Boppin' the Blues

About Boppin' the Blues

"Boppin' the Blues" is a 1956 song written by Carl Perkins and Howard "Curley" Griffin and released as a single on Sun Records in May 1956. The single was released as a 45 and 78, Sun 243, backed with "All Mama's Children", a song co-written by Perkins with Sun labelmate Johnny Cash. The single reached no. 9 on the Billboard country and western chart, no. 47 on the Cashbox pop singles chart, and no. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. The single was also released in Canada on the Quality label as #1570. The record was reissued in 1984 on the Collectables label on the Back to Back Hit Series featuring Sun Records as 3090 and on the Sun Golden Treasure Series in 1979 as Sun 9. Griffin was a singer and disc jockey from Jackson, Tennessee, who also recorded rock and roll songs on the Atomic Records label from 1955 to 1957, such as "Got Rockin' On My Mind", Atomic 305, released in 1957. Griffin also co-wrote "Dixie Fried" with Perkins in 1956. more »

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Well all my friends are bopping the blues it must be going round
All my friends are bopping the blues it must be going round
I love you baby but I must be rhythm bound
Well the doctor told me, Carl, you don't need no pills
The doctor told me boy you don't need no pills
Just a handful of nickels the jukebox will cure your ills
Well all my friends are bopping the blues it must be going round
All these cats are bopping the blues it must be going round
I love you baby but I must be rhythm bound
Well the old cat bug bit me man I don't feel no pain
Yeah that jitterbug caught me man I don't feel no pain
I still love you baby but I?ll never be the same
Well all my friends are bopping the blues it must be going round
All these cats are bopping the blues it must be going round
I love you baby but I must be rhythm bound
Well all my friends are bopping the blues it must be going round
All these cats are bopping the blues it must be going round
I love you baby but I must be rhythm bound
Well grandpa done got rhythm and he threw his crutches down
Well the old boy done got rhythm & blues and he threw that crutches down
Grandma he ain't trifling well the old boy?s rhythm bound
Well all them cats are bopping the blues it must be going round
All my friends are bopping the blues it must be going round
I love you baby but I must be rhythm bound
Bop cat bop
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Rock bop rhythm and blues, rock bop rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues it must be going round

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Carl Perkins

Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954. His best known song is "Blue Suede Shoes". more »

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