Juke Joint Johnny - Lattie Moore

Juke Joint Johnny - Lattie Moore
2:04
single, 1952
Written by Lattie Moore

This song is an early rockabilly, leaning heavily on the honky honk hillbilly side — it's a lot more Lefty Frizzell than Eddie Cochran.  It's where Hank Williams and Jerry Lee Lewis meet, all bending guitar lines and metronome percussion.  In the song, the narrator boasts about dancing and playing and juking and scoring (with the ladies).  Despite the title, Moore doesn't say "juke joint" except in the chorus; he says "juke box" throughout.  "Cause I'm a juke box Johnny, yeah now watch me go / Well I'm a juke box Johnny and baby you're steppin' too slow."