"Hot Rod Race" is a Western swing song about a fictional automobile race in San Pedro, California, between a Ford and a Mercury. First recorded by Arkie...
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1955. It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley's 1950 hit "Hot Rod Race" (US #29). It describes a drive north on US Route 99 (predecessor to...
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Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimized for speed...
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The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a governing body which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With...
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American Hot Rod is a reality television series that originally aired between 2004 and 2007 on TLC and Discovery Channel. The series followed car designer...
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The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is the second-largest drag racing sanctioning body after the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). The IHRA...
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tune "Ida Red". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a hot rod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a V8 Ford and...
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drag-racing their hot rods on city streets, sympathetic Lt. Ben Merril (Connors) has set up a dragstrip for them where they can race under controlled,...
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Hot Rod Charlie (foaled April 11, 2018) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2021 Pennsylvania Derby and Louisiana Derby. He also came second...
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rival and archenemy. In one episode in 1994, Vila challenges Tim to a hot rod race and Tim tells Vila that he will kick Vila back to "That Old House". When...
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Hot Rods refers to a number of British oval racing formula (not to be confused with hot rods, which are generally road-going modified vintage cars). Hot...
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Last Lap (redirect from Turtle Race (Rod Wave song))
Last Lap is the sixth studio album by American rapper and singer Rod Wave. It was released on October 11, 2024, through Alamo Records. The album features...
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was an American country singer who recorded the original version of "Hot Rod Race" in 1950. The record was important because "it introduced automobile...
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1950s American automobile culture (section Hot rodding)
popular music, major trends from the 1950s and mainstream acceptance of the "hot rod" culture. The American manufacturing economy switched from producing war-related...
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Hot Rod is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film directed by George Armitage and starring Gregg Henry and Pernell Roberts. The film was made...
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Car song (section Hot rod rock)
the best known of the genre were "Hot Rod Race" by Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys and the answer song "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Charlie Ryan. Although...
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earlier song by Muddy Waters in 1954. "Hot Rod Lincoln" (1955) is Charlie Ryan's a response to "Hot Rod Race", (1950) Arkie Shibley and His Mountain...
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– Lefty Frizzell "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" – Carl Smith "Hot Rod Race" – Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan "Hey Good Lookin'" – Hank Williams "Kentucky...
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guitar work is also considered a distant ancestor of heavy metal music. "Hot Rod Race" recorded by Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys in late 1950, another...
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Hot Rod Rumble is a US, low budget, black-and-white 1957 teen-oriented drag racing crime drama produced by Norman T. Herman and directed by Leslie H....
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Hobo Boogie Red Foley 5 Hot Rod Race Arkie Shibley 7 Hot Rod Race Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan 7 Hot Rod Race Red Foley 7 Hot Rod Race Tiny Hill 3 Howlin' at...
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California Dreams for Amiga, Commodore 64 and DOS. Street Rod exclusively featured Hot Rods, and early American Muscle Cars, specifically those from GM...
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create a line to compete with Matchbox. Hot Wheels were originally conceived by Handler to be more like "hot rod" cars (i.e., customized/modified or even...
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Hot Rod is a top-down arcade racing game developed by Sega. Released for arcades in 1988 in Japan and released worldwide in 1989, the game was available...
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man and his girlfriend get their old jalopy running in a car race, the Popsville Hot Rod Race. While visiting "the man of a thousand faces", The Beatles...
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National Hot Rod Reunion is a gathering of nostalgia drag racers, street rodders and automotive enthusiasts based on the California Hot Rod Reunion. The...
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Jesus Built My Hotrod (redirect from Jesus built my hot rod)
drag race competitions. The song ends with another spoken word part, saying: “Jesus built my car / it's a love affair / mainly Jesus and my hot rod.” "Jesus...
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combination bomb/fuel pod underneath the fuselage. After World War II, hot rodders raced the dry lakes of California to set new land speed records. War surplus...
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Fatima" 8 16 1951 "My Heart Cries for You" (with Evelyn Knight) 6 28 "Hot Rod Race" 7 "Hobo Boogie" 8 "The Strange Little Girl" (with Ernest Tubb & Anita...
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1963. It contains hot rod music from acts such as the Beach Boys, Robert Mitchum, the Cheers and the Super Stocks. The title is hot rod slang referring...
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