Raunchy

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Bill Justis
  UK 11 01/10/1958 (8 weeks)
  US 3 11/16/1957 (20 weeks)
Ernie Freeman
  DE 15th 03/08/1958 (6 weeks)
  US 12 11/16/1957 (18 weeks)
Billy Vaughn
  US 33 11/30/1957 (21 weeks)
Ken Mackintosh
  UK 19th 02/07/1958 (6 weeks)

Raunchy is an instrumental rock 'n' roll track , which was composed in May 1957 by saxophonist Bill Justis with guitarist Sidney Manker and which became a million seller .

History of origin

Raunchy reflects the "southern sound" and is based on a melody Justis heard in his youth in Birmingham , Alabama .

The play was on June 5, 1957 in the Sun Records - recording studios added. Sidney Manker played the catchy guitar riff , which was repeated four times, alternately with Justis on the tenor saxophone , who blew changing melodies. Roland Janes (guitar), Sid Lapworth (bass), James Van Eaton (drums) and Jimmy Wilson (piano) were accompanying musicians in the studio. What was remarkable about this recording was the riff and the then unorthodox way Manker played it. Most rock and country musicians played the strings on their guitars in the middle registers, while Manker played the bass strings on the guitar in the lower pitches of the fingerboard . As is often the case with Sun Records , producer Sam Phillips used the echo effect produced by tape recorders . Raunchy, which in the youth jargon of the time stood for "dissolute, naughty or indecent", hit the charts, became number one on the US R&B bestseller charts and reached number three in the top 100 and number two in the bestseller charts .

publication

Bill Justis - Raunchy

Raunchy was released in September 1957 by the newly founded subsidiary label Phillips International . The top spot was not retained by the original version by Justis and Manker, as a cover version by Ernie Freeman came on the market a short time later , which also reached number one on the R&B bestseller charts. In the Top 100 , Freeman's version came in twelfth. Regardless of this, the single Raunchy developed into a great sales success, because it exceeded the mark of one million records sold .

The instrumental piece became a classic in the repertoire of many guitarists and instrumental groups such as The Ventures (December 1960), Duane Eddy (1965) and The Shadows . Justis herself had only one success afterwards with the title College Man .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
  2. ↑ For this recording see: Colin Escott / Martin Hawkins: Good Rockin 'Tonight. Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll . New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991, pp. 163-165
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 322
  4. ↑ US catalog number Phillips 3519
  5. ↑ US catalog number: Imperial 5474
  6. ↑ Billboard Magazine, December 23, 1957, p. 45
  7. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 230
  8. ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, p. 108
  9. ↑ US catalog number Phillips 3522; the single reached number 42 in the top 100 .