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The article states that the song was bowdlerized by Haley, but still retained its most " provocative sexual simile". Just in case anyone ever questions it, the line sung by Haley and Turner and everyone else who has ever sung the song,
refers to, on the one hand, the cyclopean nature of the male penis, and on the other hand, the frequently alleged "fishy" odor of the vagina. This later is also the source of the frequently heard blues cry, "I want some seafood, mama". Yours sincerely, Ortolan88 23:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Super kudos to whoever coded this:
Both Turner's and Haley's versions contain the double entendre "I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store."Both Turner's and Haley's versions contain the double entendre "I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store."
Ortolan88 ( talk) 22:53, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Big Joe's original version is not rock and roll. It certainly contains elements that are considered "rock n' roll" (though the whole "rock n' roll" thing was a shame and no such genre ever was created), but it is not by any means rock n' roll. It's jump blues. Any objections to me changing it? -- Bentonia School 09:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
The book by Dawson and Propes, now cited, states that Turner's version reached #22 on the pop charts. However, other sources don't seem to support this. Dave Marsh says that it "never made the pop charts", and Joel Whitburn, in Top R&B Singles 1942-1995, doesn't give a pop chart position for it either. So, we have conflicting - but in all cases usually reliable - sources. The definitive answer is presumably in Whitburn's Pop Hits 1940-1954 - which I don't have - or can be found by someone checking through all the online copies of Billboard for the second half of 1954. Can anyone shed any light on this? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 20:48, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
-- Bibliorock ( talk) 13:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
I deleted a factual error - a Bill Haley recording of the song was not used in the film clue. It is an impersonator recording in a similar style; I believe the singer is credited in the closing credits; there are no Bill Haley recordings used in that movie. It is possible an alternate recording of the song (not from 1954 as no alternate takes survive) appears in the sitcom Happy Days, but this has not been confirmed. 70.72.215.252 ( talk) 15:39, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
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The article states that the song was bowdlerized by Haley, but still retained its most " provocative sexual simile". Just in case anyone ever questions it, the line sung by Haley and Turner and everyone else who has ever sung the song,
refers to, on the one hand, the cyclopean nature of the male penis, and on the other hand, the frequently alleged "fishy" odor of the vagina. This later is also the source of the frequently heard blues cry, "I want some seafood, mama". Yours sincerely, Ortolan88 23:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Super kudos to whoever coded this:
Both Turner's and Haley's versions contain the double entendre "I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store."Both Turner's and Haley's versions contain the double entendre "I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store."
Ortolan88 ( talk) 22:53, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Big Joe's original version is not rock and roll. It certainly contains elements that are considered "rock n' roll" (though the whole "rock n' roll" thing was a shame and no such genre ever was created), but it is not by any means rock n' roll. It's jump blues. Any objections to me changing it? -- Bentonia School 09:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
The book by Dawson and Propes, now cited, states that Turner's version reached #22 on the pop charts. However, other sources don't seem to support this. Dave Marsh says that it "never made the pop charts", and Joel Whitburn, in Top R&B Singles 1942-1995, doesn't give a pop chart position for it either. So, we have conflicting - but in all cases usually reliable - sources. The definitive answer is presumably in Whitburn's Pop Hits 1940-1954 - which I don't have - or can be found by someone checking through all the online copies of Billboard for the second half of 1954. Can anyone shed any light on this? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 20:48, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
-- Bibliorock ( talk) 13:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
I deleted a factual error - a Bill Haley recording of the song was not used in the film clue. It is an impersonator recording in a similar style; I believe the singer is credited in the closing credits; there are no Bill Haley recordings used in that movie. It is possible an alternate recording of the song (not from 1954 as no alternate takes survive) appears in the sitcom Happy Days, but this has not been confirmed. 70.72.215.252 ( talk) 15:39, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
This article has been revised as part of a large-scale clean-up project of multiple article copyright infringement. Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously. 💵Money💵emoji💵 Talk💸 Help out at CCI! 16:46, 5 December 2019 (UTC)