{"id":13920,"date":"2019-11-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=13920"},"modified":"2019-11-12T06:20:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:20:56","slug":"matr-bruce-springsteen-and-cats-on-a-smooth-surface-rock-baby-rock-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/12\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-cats-on-a-smooth-surface-rock-baby-rock-it\/","title":{"rendered":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and Cats on a Smooth Surface: Rock Baby, Rock It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Carroll is one of rockabilly&#8217;s unsung heroes.<\/p>\n<p>He never had a hit during his original run in the 1950s, but he was a critical darling and had a resurgence of sorts in the late seventies and early eighties.<\/p>\n<p>Caroll does have the distinction, however, of not only appearing in one of the early rock and roll films (the ones that were light on plot and heavy on musical showcases) but also performing its title track: &#8220;Rock Baby, Rock It&#8221; from the 1957 film of the same name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GMLsCXCeKpQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>By 1982, Carroll was enjoying some long-deserved recognition, and among the musicians exposing audiences to his music were Stone Pony house band Cats on a Smooth Surface and special guest star Bruce Springsteen.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the summer and into the fall of 1982, one of the best-kept open secrets was Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s regular but unadvertised gigs at the Stone Pony with their house band. And on a Sunday early October evening, their set included a one-off cover of &#8220;Rock Baby, Rock It.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-W9I7FPGN-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/W9I7FPGN?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>To this day, it remains the only time Bruce is known to have performed Carroll&#8217;s overlooked shoulda-been-a-hit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock Baby, Rock It<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> October 3, 1982 (Asbury Park, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> October 3, 1982 (Asbury Park, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: Bruce Springsteen joins Stone Pony house band Cats on a Smooth Surface to cover a lost rockabilly classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[640,2536,2537],"class_list":["post-13920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-cats-on-a-smooth-surface","tag-johnny-caroll","tag-rock-baby-rock-it"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rock-baby.jpg?fit=480%2C475&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-3Cw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26262,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-cats-on-a-smooth-surface-hound-dog\/","url_meta":{"origin":13920,"position":0},"title":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and Cats on a Smooth Surface: Hound Dog","author":"Ken","date":"March 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Twice only: Bruce plays one of the all-time great rock and roll songs during surprise appearances at The Stone Pony in the summer of '89.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hounddog.jpg?fit=1095%2C1083&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hounddog.jpg?fit=1095%2C1083&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hounddog.jpg?fit=1095%2C1083&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hounddog.jpg?fit=1095%2C1083&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hounddog.jpg?fit=1095%2C1083&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15415,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/03\/20\/matr-bob-seger-and-bruce-springsteen-old-time-rock-and-roll\/","url_meta":{"origin":13920,"position":1},"title":"Old Time Rock and Roll","author":"Ken","date":"March 20, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce has played Bob Seger's \"Old Time Rock and Roll\" in concert twice: once in 2011 with Seger himself, and once way back in a 1980s club appearance. 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