Gene Vincent - Story Of The Rockers lyrics

It started out with Haley's Comets A-rockin' round the clock Well, then along came Presley With some hillbilly rock now Mix it in with Carl Perkins Chuck Berry when he's workin' And Little Richard out of Macon Inspired Jerry Lee to shakin' Slow down the tempo with the Fat Man Bring back the rhythm with Bo's band Don and Phil and Eddie Cochran And Buddy Holly kept a-rockin' And that's the story of the rockers Yeah, who kept on dancin' Everybody was movin' And it looked so fine Yeah, you could feel the emotion As you looked around Sock it to me, rockers Roll it down the line Jump back down to Philly For a daily Bandstand Rock At The Hop with Danny's Juniors The Stroll was very hot, now Rydell, Cannon and Dion sang While Eddy's Rebels twanged on Well, soon the world a-started twistin' With the Checker dance The Four Seasons sang Sherry While Barry Gordy shopped the Champs Ike and Tina and a-Uncle Ray Along with Shannon's Runaway And that's the story of the rockers Who kept us dancin' Everybody was movin' And it felt so fine Yeah, you could feel the emotion As you looked around Sock it to me, rockers Roll it down the line The West Coast started surfin' With the Beach Boy band Jan and Dean and the Surfaris Spread the songs throughout the land And soon the Beatles from a-Liverpool Electrified, began to rule Roll out the Stones with Satisfaction Mix in a bit of blues reaction Byrds and Spoonful got in motion With their lit up good time notion Otis Redding and Revue Young Rascals attitude And that's the story of the rockers Yeah, who kept us dancin' Everybody was movin' And it felt so fine Yeah, you could feel the emotion As you looked around Sock it to me, rockers Roll it down the line Hear me now Chuck Willis, Lord Old Sam Cooke Sock it to me, yeah Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen, Lloyd Price Hey don't touch that dial, I ain't through I forgot somebody Bobby Darin, Larry Williams, The Blue Caps Here we go