Along Came Jones (album track)

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single song

"Along Came Jones" is a humorous 1959 rhythm and blues song by The Coasters that parodies old Western movie clichés.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Coasters NERFINISHED ⓘ
bSide That Is Rock & Roll NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartPerformance Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit ⓘ
Billboard R&B chart hit ⓘ
composer Jerry Leiber NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mike Stoller NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Along Came Jones (cowboy hero) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salty Sam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sweet Sue NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy song ⓘ
novelty song ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
hasCallAndResponse yes ⓘ
hasHumorStyle parody ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle doo-wop influenced ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Ben Colder NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Righteous Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf The Coasters discography NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 2 minutes 59 seconds ⓘ
lyricist Jerry Leiber NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium 7-inch vinyl single ⓘ
narrativeTheme damsel in distress ⓘ
heroic cowboy ⓘ
originallyPublishedIn 1959 ⓘ
parodies Western film clichés ⓘ
old Western movie serials ⓘ
performer The Coasters NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Jerry Leiber NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mike Stoller NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1959-05-11 ⓘ
recordedBy The Coasters NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingArtist The Coasters NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Atco Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
sideAOfSingle Along Came Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter satire of melodramatic Western plots ⓘ
tempo medium tempo ⓘ
vocalStyle group vocals ⓘ
narrated verses ⓘ
writer Jerry Leiber NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mike Stoller NERFINISHED ⓘ

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