Deal Me a Hand
"Deal Me a Hand" | ||||
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Single by Bill Haley and the Saddle Men | ||||
B-side | "Ten Gallon Stetson" | |||
Released | 1950 | |||
Recorded | 1950 | |||
Studio | WPWA Studio, Chester, Pennsylvania | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:01 | |||
Label | Keystone | |||
Songwriter(s) | Artie Clark | |||
Bill Haley and the Saddle Men singles chronology | ||||
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"Deal Me a Hand" is the first single recorded and released by Bill Haley and the Saddle Men, who would later achieve fame under the name Bill Haley & His Comets. The song was composed by Artie Clark and featured "Ten Gallon Stetson" as the B-side. The single did not chart, but it paved the way for more successful endeavors by the group on the Essex label. The song was never reissued until it appeared on the Bear Family Records compilation The Real Birth Of Rock 'n' Roll in 2006.
Background
"Deal Me a Hand" marked the first single released since the partnership was forged between the founding members of the Saddlemen – Bill Haley, Billy Williamson, and Johnny Grande. This group follows Haley's previous endeavor, "Bill Haley and the 4 Aces of Western Swing". Rounding out the recording session was Joe Piccirilli on bass, who would assist the band as a session player. When offered a full-time position in the band, Piccirilli declined, but recommended his brother Al Rex for the position. Rex would go on to be mainstay in the Saddlemen and the Comets.
The Saddlemen were originally signed to Ed Wilson's Keystone Records, a small Philadelphia independent publisher. Haley would go on to release one more record on the label, "Susan Van Dusan" b/w "I'm Not to Blame".[1]
The single's B-side, "Ten Gallon Stetson" marked the first collaboration between Haley and songwriter James E. Myers (credited as Jimmy DeKnight). Haley would go on to record many more Myers compositions, the most successful being "Rock Around the Clock".
Personnel
- Bill Haley – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Billy Williamson – steel guitar
- Johnny Grande – accordion
- Joe Piccirilli – bass[2]
References
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- Bill Haley
- Joey Ambrose
- Franny Beecher
- Danny Cedrone
- Johnny Grande
- Ralph Jones
- Marshall Lytle
- Rudy Pompilli
- Al Rex
- Dick Richards
- Billy Williamson
- Rock 'n Roll Stage Show
- Rockin' the Oldies
- Rockin' Around the World
- Bill Haley's Chicks
- Strictly Instrumental
- Bill Haley and His Comets
- Haley's Juke Box
- Rock with Bill Haley and the Comets
- Shake, Rattle and Roll
- Rock Around the Clock
- Rockin' the Joint
- "Deal Me a Hand"
- "Rocket 88"
- "Jukebox Cannonball"
- "Rock the Joint"
- "Real Rock Drive"
- "Crazy Man, Crazy"
- "Fractured"
- "Live It Up"
- "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
- "Rock Around the Clock"
- "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
- "Birth of the Boogie"
- "Two Hound Dogs"
- "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie"
- "See You Later, Alligator"
- "R-O-C-K"
- "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy"
- "Rudy's Rock"
- "Rip It Up"
- "Don't Knock the Rock"
- "Skinny Minnie"
- "Corrine, Corrina"
- "I Got a Woman"
- "Charmaine"
- "Joey's Song"
- "Skokiaan"
- "Music! Music! Music!"
- "La Paloma"
- "Yakety Sax"
- "Green Door"
- "Land of a Thousand Dances"
- "Me and Bobby McGee"
- Discography
- Rock Around the Clock (film)
- Don't Knock the Rock