According to the documentary History of Rock ‘n’ Roll, King had no intention of recording the song himself. King had written it for the Drifters, who passed on recording it. After the “Spanish Harlem” recording session in 1960, King had some studio time left over. The session’s producers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, asked if he had any more songs. King played it on the piano for them. They liked it and called the studio musicians back in to record it.
He is best known for writing the Millennium trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2005, after the author died suddenly of a heart attack. The trilogy was adapted as four motion pictures in Sweden and the U.S. (for the first book only).
Ep. 182 – A Dozen Decent Docents
Ep. 181 – Manipulation Under Anesthesia
Ep. 180 – Jean-Claude Swan Dam
Ep. 179 – Porcinematic
Ep. 178 – Louisianimal
Ep. 177 – The Apocalypse and Raking: The Quixotic Relationship Between Leaves and the Human Race
Ep. 176 – Take the Cannoli
Ep. 175 – I Love A Good Conversion
Ep. 174 – Whizzes and Clicks
Ep. 173 – Clam the Hammer Down
Ep. 172 – Encore Chicken
Ep. 171 – Use Your Nose Horn
Ep. 170 – Coconut Grass
Ep. 169 – Needle in the Neck
Ep. 168 – Treachery Not in the Age of Electronics
Ep. 167 – Window Pain
Ep. 166 – Independents' Day
Ep. 165 – Early Ankle Digestion
Ep. 164 – Dancing with the Fishes
Ep. 163 – Scored Some Lunkers
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