Crazy Man Crazy:Bill Haley And His Comets.
#11 on Cash Box and #12 on Billboard on the
ESSEX Label in 1953.
( It s notable as the first recognized rock and roll
recording to appear on the national American musical
charts. It s also believed to be the first rock and roll
recording to be played on national television in the USA.)
INTRO:
Crazy, man, crazy..crazy, man, crazy..
crazy, man, crazy..man, that music s gone, gone..
I said..crazy, man, crazy..crazy, man, crazy..
crazy, man, crazy..man that music s gone, gone.
#1.
When I go out and I want a treat..I find me a
band with a solid beat.
I take my chick and we dance about..when they
start rockin , boy, we start to shout..(We shout!)
CHORUS:
Crazy, man, crazy..crazy, man, crazy..
crazy, man, crazy..man, that music s gone, gone..
BRIDGE:
Go, go, go, everybody..go, go, go, everybody..
go, go, go everybody..go, go, go, go, go, go!
(INTERLUDE:)
CHORUS:
Crazy, man, crazy..crazy, man, crazy..
crazy, man, crazy..man, that music s gone, gone..
I said..crazy, man, crazy..crazy, man, crazy..
crazy, man, crazy..man that music s gone, gone..
#2.
They play it soft and they play it strong..
they play it wild and they play it long.
They just keep playing till the break of day..
to keep them rockin all you gotta say is..
CHORUS:
Crazy, man, crazy..crazy, man, crazy..
crazy, man, crazy..man, that music s gone, gone..
OUTRO:
Go, go, go, everybody..go, go, go, everybody..
go, go, go everybody..go, go, go, go, go, go! (Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.