Roy Tann

Roy Tann was an American R & B singer, who scored a few hits in the 1950s with songs like "Hey Sugar", "Isabella", "Hot Rod Queen", "I Don't Like It", "Your Drivers' Licence, Please".

Link with Zappa

In Fifties Teenagers And Fifties Rock Zappa talked about his discovery of Roy Tann.

"In 1956, I hit upon the only record of this Roy Tann I ever saw. It was called "I Don't Like It," and it was on the Tan label. Hmmm. It went like this:

You been rockin' on my baby,

And I don't like it.
I'm warnin' you daddy-o
I'll hammer your head so low
You'll look mighty funny you must admit
Unbuttoning your collar just to talk a bit.
So quit rockin' on my baby. I don't like it.

Daddy, you got to go.

The other side starts like this: Roy Tann: "Ah, you tend to spring chicken. Girl, what's your name?" Girl: "My name's Isabella and I'm off to a party. I can't talk to you right now." Then Roy breaks into song:

Isabella, Isabella,

Won't you tell me where the party's gonna be?
Don't treat me like a stranger
And leave me like the Ranger
All alone.
I've got a dollar in my pocket
And I want to rock it

Can't you see?

Oh, man, they were really talking some good stuff then. Compare that with tutti frutti, awrootie by the time Pat Boone got through with it, and the whole thing's ridiculous."