Ain't That A Shame by Pat Boone (#2 in 1955)

In concert, Pat Boone has said he wanted to call this song “Isn’t it a Shame” because it was more grammatical. That alone keeps him from ever entering The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Pat’s covers of R&B songs range from the comical to the actually insulting (like his version of “Tutti Frutti”). There is only one way to describe this cover of Fats Domino’s classic: White. The pitch is too bright; the rhythm is too forced. Pat is trying to sound tough but instead sound like a white shill for Chevrolet. Oh, wait...

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[John Sams]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!