Trouble - Great Performances

(words & music by leiber – stoller) If you’re looking for trouble You came to the right place If you’re looking for trouble Just look right in my face I was born standing up And talking back My daddy was a green-eyed mountain jack Because i’m evil, my middle name is misery Well i’m evil, […]

Treat Me Nice - Great Performances

(words & music by jerry leiber – mike stoller) When i walk through that door Baby be polite You’re gonna make me sore If you don’t greet me right Don’t you ever kiss me once, kiss me twice Treat me nice I know that you’ve been told It’s not fair to tease So if you […]

That’s All Right, Mama - Great Performances

(words & music by arthur crudup) Well, that’s all right, mama That’s all right for you That’s all right mama, just anyway you do Well, that’s all right, that’s all right. That’s all right now mama, anyway you do Mama she done told me, Papa done told me too ‘son, that gal your foolin’ with, […]

Teddy Bear - Great Performances

(words & music by mann-low) Baby let me be, Your lovin’ teddy bear Put a chain around my neck, And lead me anywhere Oh let me be Your teddy bear. I don’t wanna be a tiger Cause tigers play too rough I don’t wanna be a lion ’cause lions ain’t the kind You love enough. […]

Shake, Rattle And Roll/ Flip, Flop And Fly - Great Performances

(words & music by calhoun) Well get out of that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans Get out of that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans Well i want my breakfast ’cause i’m a hungry man I believe you’re doin’ me wrong and now i know I believe you’re doin’ me wrong and […]

Return To Sender - Great Performances

i gave a letter to the postman, He put it his sack. Bright in early next morning, He brought my letter back. She wrote upon it: Return to sender, address unknown. No such number, no such zone. We had a quarrel, a lover’s spat I write i’m sorry but my letter keeps coming back. So […]

Ready Teddy - Great Performances

(words & music by blackwell – marascaleo) Ready set go man go I got a gal that i love so I’m rea-dy rea-dy rea-dy teddy I’m rea-dy rea-dy rea-dy teddy I’m rea-dy rea-dy rea-dy teddy Rea-dy rea-dy rea-dy to Rock’n’roll Going down to the corner Pick up my sweetie pie She’s my rock’n’roll baby She’s […]

My Happiness - Great Performances

(words & music by peterson – bergantine) Evening shadows make me blue When each weary day is through How i long to be with you My happiness Every day i reminesce Dreaming of your tender kiss Always thinking how i miss My happiness A million years it seems Have gone by since we shared our […]

Memories - Great Performances

(words & music by bill strange – scott davis) Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind Memories, sweetened thru the ages just like wine Quiet thought come floating down And settle softly to the ground Like golden autumn leaves around my feet I touched them and they burst apart with sweet memories, Sweet memories […]

King Creole - Great Performances

(words & music by jerry leiber – mike stoller) There’s a man in new orleans Who plays rock and roll He’s a guitar man With a great big soul He lays down a beat Like a ton of coal He goes by the name of king creole You know he’s gone, gone, gone Jumpin’ like […]