Sea Cruise
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"Sea Cruise" is a song written and sung by Huey "Piano" Smith.
[edit] Covers
The song was initially covered by Frankie Ford in 1959, with a top-20 hit, using Smith's original backing track.[1]
It was later also covered by:
- Herman Hermits covered the song in 1965 on the album Introducing Herman's Hermits.
- Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets covered the song On album " Good Rockin Tonight " from 1971
- The Houseshakers in Demolition Rock (1972) (available on CD Contours Of Rock 'n' Roll Raucous Records).
- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen covered the song in 1973.
- Johnny Rivers covered it in 1974 on the album Last Boogie in Paris.
- John Fogerty covered it on his self-titled 1975 solo album.
- Nicky Hopkins covered it in 1975 on the album No More Changes.
- The Beach Boys, recorded c. 1976 for initial inclusion on 15 Big Ones (released on the 1981 compilation album Ten Years of Harmony featuring a vocal by Dennis Wilson)[2]
- Robert Gordon and Link Wray covered the song on their 1977 album Robert Gordon with Link Wray.
- Billy "Crash" Craddock[3] covered it in 1980 on the album Changes.
- Rico Rodriguez recorded an instrumental version in 1980 with The Specials.
- Glenn Frey recorded the song on his first solo album, No Fun Aloud in 1982, after having performed it with Eagles on the same year of their breakup, 1980.
- Anne Murray performed the song in her 1983 TV special Anne Murray: Caribbean Cruise.
- The Kidsongs Kids covered it in 1986 in the video What I Want to Be.
- Dion covered the song in 1990 on the album Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
- Status Quo on the 1999 single "The Way It Goes."[4]
- Cliff Richard and The Shadows covered the song on their 2009 album Reunited.
- Swedish rock band Kjellas Traktorkapell has recorded a cover titled Koskit baby (Cow dung, baby).
[edit] References
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