the song hot rod lincoln came out in 1955.
the song hot rod lincoln came out in 1955.
when did the song hot rod lincoln come out?
1955
"hot rod lincoln" is a song by american singer-songwriter charlie ryan, first released in 1955. it was written as an answer song to arkie shibley's 1951 hit "hot rod race" which describes a race in san pedro, los angeles between two hot rod cars, a ford and a mercury, which stay neck-and-neck until both are overtaken by "a kid in a hopped-up model a". "hot rod lincoln" is sung from the perspective of this third driver, whose own hot rod is a ford model a body with a lincoln-zephyr v12 engine, overdrive, a four-barrel carburetor, 4:11 gear ratio, and safety tubes.
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a 1971 version, by country rock band commander cody and his lost planet airmen on their album "lost in the ozone", became the most successful version of "hot rod lincoln", reaching no. 9 on the "billboard" hot 100, no. 28 adult contemporary, no. 7 in canada, and was ranked no. 69 on the u.s. "billboard" year-end hot 100 singles of 1972.









































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in addition to johnny bond and commander cody and his lost planet airmen, many other artists have recorded of "hot rod lincoln" in the decades since its original release, including:









































bullet::::- pat travers, on "pat travers" (1976)
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