Coverinfo
Bruce covered the song 10 times:
1991-01-20 McLoone's Rum Runner, Sea Bright, NJ
Jim Faulkner Benefit: Bruce joins Max Weinberg, Tim McLoone, and others onstage at a benefit for singer Jim Faulkner. First known Springsteen performance of "
Tobacco Road".
1983-08-14 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ
With Cats On A Smooth Surface.
1982-09-25 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ
With Cats On A Smooth Surface.
1982-09-19 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ
With Cats On A Smooth Surface.
With Cats On A Smooth Surface. After learning about The Cats upcoming fourth-anniversary party that year held August 15 at the Pony, Bruce requested a special rehearsal with Cats three days earlier at Tower Recording Studios in Farmingdale, NJ (where Cats rehearsed) where they learned most of that evening's songs and medleys.
Cats on a Smooth Surface is an American rock group, that starting in 1978 and throughout the 1980s was the house band at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey. In the years 1981 and 1982, the band's lineup consisted of Bobby Bandiera on lead guitar and vocals, Harry Filkin on rhythm guitar and vocals, Peter Schulle on keyboards and vocals, John Micco on bass guitar and vocals, Pete Gagen on drums, and Ray Planet on saxophone.
With Cats on a Smooth Surface
1982-08-07 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ
1982-08-06 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band is the name of an American rock band from Narragansett, Rhode Island, that began their career in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s. Originally known as simply Beaver Brown, the group (consisting of John Cafferty on vocals and rhythm guitar, Gary Gramolini on lead guitar, Patrick Lupo on bass, Kenny Jo Silva on drums, Bobby Cotoia on piano, and Michael "Tunes" Antunes on saxophone) started out as a New England bar band and initially established a popular following throughout Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
1982-07-31 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ
First ever performance in the U.S. of "Ready Teddy", and only known performance for "Sweet Little Rock And Roller", performed in the midsection of "Around And Around". With Sonny Kenn & The Wild Ideas.
1978-11-16 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON
Includes the one and only tour performance (and first ever Springsteen performance) of Little Richard's "Ready Teddy" as the show opener.
Songinfo
"
Ready Teddy" is a song written by John Marascalco and Robert Blackwell, and first made popular by Little Richard in 1956.
Bruce on the artist
2020-05-20 SiriusXM Studio, New York City
During the SiriusXM radio Lockdown DJ show Volume 4, "From His Home to Yours" broadcast on Wednesday, May 20, Bruce played 3 songs of Little Richard who recently passed away. He played:
2. Tutti Fruti
3. Get Down With It
Bruce's comment on Little Richard:
"That is the purest rock 'n' roll voice of all time, and it belongs to the Georgia Peach, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Little Richard, who we lost in early May. That was one of the founding fathers of rock and roll and its preeminent vocal genius. And there he profoundly explained in my opinion why and how he does what he does. He came out of Macon, Georgia to take the nation, the world and your body and soul by storm. His art was filled with absurdity, dead seriousnees, great humor and sex, sex, sex. He is one of a handful of men who changed the face of world culture. He crossed racial boundaries, he challenged gender norms and he had the time of his life. Here once again is the High Priest of Rock and Roll. A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a-lop-bam-boom! Rest in peace, Richard. "
Bruce had 3 appearances together with Little Richard :
1995-11-19 Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
Frank Sinatra 80th Birthday Concert
1989-01-18 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, NY
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Together with Little Richard in an all starr performance
1988-01-20 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, NY
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Together with Little Richard in an all starr performance
Lyrics
Ready, set, go man go,
I got a girl that I love so,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready to a rock 'n' roll.
Going to the corner, pick up my sweetie pie,
She's my rock 'n' roll baby, she's the apple of my eye,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready to a rock 'n' roll.
All the flat top cats and the dungaree dolls,
Are headed for the gym to the sock hop ball,
The joint is really jumpin', the cats are going wild,
The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready to a rock 'n' roll.
Going to the corner, pick up my sweetie pie,
She's my rock 'n' roll baby, she's the apple of my eye,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready to a rock 'n' roll.
All the flat top cats and the dungaree dolls,
Are headed for the gym to the sock hop ball,
The joint is really jumpin', the cats are going wild,
The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready to a rock 'n' roll.
Gonna kick off my shoes, roll up my faded jeans,
Grab my rock 'n' roll baby, pour on the steam,
I shuffle to the left, I shuffle to the right,
Gonna rock 'n' roll to the early, early night,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready teddy,
I'm ready, ready, ready to a rock 'n' roll.