| "Woo-Hoo" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by The Rock-A-Teens | |
| from the album Woo Hoo | |
| B-side | "Untrue" |
| Released | 1959 |
| Recorded | 1959 |
| Genre | Rockabilly |
| Length | 2:10 |
| Label | Roulette |
| Songwriter(s) | George Donald McGraw |
"Woo Hoo" is a rockabilly song, credited to Roanoke, Virginia country music DJ, Dick Moran, and music store DORAN records. It was later purchased and released by George Donald McGraw and The Rock-A-Teens in 1959.[1][2]
It is also the title track of The Rock-A-Teens 1959 album featuring the songs: "Woo Hoo"; "Doggone It Baby"; "I'm Not Afraid"; "That's My Mama"; "Dance to the Bop"; "Story of a Woman"; "Twangy"; "Janis Will Rock"; "Pagan"; "Lotta Boppin'"; "Oh My Nerves"; and "I Was Born to Rock".
- ^ Pete Crigler Keeping It Tight in the Old Dominion 2010 p5 "By 1959, they'd started playing dances around the area when they auditioned for a local label owner named George McGraw. McGraw was ... When McGraw renamed the song "Woo Hoo," it became an immediate hit. When the song was ..."
- ^ Galen Gart -First Pressings: The History of Rhythm and Blues (1959) 9 2002 p114 "The disk, which has been kicking up some action in the Virginia area, was cut by George D. McGraw, who owns Doran, a division of Mart Records, Salem, Va. McGraw, who also wrote "Woo-Hoo," sold a master ("Happy Birthday Jesus" by Little ..."