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| Name = (The) Rock and Roll Waltz
| name = (The) Rock and Roll Waltz
| Cover =
| cover =
| Cover size =
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| type = single
| Caption =
| artist = [[Kay Starr]]
| Artist = [[Kay Starr]]
| album =
| Album =
| B-side = I've Changed My Mind a Thousand Times
| A-side =
| released = December 1955
| B-side =
| recorded = 1955
| Released = 1955
| studio =
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| Format = [[Gramophone record|45 RPM]], [[Gramophone record|78 RPM]]
| Recorded = 1955
| genre = [[Vocal Music]]
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| length =
|Genre= [[Vocal Music]]
| Length =
| label = [[RCA Victor]]
| Label = [[RCA Victor]]
| writer = [[Shorty Allen]], [[Roy Alfred]]
| producer =
| Writer = [[Shorty Allen]], [[Roy Alfred]]
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| prev_title = Good and Lonesome
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| Producer =
| Audio sample? =
| prev_year = 1955
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| next_title = Second Fiddle
| Certification =
| next_year = 1956
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| Last single = "Good and Lonesome"<br>(1955)
| This single = "'''(The) Rock and Roll Waltz'''"<br>(1955)
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| Next single = "Second Fiddle"<br>(1956)
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| Misc =
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}}
"'''(The) Rock and Roll Waltz'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]] with music by [[Shorty Allen]] and the lyrics by [[Roy Alfred]] in 1955, although the identity of the lyricist is in dispute. Other sources cite a Dick Ware, Dick Wise, or Dick Wine.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eugene Chadbourne |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shorty-allen-mn0000026074 |title=Shorty Allen &#124; Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/ec81128 |title=Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music - Champagne Pops - Coral - USA |publisher=45cat |date= |accessdate=2014-04-03}}</ref><ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book
"'''(The) Rock and Roll Waltz'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]] with music by [[Shorty Allen]] and lyrics by [[Roy Alfred]] in 1955, although the original copyright assigned the lyrics to Alfred's mother, Jeanne, under the pseudonym 'Dick Ware'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/1079651|title=Discogs|date= |accessdate=2024-07-27}}</ref>

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As the title suggests, this [[novelty song]]<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kay-starr-p3152 |title=Kay Starr &#124; Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2014-04-03}}</ref> is a [[waltz]] in [[triple metre]], but it also contains a bass [[Riff#Riff|riff]] that is reminiscent of typical [[boogie woogie]] and [[rock and roll]] riffs.

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The song is told from the point of view of a teenager who comes home early from a date, and catches her parents attempting to dance to one of her [[rock and roll]] records; only, having no frame of reference, the couple tries to waltz to the music.

The [[Kay Starr]] recording of the song, made in 1955, reached number one on the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] singles chart in 1956, staying there for six weeks. The recording was released by [[RCA Victor]] as catalog number 47-6359. It was Kay Starr's first recording of great significance for RCA Victor after leaving [[Capitol Records]].<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book
| first= Jo
| first= Jo
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| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| location= Enfield, Middlesex
| pages= 24
| pages= 24
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref> She had a number of lesser chart entries on RCA Victor in 1955, including "Good and Lonesome" and "Turn Right". At first, she thought it was a joke when the A&R staff at RCA Victor brought it to her, it was a marked departure from what she usually recorded. The song turned out to be a number one hit, a million seller, and one of the early songs of the rock and roll era.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/87 87]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/87}}</ref>
| isbn= 0-85112-250-7}}</ref><ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/>

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As the title suggests this [[novelty song]]<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kay-starr-p3152 |title=Kay Starr &#124; Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date=1922-07-21 |accessdate=2014-04-03}}</ref> is a [[waltz]] in [[triple metre]], but it also contains a bass [[Riff#Riff|riff]] that is reminiscent of typical [[boogie woogie]] and [[rock and roll]] riffs.

