Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (Part I) download song

I'm a young white chick 40 and love this! And I'm so lucky that mom my 75 listened to this kind music when she was young. She said that she can still remember listening to this song all summer long in 1956 when she was 18 yrs old. :)

that sax is on fire!

This was a stroll dance number, Collar up around your neck as you strut and turn to that stroll beat. That is "you' did, I couldn't dance a lick. Ha! Ha!

Three people can keep a secret only when two of them are dead

One of the very first radio stations in the nation to play this song was WLAC AM in Nashville, Tn. It was first aired by John R (Richburg) Dj for WLAC. I was there when it all happened. John R was given so many citations from the FCC that they almost kicked him off the air. WLAC is a 50,000 watt free channel that goes directional at night. This means the station covered most of the nation and then some. John R was a male white who liked to play R&B music and with 50,000 watts of power he introduced this music to a nationwide audience. One of his sponsors was White Rose Petroleum Jelly. You cant imagine how he worded this commercial on the air and how the FCC kept knocking on his door with citations. It was a great time to be alive. I still believe Rocket 88 was the very first rock and roll song with Ike Turner in 1951. The fuzzy sound in the background appears to be a broken guitar speaker amplifier. It was a catchy sound and it caught on like wildfire. All of this had its head start in Nashville and thus years down the road, it became Music City. I am 70 now and I hope to be reading this again in my 100s. Made u laugh didint I?  John P. Nashville, Tn. Former disc jockey.

One of the greatest records ever made!

I remember cruzen L.A. in my 50 Merc back in 1957 with my honey Carole .......... We've been married for 57 years now..............

One of the great instrumentals of ALL TIME!

i did the same thing in my 50 black merc in 1955...what times it was

Who is here after watch the Irishman?

My father loved this song ! He played a pretty mean sax himself , the best IMO. But I am biased! Any how its good to find this little number on You Tube. RIP Dr Dan !

This is damn groovy. Added to favorites list.

I remember the first time I heard this.  I was just a kid in the late fifties, early sixties...never got the sound out of my head.  Clifford Scott's sound blew me away. What a groove... 

Bill Doggett out Philly one of the of the greatest instrumental ever recorded parts 1 & 2 have mercy baby

JUST PLAIN BEAUTIFUL, COMPLETE, NO RUSH, LIE BACK AND POP A TOP

After reading below, I left out another sponsor on WLAC. It was Randys Record Shop in Gallatin, Tn. These commercials put Gallatin, Tn on the map as one of the biggest record shops in the country. Gallatin is a small town with a big town reputation just because of WLAC radio.

Best instrumental of all time. The 50's personified.

let me take you back to 1956--as a teenager walking down the street in the summertime downtown hearing this played on almost every car radio, on every jukebox in every soda fountain and cafe. i call this the best instrumental ever recorded because i never get tired of listening to it, it sounds as fresh today as it did in 1956.