{"id":28248,"date":"2026-01-04T18:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28248"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:07:31","slug":"chattanooga-shoe-shine-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/chattanooga-shoe-shine-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freddy Cannon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy:Freddy Cannon.\r\n#34 in 1960.\r\n \r\n#1.\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#\">C<\/span>\r\nHave you ever passed the corner of Forth and Grand?\r\n \r\nWhere a little ball of rhythm has a shoe-shine stand?\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G#\">F<\/span>\r\nPeople gather round and they clap their hands..\r\n       <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#\">C<\/span>\r\nhe's a great big bundle of joy.\r\n            <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A#\">G<\/span>                     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G#\">F<\/span>                     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#\">C<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A#\">G<\/span>\r\nHe pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.\r\n \r\n#2.\r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#\">C<\/span>\r\nHe charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe.\r\n \r\nHe makes the oldest kind of leather look like new.\r\n    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G#\">F<\/span>\r\nYou feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through..\r\n       <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#\">C<\/span>\r\nhe's a great big bundle of joy.\r\n            <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A#\">G<\/span>                     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G#\">F<\/span>                     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#\">C<\/span>\r\nHe pops the boogie-woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#7\">C7<\/span>    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G#\">F<\/span>                                  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#\">C<\/span>\r\nIt's a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.\r\n    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G#\">F<\/span>                                    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"A#\">G<\/span>\r\nYou ought to see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hoppity-\r\n \r\nhippity-hop-hop-hop.\r\n \r\n#3.\r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#\">C<\/span>\r\nHe opens up for business when the clock strikes nine.\r\n \r\nHe likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine.\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G#\">F<\/span>                                             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D#\">C<\/span>\r\nEverybody gets a little rise 'n shine with the great \r\n \r\nbig bundle of joy.\r\n            G                     F                      C\r\nHe pops the boogie woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.\r\n \r\n \r\n(INTERLUDE:)\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\nC7    F                                  C\r\nIt's a wonder that the rag don't tear..the way he makes it pop.\r\n    F                                    G\r\nYou ought to see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hoppity-\r\n        G#\r\nhippity-hop-hop-hop.\r\n \r\n#4.\r\n   C#\r\nHe opens up for business when the clock strikes nine.\r\n \r\nHe likes to get up early when they're feelin' fine.\r\nF#                                             C#\r\nEverybody gets a little rise 'n shine with the great \r\n \r\nbig bundle of joy.\r\n            G#                     F#                     C#\r\nHe pops the boogie woogie rag..the Chattanooga shoe-shine boy.\r\n \r\n \r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.<\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freddy Cannon &nbsp; Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy:Freddy Cannon. #34 in 1960. #1. C Have you ever passed the corner of Forth and Grand? Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoe-shine stand? F People gather round and they clap their hands.. C he&#8217;s a great big bundle of joy. G &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/chattanooga-shoe-shine-boy\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28249,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28248\/revisions\/28249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}