Juke Box Saturday Night by Nino & The Ebb Tides

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Hit Me Again -- "Juke Box Saturday Night" (1961 and 1942)
This song told the story of kids having fun when cash is in short supply, making a coke last all night and listening to their favorite hits. Both versions feature parody clips of the current generation's popular artists. The Glenn Miller version lampoons Harry James and The Ink Spots, for example, and the one by Nino & The Ebb Tides parodies The Monotones and The Silhouettes.

Nino & The Ebb Tides (1961)
Nino & The Ebb Tides were a vocal quartet from The Bronx, NY. They started singing together in 1956 and had a couple of minor hits. In 1961, they covered the Glenn Miller tune "Juke Box Saturday Night," updating the "swingaroo" references to the newer doo wop, rock and roll artists. Although the record only reached #57 nationally, it was a hit in regional areas, including New York City, and is considered by many to be a classic.

Here are the lyrics:

"Moppin' up soda pop rickeys
To our heart's delight
Rockin' and rollin' my baby
Jukebox Saturday night

Domino, Checker and Presley
Help to make things bright
Rockin' and rollin' my baby
Jukebox Saturday night
Oh-oh Jukebox Saturday night

They sing nothin' to us
Me and Barbara Ann
Making one Coke do us
Till it's time to scram

Money well we really don't need it
We'll make out alright
Lettin' the other guy feed that
Jukebox Saturday night
Oh-oh Jukebox Saturday night

Sippin' a soda we got a scheme
Somebody else plays the record machine
It's so easy to reminisce
When you listen to The Monotones singing this

"I wonder wonder who, be do do who
Who wrote the book of love
Chapter 1 says you love her, you love her with all your heart
Chapter 2 you tell her you're never never never never ever gonna part
In Chapter 3 remember the meaning of romance
In Chapter 4 you break up won't you give her just one more chance
I wonder wonder who, be do do who
Who wrote the book of love"

Sippin' a soda we got a scheme
Somebody else plays the record machine
It's so easy to reminisce
When you listen to The Silhouettes singing this

"Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Mum mum mum mum mum mum
Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na"

Money well we really don't need it
We'll make out alright
Lettin' the other guy feed that
Jukebox Saturday night

Oh-oh Jukebox Saturday night
Oh-oh Jukebox Saturday night"