Another Sleepless Night - Jimmy Clanton

Another Sleepless Night - Jimmy Clanton
2:12
Jimmy's Blue, 1960
Written by Neil Sedaka

Apparently Clanton is the king of "swamp pop," a genre I had never heard of until now; it's a pop influenced by Cajun country and rhythm and blues.  However, I hear very little of that in this particular track, which is a pretty straightforward late-1950s style teen heartthrob pop.  There's a faint Fats Domino swing to it, but not enough to put this in its own genre.  Anyway, it's a lost love song.  "Shadows fall, and I recall / The love that you once had for me."  Simple but touching lyrics by Sedaka.  And a quick peek into the studio by way of a few phrases of studio banter at the beginning.  Did they sneak an H-bomb in there on the original pressing?