Draft:Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
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Comment: WP:NMUSIC notes that songs do not inherit notability from their creator, or in this case even their A-side. The secondary sourcing, which provides brief WP:TRIVIA about the song, is just too minimal to suggest this is a notable recording worth its own article, especially when it can be dealt with under the album or single page. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 11:34, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
"Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Jim Croce from his 1972 album You Don't Mess Around With Jim.
| "Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Jim Croce | |
| from the album You Don't Mess Around With Jim | |
| A-side | "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" |
| Released | August 23, 1972[1] |
| Genre | Folk rock |
| Length | 2:40 |
| Label | ABC (USA) Vertigo (UK, Mexico) |
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Croce |
| Producer(s) | Terry Cashman, Tommy West |
| Official audio | |
| "Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" on YouTube | |
Released as the b-side to Croce's popular song Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels), Rapid Roy is named after a stock car driver called Roy Hall who went under the name Rapid Roy when racing.[2] Although it is named after Roy Hall, it is about various different stock car drivers.[3]
Credits
[edit]- Jim Croce – performer, songwriter
- Maury Muehleisen – guitar
References
[edit]- ^ Dean, Maury (2003). Rock 'n Roll: Gold Rush : a Singles Un-cyclopedia. Maxwell Hunter Publishing. p. 235.
- ^ "Roy Hall - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Croce, Ingrid; Rock, Jimmy (2012-07-03). I Got a Name: The Jim Croce Story. Da Capo Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-306-82121-9.
- ^ Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) by Jim Croce on Apple Music, 1972-01-01, retrieved 2024-12-15
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