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Roy Orbison and Teen Kings

Go Go Go (Down the Line)

1956 · via John Paul Jones

Roy Orbison wrote “Go Go Go (Down the Line)”; Roy Orbison and Teen Kings put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1956. Also recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis (released 1958), Ricky Nelson (released 1958) and The Hollies (released 1965), among 113 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Before a Led Zeppelin man ever touched it, Roy Orbison wrote it and cut it first with the Teen Kings, and Jerry Lee Lewis, Ricky Nelson and The Hollies all had it on record ahead of Jones. Start with the Teen Kings version and hear where that whole line of rock and roll began.

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Credited writer: Roy Orbison.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1956.

Other recordings on file · first release year

113 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin recorded a song he called Down the Line, better known as "Go Go Go (Down the Line)." Who wrote it?Roy Orbison
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