A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll

"A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll"
UK picture sleeve
Single by Ringo Starr
from the album Ringo's Rotogravure
B-side	"Cryin'"
Released	20 September 1976 (US) 15 October 1976 (UK)
Recorded	1976
Genre	Rock and Roll
Length	3:24
Writer(s)	Carl Groszman
Ringo Starr singles chronology
"Goodnight Vienna" (1975) "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" (1976) "You Don't Know Me at All" (1976)

"A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" is a popular rock and roll song written by Carl Groszman, who at the time was signed to Ring O' Records.^[1]

Starr decided to do a cover of it for his 1976 album Ringo's Rotogravure, becoming his first Atlantic hit.^[1] Released on 20 September 1976^{[nb 1][2]} in advance of the album in the US, the single spent nine weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] It was released in the UK on 15 October.^{[nb 2][4]}

The song samples the 1962 hit, "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel. Starr also covered the song and released it as a single, reaching number 74 on the U.S. Billboard (magazine) Hot 100 in February 1977.

A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll is also the title of a later book by Nancy Lee Andrews, a fashion model and photographer, who had previously been engaged to Ringo Starr, and whom she subsequently sued for palimony.^[5]

References

Footnotes

1. US Atlantic 45-3361^[2]
2. UK Polydor 2001 694^[4]

Citations

1. Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
2. Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
4. Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
5. Andrews, Nancy Lee (2008). A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll. Dalton Watson Fine Books. ISBN 978-1-85443-230-8

External links

• Allmusic.com