Sea Cruise - wikipedia Sea Cruise This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2015 ) `` Sea Cruise '' is a song written and sung by Huey `` Piano '' Smith and His Clowns. The recording was included on the 1971 Ace Records compilation Huey `` Piano '' Smith 's Rock & Roll Revival ! Original The song was initially covered by Frankie Ford in 1959, with a top - 20 hit, using Smith 's original backing track. Released on Ace Records, it sold over one million copies, gaining gold disc status. The single included ship 's bell and horn sound - effects, as well as boogie piano, a driving horn section and a beat that anticipated ska music. The song has been included in several motion picture soundtracks, including Ski Patrol in 1990 and Out to Sea in 1997. Recorded Cover versions It was later also covered by : Jackie Edwards released a ska version in 1964 Herman 's Hermits covered the song in 1965 on the album Introducing Herman 's Hermits. The Hondells covered the song in the 1960s, as seen on a Scopitone film. Freddy Cannon covered it in a 1968 single released by `` We Make Rock'N Roll Records '' # 1604 Shakin ' Stevens and the Sunsets covered the song on their album, Good Rockin ' Tonight ( 1971 ). The Houseshakers in Demolition Rock ( 1972 ) ( available on CD Contours Of Rock ' n ' Roll Raucous Records ). Sha Na Na on The Night Is Still Young and Golden Age Of Rock ' n ' Roll ( both 1972 ). Jerry Lee Lewis in 1973 for his album The Session... Recorded in London with Great Artists. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen covered the song in 1973. Johnny Rivers recorded a studio version in 1971 and covered it in 1974 on the album Last Boogie in Paris. John Fogerty covered it on his self - titled 1975 solo album. Nicky Hopkins covered it in 1975 on the album No More Changes. The Beach Boys, recorded c. 1976 for initial inclusion on 15 Big Ones ( released on the 1981 compilation album Ten Years of Harmony featuring a vocal by Dennis Wilson ) Robert Gordon and Link Wray covered the song on their 1977 album Robert Gordon with Link Wray. Rory Gallagher used to performed the song live in 1978 - 1979. The version from Wiesbaden, Germany, 6 May 1979 was included on his DVD At Rockpalast. Another version from December 1979 was released on Notes from San Francisco. Showaddywaddy covered the song on their 1979 album Crepes & Drapes. Billy `` Crash '' Craddock covered it in 1980 on the album Changes. Rico Rodriguez recorded an instrumental version in 1980 with The Specials. Glenn Frey recorded the song on his first solo album, No Fun Aloud in 1982, after having performed it with Eagles on the same year of their breakup, 1980. Anne Murray performed the song in her 1983 TV special Anne Murray : Caribbean Cruise. The Kidsongs Kids covered the song on their 1986 video `` What I Want to Be ! ''. Dion covered the song in 1990 on the album Adventures of Ford Fairlane. American R&B and boogie - woogie pianist and singer Little Willie Littlefield recorded a version for his 1997 album The Red One. Jimmy Buffett covered the song on the 1995 album Margaritaville Cafe Late Night Gumbo. It also appeared on M.O.M. - Music for our mother ocean - Vol 3 in 1999, and Jimmy 's Live in Mansfield, MA CD released in 2004. Status Quo on their 1999 single, `` The Way It Goes. '' Cliff Richard and The Shadows covered the song on their 2009 album Reunited. Cliff also covered it on his 1990 live album, From a Distance - The Event. Don McLean on his 1981 album, Believers. In 1976 actress Jill Clayburgh performed the song on Saturday Night Live ( season one, episode 15 ), backed by the US Coast Guard 's a cappella group The Idlers. Yo La Tengo recorded the song for their covers album Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics. References Jump up ^ `` Huey `` Piano '' Smith - Huey `` Piano '' Smith 's Rock & Roll Revival ! ``. Discogs. Retrieved 24 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Frankie Ford ''. Frankieford.com. 1939 - 08 - 04. Archived from the original on 2015 - 01 - 26. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ Murrells, Joseph ( 1978 ). The Book of Golden Discs ( 2nd ed. ). London : Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 114. ISBN 0 - 214 - 20512 - 6. Jump up ^ Leszczak, Bob ( 2014 ). Who Did It First ? : Great Rock and Roll Cover Songs and Their Original Artists. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 187. ISBN 978 - 1442233218. Jump up ^ `` Herman 's Hermits - Introducing Herman 's Hermits ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived December 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Freddy Cannon Record Label Shots ''. Colorradio.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Sha Na Na * - The Night Is Still Young ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Johnny Rivers And His L.A. Boogie Band - Last Boogie In Paris ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ `` John Fogerty - John Fogerty ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Nicky Hopkins - No More Changes ( Vinyl, LP ) ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Archived November 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Showaddywaddy - Crepes & Drapes ( Vinyl, LP ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015 - 07 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2011 - 07 - 18. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Various - The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane ( Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ) ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ Sea Cruise on YouTube Jump up ^ ( 3 ) Archived March 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Status Quo - The Way It Goes ( CD ) ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 30. 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Question: who sang take me on a sea cruise
Answer: Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns