1960s Doo-Wop Dance Party | Meet Me at the Top of the Wheel

Saturday night at the county fair: cotton candy, a sunburned crowd and two ride tickets, one red and one blue. Ricky bet a soda Eddie wouldn't dare ask June up on the Ferris wheel... so Eddie saved the second ticket for her. And when the wheel stopped right at the top, June said, "Eddie, go on and ask." "Meet Me at the Top of the Wheel" is an original early-1960s style doo-wop rock & roll song: a bouncing shuffle, twangy guitar hook, rolling boogie piano, walking bass, handclaps and a stop-time bridge. Eddie sings, June keeps him brave, Bobby and Ricky holler from the bumper cars, and Del Hartley gives him three spins. If this took you back to a Saturday night at the fair, subscribe to Atomic Sweethearts and come back for the next ride with Eddie and the gang. Did YOU ever ask someone out at the top of a Ferris wheel? Tell us in the comments! CHAPTERS 0:00 Del Hartley opens the show 0:10 Meet me at the top of the wheel 0:19 Saturday night at the county fair 0:43 Chorus: the whole town's lights below 1:00 The carny pulls the bar 1:22 Bumper cars and the second chorus 1:40 Guitar and piano break 1:53 The wheel stops at the top... and she says yes 2:06 Final chorus: now everybody knows 2:21 Round and round we go LYRICS Meet me at the top of the wheel! (Top of the wheel!) That's where I'll tell you how I feel! Saturday fair and the midway's loud, Cotton candy and a sunburned crowd. June won a bear at the ring-toss stand, Bobby lost his dime and his rubber band. Ricky bet a soda I wouldn't dare To ask her up in the evening air. I bought two tickets, red and blue, Said, "June, I saved the second one for you." Meet me at the top of the wheel! (Top of the wheel!) That's where I'll tell you how I feel! (How you feel!) The whole town's lights spread out below, We'll swing up high and steal the show, Meet me at the top of the wheel! The carny grinned and pulled the bar, We rocked and climbed above the cars. Halfway up the music played, Calliope and the band parade. June held my arm, I held my breath, Bobby yelled up, "Did you ask her yet?" Ricky waved from the bumper cars, Hollerin' up at the evening stars. Meet me at the top of the wheel!