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"Flip, Flop and Fly" is a song recorded by Big Joe Turner in 1955. Called a "prototypical rocker", it was recorded by several early rock and roll performers.[1] In 1973, a version by the Downchild Blues Band reached the record singles chart in Canada.

"Flip, Flop and Fly"
Single by Big Joe Turner
B-side	"Ti-Ri-Lee"
Released	February 1955 (1955-02)
Recorded	New York City, January 28, 1955
Genre	Jump blues[citation needed]
Length	2:49
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Charles E. Calhoun Lou Willie Turner
Big Joe Turner singles chronology
"Well All Right" (1954) "Flip, Flop and Fly" (1955) "Hide and Seek" (1955)

Original song

"Flip, Flop and Fly" has an arrangement similar to Big Joe Turner's 1954 number 1 R&B chart hit "Shake, Rattle and Roll".[2] Music critic Cub Koda suggests that "leftover verses [from the 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' recording session] were then recycled into Turner's follow-up hit, 'Flip, Flop and Fly.'"[3] Both are up-tempo twelve-bar blues with a strong backbeat. "Flip, Flop and Fly" reached number 2 on Billboard magazine's R&B chart in 1955, less than one year after "Shake, Rattle and Roll".[4]

Accompanying Turner on vocals are the song's writer Jesse Stone on piano, Al Sears on tenor sax, Connie Kay on drums, and unidentified trumpet, alto sax, baritone sax, guitar, and bass players. Turner subsequently recorded several live versions of the song.

Other charting versions

In 1973, an rendition by the Canadian Downchild Blues Band reached number 35 on the RPM 100 singles chart.[5] It was their only hit and is included on their second album Straight Up (1974).[6]

References

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«Flip, Flop and Fly» — песня в стиле джамп-блюз, которую в 1955 году записал Биг Джо Тёрнер[1]. В книге All Music Guide to the Blues эту песню называют «прототипом песен в стиле рок» (англ. prototypical rocker)[2]. В США она достигла 2 места в чарте синглов в жанре ритм-н-блюз журнала «Билборд»[3].

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