| "Speedoo" | ||||
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| Single by The Cadillacs | ||||
| from the album The Fabulous Cadillacs | ||||
| B-side | "Let Me Explain" | |||
| Released | October 1955 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:27 | |||
| Label | Josie | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Esther Navarro | |||
| The Cadillacs singles chronology | ||||
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"Speedoo" is a song written by Esther Navarro and performed by The Cadillacs featuring the Jesse Powell Orchestra. It reached number 3 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 17 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955.[2] The song was featured on their 1957 album, The Fabulous Cadillacs.[3] The lead vocal was by Earl Carroll.
Lyrically, the song tells of Mister Earl who acquired the nickname "Speedoo" because, when it comes to his pursuit of pretty girls, "he don't believe in wastin' time" and "he don't never take it slow".
The song was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[4]
- ^ Pitzonka, Bill (2001). "Crazy Elephant". In Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (eds.). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Los Angeles: Feral House. p. 60.
- ^ "The Cadillacs, "Speedoo" Chart Positions". Musicvf.com. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ "The Cadillacs, The Fabulous Cadillacs". Discogs.com. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.