Saturday Night Fish Fry

Saturday Night Fish Fry is a rhythm-and - blues song, written by Louis Jordan and Lawrence Walsh. The most famous version is that of Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five from the year 1949. The first recording of the song was by Eddie Williams and His Brown Buddies and was intended as a successor to their hit single Broken Hearted, but came Louis Jordan version to market sooner.

Text

The song is written in the first person form and tells the story of two musicians who participate in a Saturday Fish Fry in the Rampart Street in New Orleans. The party apparatus is out of control and the police. In the end, the narrator ends up for a night in jail and he says that anyone who wants to have a thumb to the eye, it needs to be mentioned against Fish Fry only.

Louis Jordan adds to the original version after each verse or a chorus one, he sings twice. ( " And what it rockin ', what it rocking, you never seen seeking scuffling and shuffling ' til the break of dawn ").

Music

Unlike the original version, the pace is faster and more from the Shuffle version is a boogie -woogie arrangement. Since the recording was too long for a conventional 78rpm single, it was divided into two parts and released on a single.

Chart success and distinction

The song was twelve weeks at the top of the R & B charts and also a veritable hit in the national pop charts, which at this time was a major exception for " Race Music".

The song is on the list of 500 songs did shaped rock and roll rock and roll hall of fame.

Cover versions (selection)

Aftermath

  • The radio station WHRV in Norfolk, Virginia, called their jazz program on Saturday night after this song.
  • The English actor and writer Stephen Fry adapted the song title in a play on words and named his BBC comedy show of 1988 Saturday Night Fry.
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