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#289915 - 06/25/05 02:22 PM
Re: car songs...need help!
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Steve Moskowitz
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Registered: 11/01/00
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Loc: Hershey, Pa.
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Therein lies one of the problems! 
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#289916 - 06/25/05 05:49 PM
Re: car songs...need help!
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nearchoclatetown
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Registered: 08/29/02
Posts: 1987
Loc: pa.
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Does "I can't drive 55" qualify as a car song?
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#289917 - 06/25/05 11:03 PM
Re: car songs...need help!
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Dave@Moon
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Registered: 12/14/99
Posts: 7381
Loc: Fairfield (Cincinnati), OH
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I am looking for a great song...Looking for something for the new site.
I had to transcribe these lyrics myself from one of my cds, so they might not be perfect. This is "Antique '32 Studebaker Dictator Coupe" by Ronny and the Daytonas (the "Little GTO, You're really looking fine, 3 deuces and a 4 speed, and a 389" guys). It's not an easy song to find, but check out these lyrics:
"Got my girl and it's Sunday,
Gonna have some fun 'fore Monday,
Heading on out to the freeway,
With the coolest thing on the highway.
(chorus) "Me and my antique '32 Studebaker Dictator coupe!
"Continental kit and a rumble seat,
Roll-back rooftop sure is neat,
Free-wheel style is back in town,
Straight 8 drive really moves around.
"My little antique '32 Studebaker Dictator coupe!
"Move out little Dictator,
You're a cool road operator,
Leave the late-styles far behind,
Gonna get us to the beach on time.
"Me and my antique '32 Studebaker Dictator coupe!"
Corny as hell, I know, but the whole song is 2 minutes and 4 seconds long, it's about what we do (still today), and it's pretty catchy for not being released as a single. 
I seriously believe that I own a copy of every car-centered song released since 1950 (about 200+ cd's & lp's), and a dozen or so earlier car songs. This is the closest I can come to a song that is about the joys of our (authentic car) hobby. I believe that Sundazed Records currently holds the copyright to the song, and I'd be very surprised if they had any issues with a non-profit use of it given their corporate philosophy. 
I don't think you could do better musically for the AACA.
Edited by Dave@Moon (06/25/05 11:12 PM)
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#289919 - 06/26/05 10:40 AM
Re: car songs...need help!
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41Merc
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Registered: 06/05/05
Posts: 27
Loc: eastern Ohio
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WoW...
I can't believe no one's said "Hot Rod Lincoln."
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#289923 - 06/26/05 04:08 PM
Re: car songs...need help!
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Dave@Moon
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Registered: 12/14/99
Posts: 7381
Loc: Fairfield (Cincinnati), OH
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Dave - I suspect there are a few you are missing. At 600 + LP's and over a 1000 45's, I'm not even close to having them all 
Jon.
I was talking about lp's and cds exclusively devoted to just "hot rod music", mainly surf and rockabilly with a few country, rock and doo wop records tossed in. A few are privately made compilation cds I lucked into. My regular music collection is much larger, although I own less than a hundred 45's. They're too expensive (these days) and the sound quality (especially after 1960/65) really suffers by comparison to lp's.
Most of the 45-only releases are available on compilation discs, including everything from any "major" artist. There are several dozen minor/local 45-only releases listed in The Illustrated Discography of Hot Rod Music 1961-1965 that I'm missing, but these are almost unobtainable (especially in the mid-west). Otherwise if it's out there i'm pretty sure I have at least one copy.
Edited by Dave@Moon (06/26/05 04:47 PM)
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#289924 - 06/26/05 07:22 PM
Re: car songs...need help!
[Re: Dave@Moon]
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carbking
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Registered: 11/26/04
Posts: 527
Loc: MO
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Dave - so was I.
Jon.
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#289925 - 06/26/05 10:39 PM
Re: car songs...need help!
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wolffe53
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Registered: 06/11/05
Posts: 8
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
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Maybelline by Chuck Berry is all about a Cadillac and a V8 Ford. Does it count if there isn't a car in the title?
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#289927 - 06/27/05 06:42 AM
Re: car songs...need help!
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West Peterson
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Registered: 04/28/04
Posts: 2632
Loc: Dayton
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How about "One Piece at a Time," by Johnnie Cash.
It's about a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58' 59' [Cadillac] automobile
It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70 automobile
Edited by West Peterson (06/27/05 06:46 AM)
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#289928 - 06/27/05 07:16 AM
Re: car songs...need help!
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Dynaflash8
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Registered: 03/03/01
Posts: 838
Loc: Sebring, FL USA
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I still like "Hot Rod Lincoln"....okay, two more:
Mary Lou by Young Jessie, Rythem & Blues song, 1955, has a line: "I had a 55 Ford and two dollar bill, the way she took that Man, it gave me a chill".
Maybelline by Chuck Berry, Rythem & Blues song, 1955, has lines: "Cadillac rollin' about 95, bumper to bumper, side by side, .......Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more."
There was another one around that time called Buick49, but I don't remember anything more about it.
Edited by Dynaflash8 (06/27/05 07:19 AM)
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#289929 - 06/27/05 09:29 AM
Re: car songs...need help!
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invicta592
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Registered: 05/06/04
Posts: 309
Loc: Scunthorpe, UK
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Are we looking for any song at all? or just those that refer to Oldsmobiles?
Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me
Jules Blattner - No Money Down (has the edge on Chuck's version IMHO)
Jimmy Carroll - Big Green Car
Chuck Miller - Bright Red Convertible
Gene Vincent - Cruisin'
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