by J. Lawrence Cook which was originally issued as QRS 8980 and reissued as part of a 3-song medley entitled "Bill Haley Hits No. 1" on QRS XP-440. R&B saxophonist Big Jay McNeely released an answer record on Federal Records as 12141 as a 78 10" shellac and a 7" 45 single in August, 1953 featuring the chorus from "Crazy Man, Crazy" and the "go, go, go, go, go, go" refrain. A 1953 advertisement for an appearance by Bill Haley and the Comets at the Hofbrau Hotel in Wildwood, New Jersey noted that the Hamilton Trio danced to "Crazy Man Crazy" on the Your Show of Shows TV program and that Danny Kaye, Ralph Marterie, The Ravens, and the Mellowaires had "jumped" on the song. The Danish band The Hellions released an A side 45 single version in 1965 on Odeon/EMI. Finnish singer Esa Pakarinen released the song as a 45 single in 1976 as "Hullu Mies Hullu" on Polydor. The Stargazers recorded the song in 1991 on the Back in Orbit album. Tim Timebomb released an instrumental version on the Pirates Press label in 2012. He also released a version with vocals on Hellcat. Hank Biggs and The Hardtops released a version on the 2013 album Lucky Streak. Eddie Rivers of Asleep at the Wheel recorded a version in 2013 on the Plain Talkin' Man album. The Lake Travis Fiddlers featuring Ray Benson recorded a version on the 2016 I Hear You Talkin' album. Sources Jim Dawson, Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution! (Backbeat Books, 2005), pp. 50–55. John W. Haley and John von Hoelle, Sound and Glory (Dyne-American, 1990). John Swenson, Bill Haley: The Daddy of Rock and Roll'' (Stein & Day, 1985). Rockabilly Hall of Fame website with information on the history of "Crazy Man, Crazy." Billboard, June 27, 1953, page 30, Most Played in Juke Boxes Chart. References 1953 songs 1953 singles Bill Haley songs Essex Records singles Songs written by Bill Haley