B-side "Cryin'" Genre Rock and Roll Writer(s) Carl Groszman | Recorded 1976 Length 3:24 | |
Released 20 September 1976 (US)
15 October 1976 (UK) | ||
"A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" is a popular rock and roll song written by Carl Groszman, who at the time was signed to Ring O' Records.
Starr decided to do a cover of it for his 1976 album Ringo's Rotogravure, becoming his first Atlantic hit. Released on 20 September 1976 in advance of the album in the US, the single spent nine weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released in the UK on 15 October.
The song samples the 1962 hit, "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel. Starr also covered the song and released it as a single, reaching number 74 on the U.S. Billboard (magazine) Hot 100 in February 1977.
A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll is also the title of a later book by Nancy Lee Andrews, a fashion model and photographer, who had previously been engaged to Ringo Starr, and whom she subsequently sued for palimony.