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This diary selects songs with the word ‘boom’ in the title. This is maybe too narrow of a theme, so any song that can be related to ‘boom’ songs will fit.
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wikis Boom Boom Chick a Boom Sh-Boom
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Boom Boom" is a song written by American blues singer and guitarist John lee Hooker and first recorded October 26, 1961. According to Hooker, he wrote the song during an extended engagement at the Apex Bar in Detroit.
I would never be on time [for the gig]; I always would be late comin' in. And she [the bartender Willa] kept saying, "Boom boom – you late again". Every night: "Boom, boom – you late again". I said "Hmm, that's a song!" ... I got it together, the lyrics, rehearsed it, and I played it at the place, and the people went wild.
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"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" is a song written by Janice Lee Gwin and Linda Martin and performed by Daddy Dewdrop. It was featured on his 1971 album, Daddy Dewdrop. The lyrics in the verses are spoken, rather than sung.
"Chick-A-Boom" reached number nine on the U.S. Billboard Pop Chart in 1971.
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"Sh-Boom" ("Life Could Be a Dream") is a doo-wop song by the R&B vocal group the Chords. It was written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and William Edwards, members of the Chords, and was released in 1954. It is sometimes considered the first doo-wop record to reach the top ten on the pop charts (as opposed to the R&B charts), as it was a top-10 hit that year for both the Chords (who first recorded the song) and the Crew-Cuts.
A later version was made by an all-white Canadian group, the Crew-Cuts (with the David Carroll Orchestra), and was No. 1 on the Billboard charts for nine weeks during August and September 1954. The single first entered the charts on July 30, 1954, and stayed for 20 weeks.
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Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker
Chick-a-Boom by Daddy Dewdrop
Sh-Boom by The Crew Cuts
