Who sang the popular soul version of "See See Rider," which I believe was a hit in the late 1950's?
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Jerry Lee Lewis.
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This is the info I found Some hold that "cc" is a biking term, as in engine capacity, but this is false - the song is truly ancient, with early recorded versions by Ma Rainey (1924) and Big Bill Broonzy (1935). Chuck Willis (1957) had a popular version along with Elvis, and many people have covered it since. "See see rider" or "c c rider", is actually a blues metaphor for a sexual partner. But this most popular translation is not the original. Originally, it referred to the guitar hung on the back of the travelling bluesman. The word easy has different meanings for the female and male lover: applied to a woman it is an expression of admiration but applied to a male it usually carries the meaning of reckless and unfaithful. In one of Alan Lomax's collection of poems it says that C.C. means Calvary Corporal and that they had no female soldiers at that time (19th century). Well, the unknown songwriter even could be a woman singing this song to her soldier lover!
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C.C. Rider lyrics 1. Fats Domino (C.C. Rider) 2. Chuck Willis (C.C. Rider) 3. RAY CHARLES (C.C. Rider) 4. Elvis Presley (C.C. Rider) http://www.lyrics-top.com/artist-22455/C.C.-Rider.html I'd bet on the FAT MAN!
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Australian rock legend the late Billy Thorpe and the Aztec's
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