He modified the lyrics into the more suggestive 'Good golly, Miss Molly/You sure like to ball'. Little Richard first heard the phrase 'Good golly, Miss Molly' from a Southern DJ named Jimmy Pennick. The Deep Purple song ' Speed King' references the song (''Good Golly', said Little Miss Molly').Īn episode of Hannah Montana is titled 'Good Golly Miss Dolly' in a reference to this song. The song has also been covered by The Sonics on their album Here Are The Sonics and as well as by Screaming Lord Sutch. In the feature film King Ralph, John Goodman's title character played the song. The song is included on the Jerry Lee Lewis album Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, recorded in 1964. The song was covered on The Crests' first LP album, The Crests Sing All Biggies, in 1960. The song was also covered by the Meat Puppets on their album Out My Way. Instead of the result of the gift of a diamond ring being 'When she hugs me, her kissin' make me ting-a-ling-a-ling,' John Fogerty sang, 'Would you pardon me a kissin' and a ting-a-ling-a-ling?' Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would make 'Detroit Medley' a staple of their concerts' encores in the 1970s and 1980s one such performance is captured on the 1980 No Nukes album.Ĭreedence Clearwater Revival recorded the song in 1969 with slightly changed lyrics. In 1966, the song again became a hit when Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels recorded it in a medley with ' Devil with a Blue Dress On,' reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The British band The Swinging Blue Jeans skirted the UK Top 10 hitting #11 with their revival issued in early 1964 ( HMV Pop 1273). Almost 30 years later in 1988, it became a hit again for Guzman's daughter, Alejandra Guzmán, on her debut LP Bye Mama. It's considered one of the first rock in Spanish hits. It was recorded in 1959, and it was the first single of the band. In the early 1960s the song became a continental hit in Latin America performed by the Mexican band Los Teen Tops, whose lead singer was teen idol Enrique Guzman, and sung in Spanish under the title, 'La Plaga' ('The Plague'), which actually is a Mexican Spanish slang word referring to 'the gang' (as in the 'gang one hangs out with'). The song is ranked #94 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Like all his early hits, it quickly became a rock 'n' roll standard and has subsequently been coveredby hundreds of artists. Although the Valiants' version was released first, Little Richard had the hit, reaching #4. Although it was first recorded by Little Richard, Blackwell produced another version by The Valiants, who imitated Little Richard, but sang the song even faster. The song, a 12-bar blues, was written by John Marascalco and producer Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell. ' Good Golly Miss Molly' is a hit rock 'n' roll song first recorded in 1958 by the American musician Little Richard.

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