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Rocky Burnette _ Tired Of Toein' The Line

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Uploaded by on Nov 5, 2008

Rocky Burnette was part of the early 1980s revival of the rockabilly style. He released his first album, Son of Rock 'n' Roll, on EMI America in 1979. In the summer of 1980, his single "Tired of Toein' the Line" became a Top Ten hit in the United States. The song was also popular internationally. EMI America's financial problems interfered with promotion efforts for the follow-up singles (several of which became hits in other countries), and Burnette's second album, Heart Stopper, was not successful.

In 1981, Burnette toured Europe with the final version of his late father's The Rock and Roll Trio. He also used the band on his next album, Get Hot or Go Home! on Enigma Records. It also sold poorly, and Enigma dropped Burnette and the Trio rather than release a follow-up.

Burnette worked with Rosie Flores and Dwight Twilley in the mid-1990s, and also contributed vocals and the original "Trouble Is I'm in Love With You" to Paul Burlison's 1997 Train Kept A-Rollin' . In 1996, Burnette released Tear It Up on Core Records, which went bankrupt almost immediately after its release.

Burnette continued to tour internationally, and wrote the European hit "You Got Away With Love" for Percy Sledge in 1997.

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  • I've heard this song on the radio more in the last 29 hours than in the last 29 years.

  • SUH-WEET!

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  • I am looking for his song "Roll like a wheel". Does anyone have it??

  • LOVE IT THESES SONGS WERE THE BEST!!!!!!!

  • it makes me crazy when im drunk lol!!

  • Hit #1 on the Australian pop chart for 2 weeks in June 1980

  • All these years I had this song in my skull! I finally found it! Thank YOUTUBE!!

  • @chrisdaco22

    That's what happens when you get high and listen to songs :-)

  • geez i thought he was saying "Can't go over the line" No wonder I could never find this song!

  • I've always loved this. But if asked to create and direct a video that fit it I'm not sure I would have thought of girls in foil jumpsuits, a fire truck, fire hoses and a search light. This may be why I'm not a music video director.

  • this is still just so damn good ~

  • It was early 80's when this tune came out. I was a teenager but I will never forget the time I was studying at HS, really shy about going out with girls.

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