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Do the Vega

Rating:
2.8 / 5

Words & Music: Bill Giant Bernie Baum Florence Kaye

Do the Vega take a chance and do the vega
If you dance it you'll have fun
The fever gets ya and then I'll bet ya
You'll shake like the sun of a gun

First you make the right connection
Choose the one whose your selection
Though you risk your reputation
You'll increase you're circulation

Do the Vega take a chance and do the vega
If you dance it you'll have fun
The fever gets ya and then I'll bet ya
You'll shake like the sun of a gun

Roll and keep you're shoulders busy
Like a wheel spin 'till you're dizzy
Kick your heels when you've a notion
Shake and shimmy that's the motion

Do the Vega take a chance and do the vega
If you dance it you'll have fun
The fever gets ya and then I'll bet ya
You'll shake like the sun of a gun

Do the Vega take a chance and do the vega
If you dance it you'll have fun
The fever gets ya and then I'll bet ya
You'll shake like the sun of a gun
Shake like the sun of a gun
Shake like the sun of a gun
Shake like the sun of a gun

Recordingdate: 1963/07/10, first released on: Flaming Star (album)

Musicians

Musicians who contributed to the first recording of Do the Vega:

(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(drums)
(drums)
(piano)
(piano)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(percussion)
(percussion)
(percussion)
(percussion)
(percussion)
(sax)
(sax)
(trombone)
(trombone)
(trumpet)

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dgirl wrote on February 10, 2009
Better than Do the freakin Clam!
luciano77 wrote on May 20, 2010
First time I heared this song was on the Flaming Star Camden LP and I loved it. And by the way DO THE CLAM for is not a bad song not my favorit but not freaky! My Opinion :)
shoesuedeblues wrote on May 20, 2010
Flaming Star was an odd mixture of left overs but not necessary junk. This particular track was interesting as it was an unused film song if I remember? That is the only interest I had for the song.
JerryNodak wrote on May 20, 2010
I first heard this song on the Sings Flaming Star album which I purchased at a Singer Sewing Center. I still have that issue along with the later Camden issue. "Vega" is an OK song. I prefer Do The Clam.
Steve V wrote on May 20, 2010
Not a bad song but not up to the rest of the soundtrack. This is strictly movie stuff though, just as Do The Clam which was one of the worst A-sides of all time by anyone, poorly produced, poor arrangement, out of touch with 1965. (freak is too nice a word, my Opinion)
old shep wrote on May 20, 2010
Not a great album but certainly some interesting stuff on it. I can't remember ever playing the song after the first play though there were a couple of tracks I liked namely Wonderful World and Too Much Monkey Business. As for a comparison with Do the Clam, yes I can see that, they're both bloody awful.
Deano1 wrote on May 20, 2010
An attempt at a dance song that was wisely cut from the movie "Viva Las Vegas". This one and "Do The Clam" are not horrible (I prefer DTC over this one), but far from great and on par with a lot of the dance songs that were being released from 1960-65 ("Gravy" by Dee Dee Sharp amd "Popeye The Hitchhiker" by Chubby Checker are just a couple of the many "so-so" to bad dance songs from that era). This one is easily the worst track recorded for the movie "VLV" and I actually find it the least entertaining track on the budget LP "Flaming Star". Two stars.
theoldscudder wrote on May 20, 2010
Why this masterpiece did not make the Oscar's short list is anybody's guess. PS I like to do the err clam.
GEORGE (GK) wrote on January 20, 2012
Like "Do the Clam".. "Do the Vega" didn't catch on, as a dance craze. ? But regardless, I like the song, and It's a guilty pleasure of mine, and, I Love to sing along to it. The song was to be featured in the "Viva Las Vegas" movie and soundtrack, but wasn't used, and later ended up on a "RCA CAMDEN Budget priced Album", which was a fun album to listen to, and sold very well.
freedom101 wrote on January 21, 2012
I've always liked "Do The Vega" and I always will. Too bad RCA didn't release the full length "Viva Las Vegas" album around the time the movie came out. Elvis was in top form. Despite that, the album is a classic!
sugartummy wrote on March 02, 2013
Of course it is "shake like the son of a gun". Very tame song; not a spark of fire in there.
TheMemphisFan wrote on July 22, 2016
"Shake like a son of a gun"
Cruiser621 wrote on May 10, 2017
Garbage in, garbage out. What a waste. 1-star if that.
GEORGE (GK) wrote on July 07, 2017
I Love the song !! It's fun . . but far from his best... obviously.
atomic powered poste wrote on September 05, 2018
It's not that bad, but i can hardly hear more than a generic movie tune. 2 stars. From an artistic point it was right not to release a full soundtrack lp. Songs like this or santa lucia .... it wouldn't be a great loss if they had stayed in the archive. All good tracks from vlv where released on the single and the ep.
JerryNodak wrote on April 07, 2019
Listenable movie tune. Nothing more. Would have been interesting to see what sort of dance would have been created to accompany the song had it been used in VLV. Personally, I prefer "Do The Clam." "Vega" 2 and a half stars.
Gorse wrote on July 30, 2019
Strictly only a film song, but could have been a valuable addition to the film if used with the delectable Ann-Margret and dancing company in the relevant scene..
Milky White Way wrote on July 30, 2019
I actually really like this tune, it’s warm and summery with the steal drum percussion during the break. I know the lyrics are pure but I still love it
bajo wrote on December 19, 2020
Maybe not the most memorable "forgotten" movie song. Still, I enjoyed it when I first heard it on the Flaming Star Camden LP. And I am among those who think it was a huge mistake not to release a soundtrack album from that movie!
bajo wrote on December 19, 2020
Forgot to mention that when the soundtrack finally appeared on CD it showed how good it would have been back then as a soundtrack LP album.
marty wrote on December 19, 2020
What probably prevented the release of a soundtrack LP were the issues between the Colonel and the Ann-Margret camp. Without the duets there weren't enough songs recorded for "Viva Las Vegas" unless they used bonus songs like for they did for "Kissin' Cousins". It's a pity because it would have been a better LP than KC and could have sold well. The song is one of the weakest from the soundtrack but still better than the weaker songs of KC. 2 1/2 stars
DerekH wrote on October 03, 2022
The start of the poor movie recordings, but there where some good ones from this movie.
GBK42 wrote on October 03, 2022
One of those "so bad, it is good"-type songs. The title means nothing, of course, but an energetic little tune that makes you wanna get up and dance. Four stars from I.
TheMemphisFan wrote on October 04, 2022
DerekH, I have to disagree. The start of the poor movie recordings are most of the tunes from "It Happened At The World's Fair".
GBK42 wrote on October 04, 2022
Nah, I like It Happened at the World's Fair, both the film and soundtrack. Even most critics of today say the movie is one of Elvis Presley's better post-Army efforts. And the soundtrack to it is mostly first-rate, even though it's brought down, unfortunately, by "Cotton Candy Land" and "How Would You Like to Be." (The former was surprisingly used in the new Elvis film this year.)
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