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Bony Moronie

"Bony Moronie"
Single by Larry Williams
B-side "You Bug Me Baby"
Released 1957
Format 7" single
Genre Rock and roll
Label Specialty 615 (U.S.)
London HLU 8532 (UK)
Songwriter(s) Larry Williams
Larry Williams singles chronology
"Short Fat Fannie"
(1957)
"Bony Moronie"
(1957)
"Dizzy, Miss Lizzy"
(1958)
"Short Fat Fannie"
(1957)
"Bony Moronie"
(1957)
"Dizzy, Miss Lizzy"
(1958)

"Bony Moronie" was the third single by Larry Williams, released in 1957.

Williams' original peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #4 on the U.S. R&B chart. Since then the song has been covered many times.

Several early rock singers recorded their own versions of the song, notably Johnny Burnette, The Standells and Bill Haley. Dick Dale and his Deltones included a version on their 1965 album Rock Out With Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Live At Ciro's. Among others who have used the song are The Cyrkle on their 1966 debut album, Red Rubber Ball, Joni Mitchell during her 1970 concert in Amchitka for Greenpeace, pairing the song with Big Yellow Taxi in a medley.The Who included a 1971 live performance on their 1994 compilation Thirty Years of Maximum R&B; Dr. Feelgood included it on their 1974 album Down by the Jetty; Johnny Winter included it on his 1974 album "Saints and Sinners" and on his 1975 album 'Captured Live!; Showaddywaddy and Julie Covington recorded for the 1977 Amnesty International benefit show The Mermaid Frolics. In 1975, a cover of the song by Australian band Hush was a number one single on the Australian charts.


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