Rock-a-Billy (song) explained

Rock-a-Billy
Type:	single
Artist:	Guy Mitchell
B-Side:	Hoot Owl
Released:	March 11, 1957
Recorded:	March 7, 1957
Studio:	Columbia Recording Studio A, New York City
Genre:	Rockabilly
Length:	2:10
Label:	Columbia Records
Prev Title:	Knee Deep in the Blues
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	In the Middle of a Dark, Dark Night
Next Year:	1957

"Rock-a-Billy" is a popular song by Woody Harris and Eddie V. Deane, published in 1957. The song was popularized by Guy Mitchell in 1957.

Chart performance

Mitchell's recording (released as Columbia Records catalog number 40877)^[1] reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States,^[2] and No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for one week in May 1957.^[3] ^[4]

Billie Anthony also did a version of this song (Columbia Records – 45-DB 3935); album EMI presents the magic of Billie Anthony (EMI Gold – 7243 5 31996 2 3).

Web site: COLUMBIA Records (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 40500 - 41000 . 78discography.com . 2014-04-03.
Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 581.
Book: Rice , Jo . 1982. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits. 1st. Guinness Superlatives Ltd . Enfield, Middlesex. 31. 0-85112-250-7.
Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 71.