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From '' Tree Top Tall ''
Label: B & C Records – CAS 1001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: May 1969
Tracklist
A1 House Of Blue Lights '69
A2 Wabash Blues
A3 Kansas City
A4 Born To Lose
A5 Texas In My Soul
A6 Bring Me Sunshine
B1 Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall
B2 Release Me
B3 Let The Good Times Roll
B4 She Won't Let Me Forget Her
B5 Wabash Cannonball
B6 Little Green Apples
Notes
Silver on black B&C label, a subsidiary of Charisma, front laminated picture sleeve.
Month of release information from Record Collector Magazine May 1994 p.242
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"Let the Good Times Roll" is a song that was recorded by Shirley and Lee in 1956.
The song was written by the duo, Shirley Goodman (later Shirley Pixley) and Leonard Lee.
Chart performance
By September 8, 1956, the Shirley & Lee recording had climbed to number 20 in the US chart, and a 1960 re-recording went to number 47.
Background
The song has a strong steady beat provided by prolific studio drummer Earl Palmer.
Notable cover versions
Roy Orbison covered the song in 1965; it was included on his album Orbisongs and released as a single in 1966, peaking at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. Orbison's version features Nashville session musician Charlie McCoy on harmonica.
Bunny Sigler covered it as a medley along with the song "Feel So Good", peaking at number 20 on the Top Selling R&B Singles chart and number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 (1967).
Harry Nilsson covered it on his 1971 album ''Nilsson Schmilsson''.
English rock band Slade covered it on their 1972 album Slayed? and released it as a single in the US in 1973. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100.
Popular culture
"Let the Good Times Roll" has appeared on numerous compilation albums, and features in the films Apocalypse Now, Stand By Me, October Sky, A Father for Brittany, Nobody, and Manchester by the Sea, as well as the trailer for the film The Monkey.
Commercial usage
The song appears in a 2018 TV commercial for Walmart.
From '' Tree Top Tall ''
Label: B & C Records – CAS 1001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: May 1969
Tracklist
A1 House Of Blue Lights '69
A2 Wabash Blues
A3 Kansas City
A4 Born To Lose
A5 Texas In My Soul
A6 Bring Me Sunshine
B1 Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall
B2 Release Me
B3 Let The Good Times Roll
B4 She Won't Let Me Forget Her
B5 Wabash Cannonball
B6 Little Green Apples
Notes
Silver on black B&C label, a subsidiary of Charisma, front laminated picture sleeve.
Month of release information from Record Collector Magazine May 1994 p.242
------------------------
"Let the Good Times Roll" is a song that was recorded by Shirley and Lee in 1956.
The song was written by the duo, Shirley Goodman (later Shirley Pixley) and Leonard Lee.
Chart performance
By September 8, 1956, the Shirley & Lee recording had climbed to number 20 in the US chart, and a 1960 re-recording went to number 47.
Background
The song has a strong steady beat provided by prolific studio drummer Earl Palmer.
Notable cover versions
Roy Orbison covered the song in 1965; it was included on his album Orbisongs and released as a single in 1966, peaking at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. Orbison's version features Nashville session musician Charlie McCoy on harmonica.
Bunny Sigler covered it as a medley along with the song "Feel So Good", peaking at number 20 on the Top Selling R&B Singles chart and number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 (1967).
Harry Nilsson covered it on his 1971 album ''Nilsson Schmilsson''.
English rock band Slade covered it on their 1972 album Slayed? and released it as a single in the US in 1973. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100.
Popular culture
"Let the Good Times Roll" has appeared on numerous compilation albums, and features in the films Apocalypse Now, Stand By Me, October Sky, A Father for Brittany, Nobody, and Manchester by the Sea, as well as the trailer for the film The Monkey.
Commercial usage
The song appears in a 2018 TV commercial for Walmart.
