted elsewhere here, Dave Bartholomew wrote it and Smiley Lewis was the first to record it using Dave Bartholomew’s band and with Dave Bartholomew producing the record-way back in 1955! Unfortunately for Smiley, Gale Storm, an actress and pop singer, released a version in 1955 also-which Bartholomew thought sank Smiley’s version (Bartholomew called Storm’s version “whitewashed”). The Fats Domino version didn’t come out until 1961; however, Bartholomew was involved in its production.

You’ll find, as noted elsewhere here, Dave Bartholomew wrote it and Smiley Lewis was the first to record it using Dave Bartholomew’s band and with Dave Bartholomew producing the record-way back in 1955! Unfortunately for Smiley, Gale Storm, an actress and pop singer, released a version in 1955 also-which Bartholomew thought sank Smiley’s version (Bartholomew called Storm’s version “whitewashed”). The Fats Domino version didn’t come out until 1961; however, Bartholomew was involved in its production.

Smiley Lewis did this best about 1955, Fats domino did an OK copy in 1961 or so. I don't remember Little Richard making a copy at all. This guy updated the tune with the guitars but the words "I told you way back in 52" should have been updated to at least 72.

Not really. Listen to Edmund's modified lines where he mentions the names of other musicians who recorded this tune before. Crybaby Richard (Penniman) never recorded it as far as I know. The tune has roots back to the 1920, but was really pushed by Dave Bartholomew via Smiley Lewis in the 1950s. Maybe you mix it up with Little Richard's "Keep-A-Knockin", but that was just a wild and cruel yelling spree. Dave Edmund's interpretation of the Bartholomew original was my all-time favorite. It opened up my ears for earthy Rhythm'n'Blues, leading me to the original blues and boogie woogie music all this is based on. 1950s Rock'n'Roll was just a watered down version of the real thing, dating back to the 1920s and 1930s. The originals were the real heroes; without them no Stones, Beatles or even Edmunds etc would ever have gotten famous. The youngsters all stole from the old black guys who composed these tunes, and hardly saw a dime for their great contribution to the music business.