2:44
single, 1958
Written by Don Harris and Dewey Terry
Although R&B duo Don & Dewey did not have any hits of their own, many of their songs became hits for other artists. This piano-driven boogie, a rocker very much in the style of Little Richard, is gloriously fuzzy, with buzzy horns and the duo screaming every line and alternating the titular girls' name. The lyrics are the typical ribald-adjacent stuff of the era: "You just won't treat me right / You like to ball in the mornin' / Stay out late at night." This cut is unusual also in that about the first 40 seconds is studio chatter about what instruments to use in the recording ("don't need no piano!").
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