Music Video

Smack Dab in the Middle (feat. Joe Williams, the Count Basie Orchestra)
Watch Smack Dab in the Middle (feat. Joe Williams, the Count Basie Orchestra) on YouTube

Featured In

Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Count Basie
Count Basie
Klavier
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Künstler:in
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
Stimme und Gesang
Ed Jones
Ed Jones
Bass
Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
Schlagzeug
Freddie Green
Freddie Green
Gitarre
Bill Graham
Bill Graham
Holzblasinstrumente
Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
Holzblasinstrumente
Frank Foster
Frank Foster
Holzblasinstrumente
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
Holzblasinstrumente
Marshall Royal
Marshall Royal
Holzblasinstrumente
Benny Powell
Benny Powell
Posaune
Henry Coker
Henry Coker
Posaune
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
Trompete
Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
Trompete
Thad Jones
Thad Jones
Trompete
Wendell Culley
Wendell Culley
Trompete
Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes
Posaune
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Charles Calhoun
Charles Calhoun
Komponist:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Norman Granz
Norman Granz
Produzent:in

Lyrics

Pick me a town in any clime Where people like a rockin time And stay awake both day and night Till everybody's feelin good an' right Then throw me (smack dab in the middle) I wanna be (smack dab in the middle) Ahhhhh, smack dab in the middle, boys now So I can rock and roll to satisfy my soul Ten Cadillacs, a diamond mill Ten suits of clothes to dress to kill A ten room house, some Bar B Q And fifty chicks not over twenty-two Then throw me (smack dab in the middle) Oh, I wanna be (smack dab in the middle) Ahhhhh, now boys you can see why I wanna be smack dab in the middle now So I can rock and roll to satisfy my soul One hundred beds with girls A street that's paved with natural pearls A wagon load of bonds and stocks Then open up the door at Fort Knox Then throw me (smack dab in the middle) I wanna be (smack dab in the middle) Ahhhhh, now listen boys throw me Smack dab in the middle right now So Ray can rock and roll to satisfy his soul That's all right! A lot of bread and gangs of meat Oodles of butter and somethin sweet Gallons of coffee to wash it down Bicarbonated soda by the pound Then throw me (smack dab in the middle) I picture it (smack dab in the middle) Ah, throw me now, smack dab in the middle right now So I can rock and roll to satisfy my soul Alright!
Writer(s): Charles E Calhoun Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
instagramSharePathic_arrow_out