2:57
single, 1954
Written by Charles Calhoun
High-spirited R&B with a sax break. Not quite doo-wop, but with a lot of "ooh-ooh" background vocals. The narrator of this song is the ultimate sad sack for whom life reserves all of its heaviest blows. He flashes a wad of dough at a fine chick, but she's not impressed. He tries to buy a Cadillac, but can't haggle with the dealer. He gets robbed and goes to jail fo public intoxication. At the end all he has is "a buffalo" (as in the nickel). He can't catch a break! But does he conclude from this that money is the root of all evil? No. "Your cash ain't nothin' but trash / But I'm sure gonna get me some more."
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