Help finding a song/group.

[Thenasty]

Around 84-85 when Friday night videos plays at midnight, I saw this music video with a 57 Chevy car and of course girls wanted to ride in and the car took off, this part was the ending of the music video. The song is like Metal and some of the lyrics I remember were:

"I got a 57 chevy, 454, 4 on  floor".

And thats all I remember. I thought it might have been Y&T (Summertime girls) but no. Hope someone came across this group and can shed some light. I tried searching for the lyrics itself on some sites but none came up. Been bugging me for the longest time.
TIA

[Bones]

Van Halen maybe? Sounds a little familiar.....

[geomartin]

The song is from Y&T's "In Rock We Trust" album, the song is titled "All American Boy".

[geomartin]

Forgot to mention, Summertime Girls is on that same album.

I got a 57 chevy with 4 on the floor
Glass packs, cheater slicks, 454

[Thenasty]

Van Halen maybe? Sounds a little familiar.....

Not VH, if it was, I'll slap myself silly. The lead singer did not look like Diamond David Lee Roth.

All I can say, is that I don't think the group hit it big. Its like Y&T, Dokken, Zebra that I say really no one knew about. Almost like a one hit wonder for me.

[Thenasty]

Forgot to mention, Summertime Girls is on that same album.

I got a 57 chevy with 4 on the floor
Glass packs, cheater slicks, 454

Oh man, I gonna donwload it. I had a hunch that it could been Y&T but I was looking at Summertime Girls. Hope your right.........

[Thenasty]

Geomartin, THANKS BIG TIME......Wow, At least I had 90 % of it correct. Watching video now...Brings back memory.

[geomartin]

Glad to be of service

[Bones]

Not VH, if it was, I'll slap myself silly.

Hey! VH rocks!!

I recently heard Yankee Rose (yeah not technically Van Halen), enjoyed it sooooo much!

[Thenasty]

yes VH rocks.

This is gonna drive me crazy now. Limewire does have that song. I'll enjoy the Video for now till I find the MP3 for it or a the CD. Time to visit Sam Goody, Coconut etc....

[geomartin]

I love most of the David Lee Roth solo stuff, off the wall yet so entertaining.

[geomartin]

Another site that has Y&T downloads.  It's a guitar tabs site, but he has several live performances on mp3 for download, linked to the official band site, so I'm assuming legal downloads.

http://home.comcast.net/~bjaramil/ynt.htm

Just right click the song title you want and save as...
at the right side of the page.  Left side are guitar tablature.

Geo

[Thenasty]

Lots of Y&T song on limewire but that one. That site above has lots of mp3 but that song. This is gonna drive me nuts. Time to hit mirc, wonder if Audiogalaxy still up.

[geomartin]

I've got a copy of the LP.  But I don't know if it was ever rereleased stateside on CD.  That is why you're having trouble finding it.  The only CD for that album that I've seen were Japanese imports.  The band was huge in Japan for some reason, and all thier cd's are available in Japanese import versions.  Most are oop in the US, exception being a couple of greatest hits albums.  I only know so much of the band because they were a local band that made it big.  We used to see them in local venues at extremely reasonable rates and they were a great party band.  They still play locally, and I see them every now and then.

Geo

[Thenasty]

they have this on amazon. So far this is the only one that has the song in it. The ultimate collection and greatest hits don't have that song. I'm curse...

[geomartin]

Now I feel like an idiot   The song is on the "Down For The Count" album.  Lucky for you this album is easier to find.  I dug out my old vinyl, and there it was.  I actually have two copies of  the album, so if you still have a turntable I'll send you  a copy.

Geo

[Thenasty]

thanks Geo, but I do't have a turntable. Anyways, I tried limewire again and some1, yes just one soul had it up and I grab it ASAP.
The song now resides in my HD as an MP3 
Been playing the song all day and watching the video too. Wondering who that midget was at the end, whne he hop on the car and gave a smile on camera ?
That video was perfect. It was all fun, and thats the one reason I remember it.
"All American Boy" will be added to my Cabinet as a background music while in the MENU selection.

I called that song a one hit wonder since I did not know for sure what group sang it. Now, I can add it to the rest of Y&T hits like Mean Streak, Keep on Running, Summertime Gilrs etc....There was so many songs on limewire that I end up DLing a total of 20 Y&T songs