Stop, Look and Listen

Stop, Look and Listen.

Written by Joy Byers.

First recorded by Ricky Nelson 

(September 17, 1964 / November 23, 1964)

And then Bill Hayley And the Comets

Recorded February 15 / 1965 at Bell Sound Studios - New York. Line Up : Bill Haley [vocal]:Johnny Kay [Lead guitar]: Nick Masters [Steel Guitar]: Al Rappa [Bass]: Dave Francis [Drums]: Ernie Henry [Organ]: Rudy Pompilli [Tenor Sax]

The song was later recorded by Elvis for his movie 

California Holiday - or Spinout 1966.

As played in the film

Although the song is credited to Joy Byers - there is a debate about how many of her credited songs were written by the legendary producer Bob Johnson - who discovered Bob Dylan. I don;t know the answer but you can read about it here http://theelvisforum-phoenix.com/viewtopic.php?t=2833