I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday

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"I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday"
Song
A-side"I Want To Walk You Home"
Songwriter(s)Roy Hayes, Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew

"I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" is a popular song written by Roy Hayes, Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. The song was first recorded by Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers in 1957 and released in the same year.

Origin[]

The song's lyrics were written by factory worker and amateur songwriter Roy Hayes (b. 1935, Henderson, Louisiana), after hearing a throwaway comment by a fellow worker. He wrote the lyrics and forwarded them to Dave Bartholomew, who agreed to record the song as a demo. In 1957, Bartholomew recorded another version of the song with singer Bobby Mitchell, released as a single on Imperial Records. Though Mitchell's version was locally successful it did not reach the national charts.

Fats Domino recording[]

When Bartholomew recorded the song again with Fats Domino in 1959 and released it as the B-side of "I Want To Walk You Home", it became a chart hit, reaching number 22 on the Billboard R&B chart.[1][2]

Chart history[]

Chart (1959) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 17
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Sides 22

Cover versions[]

"I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" was later covered by:

References[]

  1. ^ Tom Aswell (ed.), Louisiana Rocks!: The True Genesis of Rock and Roll, Pelican Publishing, 2010, pp.372-373
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. p. 120. ISBN 0-89820-115-2.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 249.
  4. ^ "Recording: I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday". Retrieved 29 October 2011.


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