I had a mate from the US when I was a kid in high school in Sydney, NSW, in the very early 60's, Dave Dwyer. My grandgfather used to describe him as a beer barrel on two matchsticks. Stovepipe trousers were in at the time. He was white but had heaps of black music on 45's, including this one. Always loved it. Have a DVD of it now. Way to go fellas.
Somehow got to this via PUSHING OUR SWING by Klondike Pete & the Huskies - in a bizarre way, it's a beautiful blend of great production, playing, singing, and song. Coasters and Huskies at their finest!
Best doo-wop group ever, thanks to the writing & production skills of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller. All their songs are great but this is one of the best
The people who claim this song is hard to find usually have a version to sell or don't know where to look or haven't tried to look.
It's on every different versions of the Coasters' greatest hits, and there are a zillion of those still in print. It's also easy to pick up on used LP. It's a great song, but not "hard to find."
It's also not hard to find people who think anything they haven't heard of as being obscure and hard to find.
@borbetomagus One of the Coasters members heard the song on the radio and raved to everyone about it but he didn't know who sang it. When they recorded it they found out who sang it and put the guy's name on the label.
You cut off the song at the last . . . and funniest words, "I've got a good job sweeping up every day!"
southwriter 11 hours ago
Pure heaven boss.
pittycross 1 month ago
what can I do for youoooo?
camofrog 4 months ago
The sax solo would be the great King Curtis..Right?
sonwamac 6 months ago
@sonwamac Right!
customkey 3 weeks ago
Isn’t that a copy of a song from Ray Charles, or the reverse?
WILDAIR 6 months ago
Don't you think the flip side is good too? Snake and the Bookworm single version which is not reissued.
GSMusicMoments 8 months ago
You clipped the funny line at the very end of the song. ". . . I gotta good job swweping up every day!"
southwriter 9 months ago
I had a mate from the US when I was a kid in high school in Sydney, NSW, in the very early 60's, Dave Dwyer. My grandgfather used to describe him as a beer barrel on two matchsticks. Stovepipe trousers were in at the time. He was white but had heaps of black music on 45's, including this one. Always loved it. Have a DVD of it now. Way to go fellas.
pittycross 10 months ago
awesome if I have to listen to Charly Brown 1 more time, I'll scream
This sounds like the Coasters/Robins i love
hah13 1 year ago
this classic is for my Uncle Johnnie and my Cousin Michael
lovelylaurielumps 1 year ago
I grew up with the steve gibbons caught in the act version which is more rocking than this both are great
UK1774 1 year ago
Somehow got to this via PUSHING OUR SWING by Klondike Pete & the Huskies - in a bizarre way, it's a beautiful blend of great production, playing, singing, and song. Coasters and Huskies at their finest!
clamboneyo 1 year ago
Best doo-wop group ever, thanks to the writing & production skills of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller. All their songs are great but this is one of the best
dakarlion1 1 year ago
Yeah, and this was when rap was FINE not nasty!
wiseoldude 1 year ago 4
Btw...King Curtis is doing the saxophone fills on this.
peetie44 1 year ago
No doubt this is killer. The voice inflections are top drawer. Coasters were a very innovative group of talented performers
stanich054 1 year ago
cut away, flap over twice, what the .........
leesherman100 1 year ago
A Mod anthem if there ever was one! LOVE it, thanx for posting this!
Wilthomer66 1 year ago
I see fo' da bidness main......
customkey 1 year ago
damn, I got a good job sweepin' up every day!
fosbury68 1 year ago
Little Charlie and the Night Cats did a great cover of "Clothes Line". The original is wonderful.
densely 1 year ago
The people who claim this song is hard to find usually have a version to sell or don't know where to look or haven't tried to look.
It's on every different versions of the Coasters' greatest hits, and there are a zillion of those still in print. It's also easy to pick up on used LP. It's a great song, but not "hard to find."
It's also not hard to find people who think anything they haven't heard of as being obscure and hard to find.
angelboychanman 2 years ago 5
lol this is from the movie Norbit xD
littlemisslaylaaa 2 years ago
You might be interested in hearing the original version of this song --
Clothes Line (Wrap It Up) by Kent Harris, who performed this faster paced R&B song as 'Boogaloo and his Gallant Crew'.
It was released in 1956, while the Coasters version came out in 1960.
You can hear it here --
/watch?v=nkTlTLxlGx0
It's also available on the CD "The Crest Records Story: Talk About a Party!" and from iTunes.
You also might like --
Chuck E. Weiss, "Extremely Cool"
/watch?v=JP_GrmYVF6c
borbetomagus 2 years ago
@borbetomagus One of the Coasters members heard the song on the radio and raved to everyone about it but he didn't know who sang it. When they recorded it they found out who sang it and put the guy's name on the label.
yardlet6 1 year ago
Credit crunch fifties style.
Who says history does'nt repeat itself.
Classy classy vocals from one of the most underrated vocal groups of all time-often unfairly labelled as a comic act these guys had the pipes.
eamcas67 2 years ago
Now aint that NICE.
runawaychild66 2 years ago
thanks a lot for uploading this, i'm looking for this song for quite a while now.
great song
lsnwllm 2 years ago
And folks think rap was invented in the 1970s. LOL.
bobjfs 2 years ago