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Bill Haley's Chicks, 1959
Written by Cayet Mangiaracina
The narrator bemoans the fact that he has been thrown over by the titular chick. "And all this time I used to / Be your golden rooster / But now I can see that we are through." Terrific early rock 'n' roll guitar and a buzzy sax keep the song bumping along. The album this song is from is an early example of a theme album — all the tracks have women's names. This song is a cover, originally recorded by a forgotten band called Sparks in 1957 (although it was originally spelled "Merry, Merry Lou." Interestingly, Rick Nelson's huge hit "Hello Mary Lou," written by Gene Pitney, was the subject of a plagiarism suit by the record label that owned this song
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