What's Your Favorite Hot Rod Song?
OK. Time to take a trip down Memory Lane. I picked up a 3-cd set several years ago titled "Legendary Hot Rod Hits" and it brought back sooo many memories from the glory days of muscle cars and cruisin' Whittier Blvd. in SoCal.
How many of these do you remember and what's your favorite? Feel free to hum along......
"Beep Beep" by The Playmates
"Fun, Fun, Fun" by The Beach Boys
"Mr. Eliminator" by Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
"King Of The Wheels" by The Bobby Fuller Four
"Bucket 'T'" by Jan & Dean
"Little Honda" by The Hondells (OK...it's a motorcycle)
"409" by The Beach Boys
"Three Window Coupe" by The Rip Chords
"Beach Buggy" by The Shutdowns
"Dead Man's Curve" by Jan & Dean
"Hot Rod Lincoln" by Charlie Ryan
"I Get Around" by The Beach Boys
"The Scavenger" by Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
"She Rides With Me" by Paul Petersen (my wife has a story about Paul Petersen)
"Drag City" by Jan & Dean
"Little Deuce Coupe" by The Beach Boys
"Squad Car" by Eddie & The Showmen
"Hey Little Cobra" by The Rip Chords
"Schlock Rod" by Jan & Dean
"Wheels" by The String-A-Longs
"The Ballad of Thunder Road" by Robert Mitchum (yeah, the actor)
"Shut Down" by The Beach Boys
"In His Car" by Robin Ward
"40 Miles of Bad Road" by Duane Eddy
"I Gotta Drive" by The Matadores
"Custom Machine" by Bruce & Terry
"G.T.O." by Ronny & The Daytonas
"Mag Wheels" by Gary Usher
"Dragster" by Johnny Fortune
and my favorite Mopar song
"The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by Jan & Dean
Now add to the list and let us all know your favorites.