The Hucklebuck

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jump blues standard rhythm and blues song rock and roll standard song

The Hucklebuck is a popular mid-20th-century rhythm and blues dance tune that became a standard in the jump blues and early rock and roll repertoire.

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Surface form	Occurrences
The Huckle-Buck	1
The Hucklebuck (arrangements and recordings)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jump blues standard ⓘ rhythm and blues song ⓘ rock and roll standard ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedDanceStyle	early rock and roll dancing ⓘ swing dancing ⓘ
basedOn	D Natural Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Now’s the Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartSuccess	hit in Ireland ⓘ hit in the United Kingdom ⓘ hit on U.S. R&B charts ⓘ
composer	Andy Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	became a staple of showband repertoires in Ireland ⓘ helped popularize saxophone-led R&B instrumentals ⓘ
describedAs	dance tune ⓘ party song ⓘ
era	mid-20th century ⓘ
firstRecordingArtist	Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstReleaseYear	1949 ⓘ
genre	early rock and roll ⓘ jump blues ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ
hasDance	The Hucklebuck (dance) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasForm	12-bar blues ⓘ
hasHook	call-and-response vocal lines ⓘ
influenced	later rock and roll dance music ⓘ
influencedBy	Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrumentation	saxophone-led ensemble ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Roy Alfred NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRecording	Brendan Bowyer and the Royal Showband version ⓘ Chubby Checker version ⓘ Coasters version ⓘ Frankie Vaughan version ⓘ
partOf	early rock and roll repertoire ⓘ jump blues repertoire ⓘ
rhythmicFeature	shuffle rhythm ⓘ strong backbeat ⓘ
tempo	up-tempo ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	ballrooms ⓘ dance halls ⓘ nightclubs ⓘ
usedAs	dance craze tune ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Now's the Time → hasAlternateVersion → The Hucklebuck ⓘ

Now's the Time → isRelatedTo → The Hucklebuck ⓘ

Buck Clayton → notableWork → The Hucklebuck ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Hucklebuck (arrangements and recordings)

album The Dock of the Bay → includesSong → The Hucklebuck ⓘ

subject surface form: The Dock of the Bay

this entity surface form: The Huckle-Buck