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“Go!Go!Go! (Down the Line)” by Roy Orbison

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“GO! GO! GO! (Down the Line)” by Roy Orbison

Written by Roy Orbison and Billy Pat Ellis and first released as the B-Side to Sun Record #242, “Ooby Dooby,” this rockabilly classic was also recorded by Ricky Nelson, Mickey Gilley, The Hollies, and Roy’s fellow SUN Records alumni Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis!  The Killer (Jerry Lee Lewis) released the song as SUN record # 288.

The new exhibit at The Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville, TN opens August 15th and showcases Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and their SUN Studios peers Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, W.S. Holland. 

 

“GO!GO!GO!” by Roy Orbison performed by Ricky Nelson

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“I waited, and I’m sure Elvis did too, for each Ricky Nelson record like we would a Chuck Berry record or a Fats Domino record to see what was going on. I used to say to some of the guys that Ricky Nelson learned to sing on million selling records.”

– Roy Orbison

Ricky Nelson recorded Roy Orbison’s “GO!GO!GO! (DOWN THE LINE)” for his 1958 self-titled album. Roy Orbison had previously recorded the song at Sun Studio.

Here you can hear both versions back to back!