| "Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)" | |
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| Single by The Chords | |
| B-side | "Little Maiden" |
| Released | 1954 |
| Recorded | March 15, 1954 |
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| Length | 2:33 |
| Label | Cat Records |
| Songwriter(s) | James Keyes, Claude Feaster & Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and William Edwards |
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| "Sh-Boom" on YouTube | |
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| Single by The Crew-Cuts | ||||
| B-side | "I Spoke Too Soon" | |||
| Released | 1954 | |||
| Recorded | 1954 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop, Doo-Wop | |||
| Length | 2:43 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | James Keyes, Claude Feaster & Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and William Edwards | |||
| The Crew-Cuts singles chronology | ||||
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| "Sh-Boom" on YouTube | ||||
"Sh-Boom" ("Life Could Be a Dream") is an early doo-wop song by the R&B vocal group The Chords. It was written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and William Edwards, members of The Chords, and published in 1954. It is sometimes considered the first doo-wop or rock 'n' roll record to reach the top ten on the pop charts (as opposed to the R&B charts), as it was a top-10 hit that year for both the Chords (who first recorded the song) and The Crew-Cuts.[1] In 2004, it was ranked No. 215 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time".[2]
- ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 4 - The Tribal Drum: The rise of rhythm and blues. [Part 2]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
- ^ "Rolling Stone - 500 Greatest Songs (Music Database :: Dave Tompkins)". cs.uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-19.