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The song is told from the point of view of a teenager who comes home early from a date, and catches her parents attempting to dance to one of her [[rock and roll]] records; only, having no frame of reference, the couple tries to waltz to the music.

The [[Kay Starr]] recording of the song, made in 1955, reached number one on the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] singles chart in 1956, staying there for six weeks. The recording was released by [[RCA Victor]] as [[Catalog numbering systems for single records|catalog number]] 47-6359. It was Kay Starr's first recording of great significance for RCA Victor after leaving [[Capitol Records]].<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/> She had a number of lesser chart entries on RCA in 1955, including "Good and Lonesome" and "Turn Right". She thought it was a joke when the A&R staff at RCA Victor picked it for her; it was so different from what she was used to recording. Although it was a No. 1 hit and a million seller,<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|pages=87|isbn=0-214-20512-6}}</ref> and she has come to love the song with the passage of time, it was never a song people requested her to sing at any live performance in the days of its popularity.


The track also spent one week at No. 1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in March 1956.<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
The track also spent one week at No. 1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in March 1956.<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
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| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| publisher= [[Guinness World Records Limited]]
| location= London
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 57}}</ref>
| page= 57}}</ref>


Other artists who recorded this song include [[Ann-Margret]] (in 1962), [[Annette Funicello]] (in 1961), and [[Lawrence Welk]] and His Champagne Music with [[Alice Lon]] on vocals (in 1956, Coral EC 81128).
Other artists who recorded this song include [[Ann-Margret]] (in 1962), [[Annette Funicello]] (in 1961), [[Lawrence Welk]] and His Champagne Music with [[Alice Lon]] on vocals (in 1956, Coral EC 81128), and [[George Wright (organist)|George Wright]] in his 1984 album ''Red Hot and Blue''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=DeLay |first1=Tom |date=January 1985 |title=For the Records |journal=Theatre Organ |volume=27 |issue=1 |page=19 |issn=0040-5531}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 13 September 2024

"(The) Rock and Roll Waltz"
Single by Kay Starr
B-side"I've Changed My Mind a Thousand Times"
ReleasedDecember 1955
Recorded1955
GenreVocal Music
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Shorty Allen, Roy Alfred
Kay Starr singles chronology
"Good and Lonesome"
(1955) 		"(The) Rock and Roll Waltz"
(1955) 		"Second Fiddle"
(1956)

"(The) Rock and Roll Waltz" is a popular song with music by Shorty Allen and lyrics by Roy Alfred in 1955, although the original copyright assigned the lyrics to Alfred's mother, Jeanne, under the pseudonym 'Dick Ware'.[1]

As the title suggests, this novelty song[2] is a waltz in triple metre, but it also contains a bass riff that is reminiscent of typical boogie woogie and rock and roll riffs.

The song is told from the point of view of a teenager who comes home early from a date, and catches her parents attempting to dance to one of her rock and roll records; only, having no frame of reference, the couple tries to waltz to the music.

The Kay Starr recording of the song, made in 1955, reached number one on the Billboard singles chart in 1956, staying there for six weeks. The recording was released by RCA Victor as catalog number 47-6359. It was Kay Starr's first recording of great significance for RCA Victor after leaving Capitol Records.[3] She had a number of lesser chart entries on RCA Victor in 1955, including "Good and Lonesome" and "Turn Right". At first, she thought it was a joke when the A&R staff at RCA Victor brought it to her, it was a marked departure from what she usually recorded. The song turned out to be a number one hit, a million seller, and one of the early songs of the rock and roll era.[4]

The track also spent one week at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1956.[3][5]

Other artists who recorded this song include Ann-Margret (in 1962), Annette Funicello (in 1961), Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music with Alice Lon on vocals (in 1956, Coral EC 81128), and George Wright in his 1984 album Red Hot and Blue.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Discogs". Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  2. ^ "Kay Starr | Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  3. ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 24. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  4. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 87. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 57. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ DeLay, Tom (January 1985). "For the Records". Theatre Organ. 27 (1): 19. ISSN 0040-5531.
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