Hot Rod Lincoln

"Hot Rod Lincoln" is a song by American singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan, first released in 1955. It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley's 1950 hit "Hot Rod Race" (US #29).

"Hot Rod Lincoln"
Label of the original 1955 single
Single by Charlie Ryan and the Livingston Bros.
B-side"Hank Williams Goodbye"
Released1955
GenreRock and roll, rockabilly
Length2:57
LabelSouvenir (SOUV-101)
Songwriter(s)Charlie Ryan
"Hot Rod Lincoln"
Single by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
from the album Lost in the Ozone
B-side"My Home in My Hand"
ReleasedMarch 1972
GenreRock and roll
Length2:40
LabelParamount
Songwriter(s)Charlie Ryan
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen singles chronology
"Hot Rod Lincoln"
(1972)
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"
(1972)

It describes a drive north on US Route 99 (predecessor to Interstate 5) from San Pedro, Los Angeles, and over the Grapevine which soon becomes a hot rod race that ends with serious consequences.

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