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At Otis' concerts, performers would demonstrate Willie's "hand jive" dance to the audience, so the audience could dance along. The origin of the song came when one of Otis' managers, Hal Ziegler, found out that rock'n'roll concert venues in England did not permit the teenagers to stand up and dance in the aisles, so they instead danced with their hands while remaining in their seats. Goode", which tells of someone who became famous for playing the guitar and was released two months before "Willie and the Hand Jive". In a sense, the story is similar to that of Chuck Berry's " Johnny B. The lyrics tell of a man named Willie who became famous for doing a hand jive dance. The music was based on a song Otis had heard a chain gang singing while touring, combined with work Otis did as a teenager when he was performing with Count Otis Matthews and the West Oakland House Stompers.
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Johnny Otis biographer George Lipsitz describes Jimmy Nolen's guitar riff on the song as "unforgettable". The Johnny Otis original version of the song produced by Tom Morgan has an infectious Bo Diddley beat, similar to the hit "Bo Diddley" of Bo Diddley much of it provided by drummer Earl Palmer. Clapton's 1974 version was released as a single and reached the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. It has since been covered by numerous artists, including The Strangeloves, Eric Clapton, Cliff Richard, Kim Carnes, George Thorogood and The Grateful Dead. The lyrics are about a man who became famous for doing a dance with his hands, but the song has been accused of glorifying masturbation, though Otis always denied it. The song has a Bo Diddley beat and was partly inspired by the music sung by a chain gang Otis heard while he was touring. "Willie and the Hand Jive" is a song written by Johnny Otis and originally released as a single in 1958 by Otis, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #5 on the Billboard R&B chart. 1958 single by Johnny Otis "Willie and the Hand Jive"