2:54
single, 1953
Written by Ahmet Ertegün
Let's celebrate Juneteenth
This fast blues manages to include every single trope from early R&B songs about women. The titular heartbreaker went and left him, but "mean, mistreated too." Regrettably for modern sensibilities, she's "just a schoolgirl" and a "bobby-soxer," but "you sure know what to do." She's wearing a red dress, she's running all around, she broke his heart, he's going to put her in the ground. So lyrically it's not exactly top-tier poetry, but Charles' piano frills and his enthusiastic vocals give it a boost.
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