"Hot Dog" is a rockabilly song by country singerBuck Owens, initially released under the pseudonym Corky Jones in September 1956 by independent Californian country label Pep.

Wanting to stretch himself musically and influenced by the likes ofElvis Presley andGene Vincent, Owens wrote and recorded the rockabilly songs "Hot Dog" and "Rhythm and Booze". Not wanting to upset his country fans or for its release to affect his aspiring country career, Owens released the single under the pseudonym Corky Jones. The single was commercially successful locally, but did not get any further due to lacking in national distribution.^[1]

In 1961, the single was re-released byTennessee label New Star as Buck Owens with overdubbed additional instrumentation.^[2] The original Pep record was also reissued in 1975.^[3] In 1988, Owens re-recorded "Hot Dog" for hisalbum of same name, and it was released as a single byCapitol Records on 28 September that year, upon which it charted at number 46 on theBillboard Country chart.^[1][4]

Original recording:^[1]

• Buck Owens – vocals, producer
• Roy Nichols – guitar
• Fuzzy Owen – bass guitar
• Lawrence Williams (possibly) – piano
• Ray Heath – drums
• Red Butler – percussion

1988 re-recording:^[1]

• Buck Owens – vocals
• Terry Christofferson – lead guitar, steel guitar
• Doyle Singer – rhythm guitar
• John Herrell – rhythm guitar
• Jim Shaw – piano, harmony vocals, producer
• Dusty Wakeman – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Jim McCarty – drums
• Charlie Paakkari – backing vocals

"Hot Dog"
Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single byShakin' Stevens
from the albumTake One!
B-side	"Apron Strings"
Released	4 January 1980 (1980-01-04)[6]
Recorded	1979
Studio	Eden Studios, London
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:48
Label	Epic
Songwriters	Buck Owens Denny Dedmon
Producer	Mike Hurst
Shakin' Stevens singles chronology
"Spooky" (1979) "Hot Dog" (1980) "Hey Mae" (1980)

Welsh rock and roll singerShakin' Stevens released a cover of the song in January 1980 as the only single from his albumTake One!. It became his first UK hit, peaking at number 24 on theSingles Chart.^[7]

Despite being release at the beginning of January, the single did not enter the UK Singles Chart until the second week of February. It stayed in the charts for nine weeks, reaching its peak on the third week of March. The success of the single ledTake One! to enter theAlbum Charts and peak at number 62.^[7]

The B-side "Apron Strings" is a cover of the song written byGeorge David Weiss andAaron Schroeder, first released byDavid Hess in 1959 under the name Billy the Kid.^[8] However, the B-side of the single released in New Zealand was a cover ofSmiley Lewis' "Shame, Shame, Shame", written byKenyon Hopkins and Ruby Fisher (the record miscredits the song toBob Geddins andJimmy McCracklin who wrote a different song of same name).^[9]

Reviewing the song forRecord Mirror, Robin Smith wrote "One more from the lumbering rock 'n' roll mastodon that refuses to die. Off we go with cats and chicks gathering round the hot dog stand of a summer's evening. The sort of thing you've heard time and lime before, and will no doubt be tortured with time and time again."^[10]

7"

1. "Hot Dog" – 2:48
2. "Apron Strings" – 3:06

7" (New Zealand)

1. "Hot Dog" – 2:48
2. "Shame, Shame, Shame" – 2:09

• In 1975,Ray Campi covered the song on his albumRockabilly Lives!
• In 2001,Rosie Flores covered the song on her albumSpeed of Sound

• 1956 singles
• 1980 singles
• 1988 singles
• 1956 songs
• Buck Owens songs
• Shakin' Stevens songs
• Capitol Records singles
• Epic Records singles
• Songs written by Buck Owens
• Song recordings produced by Mike Hurst (producer)

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