Who was the first guitarist to do the "Chicka chicka wa wa" sound?

[tyeeslayer]

Listening to some Doors and the song Peace Frog/ Blue Sunday has a very distinct guitar sound that was used often but who started that sound. Was this the first song to use it?

 

[4-2-7]

 

[Dr. Morbius]

I'm pretty certain it got its start from an episode of Mannix. They oft used the triangle during suspense scenes too.

 

[tyeeslayer]

And went on to be the soundtrack of many a bad 70's porno.

 

[Poinzy]

I dunno. But somebody's gonna sue Jimmy Page over it, no doubt.

 

[Dr. Morbius]

And went on to be the soundtrack of many a bad 70's porno.

Ah yes, the mustache years.

 

[woofmytweets]

And went on to be the soundtrack of many a bad 70's porno.

i thought it STARTED porno

 

[mikeybc]

Maybe the Theme from Shaft, the guitarist was Charles Pitts ? Maybe Hendrix used it earlier ?

 

[Poinzy]

If you think about it, you can play that phrase just brushing your teeth.

 

[tyeeslayer]

Maybe the Theme from Shaft, the guitarist was Charles Pitts ? Maybe Hendrix used it earlier ?

Shaft 1973
Morrison Hotel 1970

 

[arts]

Hendrix-Voodo Child,1968?

 

[Eric Lloyd]

My best guess would be: some guy in a bar band somewhere did it accidentally and someone else in his band asked him to do it some more. Then some semi-famous dude heard it and had to get it down. From there it spread like a virus. That's how all these things get started. Who first recorded it on an album of note? It might be extremely hard to pin down.

 

[loopstick]

Emphasis on the Chicka Chicka -

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1955)

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[toddalin]

 

[KentTeffeteller]

The Chicka-Chicka lick was a Country and Rockabilly lick to begin with. Likely the roots of the whole thing, and adapted from some R&B musicians of the era.

 

[woodj]

The Chicka-Chicka lick was a Country and Rockabilly lick to begin with. Likely the roots of the whole thing, and adapted from some R&B musicians of the era.

Yeah.
And for the life of me, I can't remember many of the artists who used it.

 

[Tom Brennan]

Maybe the Theme from Shaft, the guitarist was Charles Pitts ? Maybe Hendrix used it earlier ?

Yeah, Skip Pitts, studio guy at Stax who played the guitar on Shaft. He died not long ago.

Check him out here.

 

[stereoguy70]

I thought it was the Funk Brothers with Motown that really got into that first.....Temtations........ Psychadelic Shack, I can't get next to you.....etc.....

 

[tubed]

I'd say that particular little riff was pretty much unique to Robby Krieger and the Doors.

 

[hjames]

I thought it went back to Lonnie Mack ... but they worked it so hard in the SHAFT theme song that introduced us all to it.
(How hard did they work it baby?, oh oh baby, THAT hard ... SHAFT!)