Chicken Baby Chicken

Words and Music O. Harris (Dates unknown)

“I do the chicken, child, in my sleep. Opera music gives me the creeps. Rock ‘n’ Roll is all I crave, and I’ll be doing the chicken, child, in my grave.” How could I not fall in love with this song? However, my research found that nothing was known about Tony Harris, a West Coast R&B singer who cut 3 records for the Ebb label in the late ‘50s. I read he cut one more in the “late ‘50s or early ‘60’s for the Dee Gee label”, but I found that was I different Tony Harris, in 1966. Both sides of the “Chicken Baby Chicken” single are credited to O. Harris. That you, Tony? Man of mystery.