sk4260volt, Jul 12, 2010
at the apollo theatre
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of the 1954 R&B song "Lovey Dovey" record.
The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to The Clovers for their music. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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This post is part of an ongoing pancocojams series that showcases some examples of songs that include the words "If you don't like my peaches". Many examples of those songs include the words "If you don't like my peaches*, don't shake my tree". In some of those examples, that line may be followed by the line "Stay out of my orchard, and let my peaches be". The word "apple" may be substituted for the word "peaches" in some songs after the mid 1940s.
Also, click the "if you don't like my peaches, don't shake my tree" tag for other pancocojams posts in this series.
LYRICS - LOVEY DOVEY
(written by King Curtis & Ahmet Ertegun)
Well, you're the cutest thing that I did ever see
I really love your peaches, gonna shake your tree
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time
Lovey dovey, I can't get you out of my mind
Every time you kiss me you just thrill me so
So never, never, never, never let me go
Ooh baby, lovey dovey all the time
Lovey dovey, I can't get you out of my mind
I sigh with the feeling when you are near me
I'm high as the ceiling, oh baby, hear me
'Cause I'm saying that I love you, place none above you
Give it up, pretty mama, I can't wait because
My love is tumblin' down, I feel the mood
For you, my darlin', I would break my mama's rule
Oh baby, lovey dovey all the time
Lovey dovey, I can't get you out of my mind
The kiss and stealin' has got me fallin'
My head is reelin', my heart is rollin', baby
Never leave me, don't deceive me
[Incomprehensible] pretty mama, got to have you
'Cause I never, never knew the thrill of ecstasy
So tell me that it's gonna be just you and me
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time
Lovey dovey, I can't get you out of my mind
Online source - https://genius.com/The-clovers-lovey-dovey-lyrics
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLOVERS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clovers
"The Clovers are an American rhythm and blues/doo-wop vocal
group who became one of the biggest selling acts of the 1950s.[1] They had a
top 30 US hit in 1959 with the Leiber and Stoller song "Love Potion No.
9".
History
1946 to 1960
The group was formed at Armstrong High School, Washington, D.C., in 1946 by Harold Lucas (baritone), Billy Shelton and Thomas Woods.[2] Initially a trio, they expanded to a quartet with the addition of John "Buddy" Bailey (lead) and began calling themselves The Four Clovers. Billy Shelton was replaced by Matthew McQuater (tenor) in 1948. As The Four Clovers, the group started to appear at local amateur music shows including the WWDC amateur hour show hosted by Jack Lowe Endler[3] at the Republic Theatre. This brought them to the attention of a wider audience including Harold Winley (bass) who, after hearing them on WWDC, decided to introduce himself to the group.[4] By the end of 1948 Woods had been replaced by Winley. An introduction to Lou Krefetz, a record sales distributor who became their manager, led to their first recording session for New York's Rainbow Records and the release of one single in November 1950, "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" / "When You Come Back to Me".[2] By the end of 1950 Bill Harris (b. 14 April 1925, Nashville, Tennessee)[1] had joined as their guitarist; his blues- and jazz-inflected playing would become an integral part of their sound. Krefetz then brought them to the attention of Atlantic Records, which signed them in February 1951.[2]
The Clovers were immediately booked by the Shaw Artists agency to perform at the Apollo Theater in Harlem starting on 15 February.[2] A week later, on 22 February, they went into the studio for their first recording session for Atlantic, which included the Ahmet Ertegun composition "Don't You Know I Love You"; that song, backed with the standard "Skylark", was their first top-ten R&B hit for the label and remained on the R&B chart for five months.[5][6] Their second recording session resulted in the release of "Fool, Fool, Fool" in August 1951, which by September had reached #1 on the R&B chart.[2] The Clovers' lead vocalist, Buddy Bailey, was drafted into the army at the end of August 1951 and John Phillip was brought in to replace him. Philip was soon replaced by Charlie White (b. 1930, Washington, DC), who had been in the vocal groups The Dominoes and The Checkers.[1]
The tracks "One Mint Julep" (written by Rudy Toombs)[7] and the Ertegun composition "Middle of the Night" (originally released as a 10" vinyl single)[8] were both top ten hits on the R&B chart of May 1952.[9] Their next release, "Ting-A-Ling", peaked at #2 on the Billboard R&B chart (September 1952) and reached #1 on the Billboard Juke Box R&B chart.[10] They followed up this early success with a string of R&B hits, including "Hey Miss Fannie" / "I Played The Fool" (released October 1952),[11] "Good Lovin'" (top ten R&B hit November 1953)[12] and "Little Mama" / "Lovey Dovey" (recorded September 1953 with Charlie White on lead vocals).[13]
By
the end of 1953 White had been replaced by Billy Mitchell.[1] Buddy Bailey was
discharged from the army in May 1954 and rejoined the group. The releases
"I've Got My Eyes on You" and "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But
Trash" (with Billy Mitchell on lead vocals) featured in the top 30
best-selling R&B records of 1954, with "Lovey Dovey" proving to
be the most successful Clovers release of that year.[14]"...
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIuUmyNL1iE
These comments are given in relative chronological order except for replies. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
1. @ekmekhanes< 2011
" "I really love your peaches wanna shake your tree /
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time."
now where have I heard that before..."
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2. @oclock57, 2019
"KelMaster Construction
Ertegun sued Miller for copyright infringement and won. Ertegun, is now
listed as one of the writers of the song
The Joker."
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joker_(Steve_Miller_Band_song) for information about the American rock band's 1973 song "The Joker". Also, click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV3AziKTBUo for the official Yube video of that song.
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3. @cuppajoe1, 2013
"The lyrics were too suggestive to play on the radio way back
in the '50's. Times change. "
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4. @helenalexander431, 2018
"dont remember it being too suggestive to play on radio"
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5. @TomParmenter, 2021
"I listened to R&B radio in the south. We heard it it all, "Work With Me
Annie", "Annie Had a Baby", hell yeah!"
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6. @sauquoit13456, 2018
"On this day in 1954 {March 25th} The Clovers' "Lovey
Dovey" peaked at #2 {for 5 weeks} on Billboard's R&B Best-Sellers in
Stores chart, the #1 record for those 5 weeks was "You'll Never Walk
Alone" by Roy Hamilton...
And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the rest of
the Top 10 was:
At #3. "Things That I Used To Do" by Guitar Slim
#4. "I Didn't Want To Do It" by The Spiders
#5. "Such A Night" by Clyde McPhatter
#6. "Gee" by The Crows
#7. "It Should've Been Me" by Ray Charles
#8. "Little Mama" by The Clovers
#9. "Darling Dear" by The Counts
#10. "You Done Me Wrong" by Fats Domino
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7. @shawn5260, 2019
"NO Steve Miller did not steal this lyric. The phrase about loving peaches/tree shaking
orginates in the 1920's with Besse Smith some time in the mid 1920s' Elmore James the Blues great used in 1n 1959
also. Again used in 1960 by Lonnie Johnson. It appears in another classic blues song
"sitting on top of the world"
In fact the earliest we find it is
Irving Berlin in May 1914 in an unpublished song and it probably goes
back before then. Then of course there
is all the :"shake your money maker" versions. Steve Miller didnt steal anything. I would
say he just borrowed like many other who predate the great Clovers."
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Click ___ for my comment about Irving Berlin's 1914 'If you don't want my peaches stop shaking my tree".
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8. @ACOUSTIC_4LOVE, 2021
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9. @Stray7, 2022
"If they'd just stuck to that, they might have gotten away
with it, too, but they just had to toss in "lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey,
lovey dovey all the time..." to really cement the influence... "
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