| Hawkins wrote this as a ballad lamenting the loss of a girlfriend he wanted back. The original version was a lot slower and much more tame. Hawkins was recording for Grand Records at the time, and had a hard time convincing them to release this. A year later, Hawkins recorded the version that became famous for another label, and transformed the song into a spooky tale about putting a curse on the girl so he can have her. |
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Hawkins performed the ghoulish version
for the first time at a Christmas concert staged by Cleveland DJ Alan
Freed in 1956. He got a huge reaction from the song, and Freed invited him
to perform it on his TV special. Hawkins developed a bizarre stage show
around this. He would come out in a flaming coffin and wield a skull on a
stick that he named "Henry." |
You got to blow a train whistle? Sheesh, I'm jealous.regards,Fred HouptToronto[snip]
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