Slow Down (Larry Williams song)

"Slow Down"
US picture sleeve
Single by Larry Williams
A-side"Dizzy, Miss Lizzy"
ReleasedMarch 1958 (1958-03)
RecordedSeptember 11, 1957
StudioMasters Records, Hollywood, California
GenreRock and roll
Length2:40
LabelSpecialty
Songwriter(s)Larry Williams
Larry Williams singles chronology
"Bony Moronie"
(1957) 		"Slow Down"
(1958) 		"Hootchy-Koo" / "The Dummy"
(1958)

"Slow Down" is a rock and roll song written and performed by Larry Williams. Recorded in 1957, AllMusic writer Stewart Mason describes it as "raucous enough to be punk rock nearly a full two decades before the concept was even in existence."[1] Specialty Records released it as a single in 1958, but only the second-side "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" reached the record charts.[2] Both songs were later covered by the Beatles.

  1. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Here's Larry Williams – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Top 100 Sides". Billboard. Vol. 70, no. 17. April 28, 1958. p. 32. ISSN 0006-2510.