Hot Rod Lincoln - wikipedia Hot Rod Lincoln 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. ( March 2015 ) `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' Label of the original 1955 single Single by Charlie Ryan and the Livingston Bros. B - side `` Hank Williams Goodbye '' Released 1955 ( 1955 ) Format 7 - inch 45 rpm single Label Souvenir ( SOUV - 101 ) Songwriter ( s ) Charlie Ryan `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' is a song by American singer - songwriter Charlie Ryan, first released in 1955. It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley 's 1951 hit `` Hot Rod Race '' which describes a race in San Pedro, Los Angeles between two hot rod cars, a Ford and a Mercury, which stay neck - and - neck until both are overtaken by `` a kid in a hopped - up Model A ''. `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' is sung from the perspective of this third driver, whose own hot rod is a Ford Model A body with a Lincoln - Zephyr V12 engine, overdrive, a four - barrel carburetor, 4 : 11 gear ratio, and safety tubes. Ryan 's original rockabilly version of the song was released in 1955 through Souvenir Records under the artist name Charley Ryan and the Livingston Bros. A second version was released in 1959 through Four Star Records, credited to Charlie Ryan and the Timberline Riders. Ryan based the description of the eponymous car on his own hot rod, built from a 1948 12 - cylinder Lincoln chassis shortened two feet, with a 1930 Ford Model A body fitted to it. Ryan raced his hot rod against a Cadillac sedan driven by a friend in Lewiston, Idaho, driving up the Spiral Highway ( former U.S. Route 95 in Idaho ) to the top of Lewiston Hill ; he incorporated elements from this race in his lyrics to `` Hot Rod Lincoln '', but changed the setting to Grapevine Hill ( a long, nearly straight grade up Grapevine Canyon to Tejon Pass, near the town of Gorman, California ) to fit it within the narrative of `` Hot Rod Race ''. A cover version of `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' was recorded by country musician Johnny Bond and released in 1960 through Republic Records, with Bond 's lyrics changing the hot rod 's engine from a V12 to a V8. Bond released a sequel in the same year called `` X-15 '', set in 1997, about an air race in an X-15 plane. Contents 1 Commander Cody cover 2 Other cover versions 3 References 4 External links Commander Cody cover Another cover version, by country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen on their 1971 album Lost in the Ozone, became the most successful version of `` Hot Rod Lincoln, '' reaching No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 28 Adult Contemporary, No. 7 in Canada, and was ranked No. 69 on the U.S. Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1972. Other cover versions In addition to Johnny Bond and Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, many other artists have recorded cover versions of `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' in the decades since its original release, including : Pat Travers, on Pat Travers ( 1976 ) Asleep at the Wheel, on Western Standard Time ( 1988 ) ; this version reached no. 65 on Billboard 's Hot Country Songs All, on Allroy 's Revenge ( 1989 ) Jim Varney, on The Beverly Hillbillies soundtrack ( 1993 ) Les Claypool, on Crank It Up ( 2002 ) Lawrence Ramsay, on Blowin ' Cash ( 2010 ) Chris Casello, on Chris Casello Trio ( 2013 ) Bill Kirchen ( Lead guitar in Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen ) on `` Hot Rod Lincoln Live. '' ( 1997 ) References Jump up ^ Souvenir SOUV - 101 Jump up ^ 4 Star 1733x45 Jump up ^ Johnny Bond on Rocky-52.net Jump up ^ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2013 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 -- 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 28. ISBN 978 - 0 - 89820 - 203 - 8. Jump up ^ Ankeny, Jason. `` Allroy 's Revenge ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2015 - 03 - 10. Jump up ^ `` The Beverly Hillbillies - Original Soundtrack Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 12. External links Rockabilly Hall of Fame -- Documents the history of the song through dozens of covers, including lyrics. www.hot-rod-lincoln.com -- The official site of Charlie Ryan Asleep at the Wheel Ray Benson Ray Benson Elizabeth McQueen David Earl Miller Eddie Rivers Jason Roberts David Sanger Dan Walton Jann Browne Tommy Beavers Richard Fitzhugh Lucky Oceans Wally Murphy Chris O'Connell Jim Murphy LeRoy Preston Floyd Domino Daniel Levin Tony Garnier Scott Hennige Ed Vizard Haydn Vitera Chris Boozr Cindy Cashdollar Tim Alexander Michael Francis Buddy Spicher Gene Dobkin Richard Casanova Johnny Nicholas John Whitby Bobby Black Rosie Flores Albums Willie and the Wheel ( 2009 ) Singles `` Choo Choo Ch'Boogie '' `` The Letter That Johnny Walker Read '' `` Route 66 '' `` The House of Blue Lights '' `` Walk On By '' `` Hot Rod Lincoln '' `` Corrine, Corrina '' `` Lay Down Sally '' Other songs `` Boot Scootin ' Boogie '' `` Cherokee Maiden '' `` Roly Poly '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hot_Rod_Lincoln&oldid=808125887 '' Categories : Rockabilly songs 1972 songs 1950 songs 1955 songs Asleep at the Wheel songs Charlie Ryan songs Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen songs Johnny Bond songs Songs about automobiles Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from March 2015 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 1 November 2017, at 01 : 11. 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Question: when did the song hot rod lincoln come out
Answer: 1955