Rock & Roll Music - Song Lyrics

  • Written and originally performed by Chuck Berry
  • His version reached #8 on the Top 40 charts in 1957
  • Covered in 1965 by The Beatles, it became one of their most popular songs to perform live, but their version was never released as a single and did not crack the Top 40 charts
  • Remade in 1976 by the Beach Boys, their version went to #5 on the Top 40 charts

Other songs by The Beatles also performed by Oracle:

A Hard Day's Night
Birthday
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Here There & Everywhere
Honey Don't
I Saw Her Standing There
I Want To Hold Your Hand
In My Life
Let It Be
Money
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
She Loves You
Something
Twist & Shout
When I'm 64


Just let me hear some of that
Rock And Roll Music,
Any old way you choose it;
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
Any old time you use it.
It's gotta be Rock And Roll Music,
If you want to dance with me,
If you want to dance with me.

I've got no kick against modern jazz,
Unless they try to play it too darn fast;
And change the beauty of the melody,
Until they sounded like a symphony,

That's why I go for that
Rock And Roll Music
Any old way you choose it;
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
Any old time you use it.
It's gotta be Rock And Roll Music,
If you want to dance with me,
If you want to dance with me.

I took my loved one over cross the tracks
So she can hear my man await a sax,
I must admit the have a rockin' band,
Man they were going like a hurricane

That's why I go for that
Rock and Roll music
Any old way you choose it;
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
Any old time you use it.
It's gotta be Rock And Roll Music,
If you want to dance with me,
If you want to dance with me.

Way down South they gave a jubilee,
the jockey folks they had a jamboree,
They're drinkin' homebrew from a water cup,
The folks dancin' they all got shook up

And started playin' that
Rock and Roll music
Any old way you choose it;
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
Any old time you use it.
It's gotta be Rock And Roll Music,
If you want to dance with me,
If you want to dance with me.

Don't care to hear 'em play a tango,
I'm in the mood to dig a mambo;
It's way to early for a congo,
So keep a rockin' that piano

So I can hear some of that
Rock And Roll Music
Any old way you choose it;
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
Any old time you use it.
It's gotta be Rock And Roll Music,
If you want to dance with me,
If you want to dance with me.


Note that the lyrics posted here are those as interpreted and performed by The Oracle Band. In a few cases we have taken some liberties with the lyrics to make them more appropriate for tasteful gatherings. Their use here is intended as an aid for people in selecting music for their wedding reception or private party, and may not be reproduced for any commercial, for-profit use.

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