Raunchy (instrumental)

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"Raunchy"
US single
Single by Bill Justis
from the album Cloud 9
B-side"The Midnite Man"
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1957 (1957-09-23)
GenreRock and roll
Length2:20
LabelPhillips International
Songwriter(s)Bill Justis, Sidney Manker
Producer(s)Sam Phillips
Bill Justis singles chronology
"Raunchy" / "The Midnite Man"
(1957) 		"Bop Train" / "String of Pearls - Cha Hot Cha"
(1958)
Audio sample
"Raunchy"

"Raunchy" is an instrumental by American rock and roll artist Bill Justis, co-written with Sidney Manker and produced by Sam Phillips.[1] The tune, from the album Cloud 9, was released as a single on the record label Phillips International Records, a sub-label of Sun Records, on September 23, 1957.[2]

History

"Raunchy" is one of the first rock songs to use the "twangy" lead guitar effect, which was later developed by others and became common for several years following its first appearance.[3]

In 1958, a then fourteen-year-old George Harrison performed it for John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the top deck of a bus in Liverpool, and was so note-perfect that Lennon decided, despite earlier reservations about Harrison's age, to let him into his band the Quarrymen, which later became the Beatles.[4][5]

Other versions

Justis recorded another rendition of the tune in 1962, in stereo and with considerably different guitar, for his album Bill Justis Plays 12 More Big Instrumental Hits.[6] He recorded it once more in 1969, for his album Raunchy & Other Great Instrumentals.

Competing with Justis's release in 1957 were renditions by

R&B singles chart, and No. 11 on the Country singles chart in 1958.[9]

Justis' version charted in the UK in 1958 at No. 11, beating an interpretation by Ken Mackintosh which charted at No. 23.[10]

Soon after the hit, guitarist

Rebel Rouser" in 1958; he later made a recording of "Raunchy" for the RCA Records
album Twangin' the Golden Hits in 1965.

The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus released a version as the B-side to their 1967 single "It's Such a Pretty World Today".[11]

"Raunchy" has been recorded by many artists, including

the Incredible Bongo Band.[citation needed
]

Years later, while working on the

Beatles Anthology project in 1994, the three surviving Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr) played the tune during a jam session, it having been the song that landed George a spot in the early version of the group.[12]

Chart positions

Bill Justis 1962 version
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See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-135-46296-3
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  2. ISBN 9780904619003
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  3. ISBN 978-0-8230-7639-0
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  4. ISBN 978-1-84836-752-4
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  5. ISBN 978-0-7432-5378-9
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  6. AllMusic
    . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  7. ISBN 978-0-7890-0489-5
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  8. ISBN 978-0-936433-07-3
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  9. ^
    AllMusic
    . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 30 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  11. ^ "The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus, "It's Such a Pretty World Today" Single Release". 45cat.com. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  12. ISBN 978-0-313-39172-9
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  13. ^
    AllMusic
    . Retrieved September 26, 2015.
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