"Sixty Minute Man" is a rhythm and blues (R&B) record released in 1951 by The Dominoes. It was written by Billy Ward and Rose Marks and was one of the first R&B hit records to cross over to become a pop hit on the pop charts. It is regarded as one of the most important of the recordings which helped generate and shape rock and roll.
Background
The Dominoes were a black vocal group consisting of Clyde McPhatter (1932–1972), who later left the group to form the Drifters, Bill Brown (1936-1956), Charlie White (1930-2005) and Joe Lamont (d. 1998), led by their pianist, manager and songwriter, Billy Ward (1921–2002). Ward was a black, classically trained vocal coach who had formed a business partnership with a white New York talent agent, Rose Marks.
The pair decided to put together a smooth vocal group to rival the Ink Spots, the Orioles, and other similar groups who were beginning to win acceptance with white audiences. In 1950, the Dominoes were signed to Federal Records, and held a series of recording sessions at the National Studios in New York in November and December of that year.
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by Hank Thompson
Sixty Minute Man
by: Hank ThompsonSIXTY MINUTE MAN
Writer William Ward
Well, listen here, girls, I'm telling you now, They call me loving Dan, I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a sixty-minute man. And if you don't believe I'm all I say, Come up and take my hand. As soon as I leave you go, you'll cry "Oh yeah, he's a sixty-minute man!" Chorus There'll be fifteen minutes of kissing, And then you'll holler, "Danny boy, please don't stop!" There'll be fifteen minutes of teasing, fifteen minutes of pleasing, Fifteen minutes of blowing my top (mop! mop! mop!) Well, if your man ain't treating you right, Come up and see your Dan. I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a sixty-minute man. Chorus 2 Sixty (minute man) Well they call me (loving Dan) I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a sixty-minute man. Repeat chorus 2 Repeat chorus Well, if your man ain't treating you right, Come up and see your Dan. I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a sixty-minute man. Oh yeah! Sixty minute, Rocking, rolling, ramming, jamming all night long I'm a sixty-minute man