bob seger sang give me that old time rock and roll.
bob seger sang give me that old time rock and roll.
who sang give me that old time rock and roll?
bob seger
"old time rock and roll" is a song written by george jackson and thomas e. jones iii, and recorded by bob seger for his 1978 album "stranger in town." it was also released as a single in 1979. it is a sentimentalized look back at the music of the original rock 'n' roll era. the song gained renewed popularity after being featured in the 1983 film "risky business". it has since become a standard in popular music and was ranked number two on the amusement & music operators association's survey of the top 40 jukebox singles of all time in 1996. it was also listed as one of the songs of the century in 2001 and ranked no. 100 in the american film institute's 100 years...100 songs poll in 2004 of the top songs in american cinema.
old time rock and roll
the muscle shoals rhythm section, who often backed seger in his studio recordings, sent seger a demo of the song during the recording of "stranger in town". he said in 2006 (and also on the "stranger in town" episode of the us radio show "in the studio with redbeard" a few years earlier):all i kept from the original was: ""old time rock and roll, that kind of music just soothes the soul, i reminisce about the days of old with that old time rock and roll"". i rewrote the verses and i never took credit. that was the dumbest thing i ever did. and tom jones (thomas e. jones) and george jackson know it, too. but i just wanted to finish the record ["stranger in town"]. i rewrote every verse you hear except for the choruses. i didn't ask for credit. my manager said: "you should ask for a third of the credit." and i said: "nah. nobody's gonna like it." i'm not credited on it so i couldn't control the copyright either. meanwhile it got into a hardee's commercial because i couldn't control it. oh my god, it was awful!"
old time rock and roll