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"Ice Cream Man" is a song by Van Halen which was written and originally recorded by Chicago Blues musician John Brim. Born in 1922, Brim recorded this at Chess Records in 1953. In 1994, he released a compilation album called The Ice Cream Man.

This is one of David Lee Roth's favorites. He pushed to get it on Van Halen's first album as a tribute to the Blues.

The first verse is just Roth singing and playing acoustic guitar. The full band joins in after that.

Like many American Blues songs, the lyrics are loaded with sexual imagery.

This was one of 2 covers on Van Halen's first album. The other, "You Really Got Me," was their first single.

Van Halen included this on a cassette they gave Gene Simmons before they had a record deal. Simmons didn't like this song, but let them record it anyway when he flew them to New York to make a demo. They didn't get a deal out of it, but when Warner Brothers finally signed them, the songs on the demo, including this, made up much of their first 2 albums.

In 1659 the Sicilian chef Francesco Procopia dei Coltelli perfected the making of ice cream. Twenty seven years later dei Coltelli opened Le Procope, the first cafe in Paris. Here after being considered a dessert for royalty alone, ice cream was made available to the general public for the first time. (From the book Food for Thought: Extraordinary Little Chronicles of the World by Ed Pearce)

v · t · eSongs of Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Van Halen Intro
Panama · Runnin' with the Devil
Los Angeles
White Wedding (Part 1) · Stacy's Mom · Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) · Best of You · Safe European Home
West Hollywood
And the Cradle Will Rock... · Intruder/(Oh) Pretty Woman · Jamie's Cryin' · Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love · Everybody Wants Some!!
Rome
Semi-Charmed Life · Pain · Rock and Roll Is Dead · The End of Heartache · First Date
New York City
Unchained · Atomic Punk · Dance the Night Away · Hear About It Later · Jump
Berlin
Double Vision · I Want It All · Master Exploder · Dope Nose · Come to Life
Dallas
Little Guitars · Eruption · You Really Got Me · Feel Your Love Tonight · Ice Cream Man
London
Space Truckin' · The Takedown · Sick, Sick, Sick · Painkiller
New Netherlands
Beautiful Girls · Somebody Get Me a Doctor · Hang 'Em High · Romeo Delight · Loss of Control
The Early Years
So This Is Love? · Mean Street · I'm the One · Hot for Teacher · Spanish Fly · Cathedral
GHTunes example songs
Cheeky Nibble · Pan Flute Hero · Innerear Brigade · Middle Fork · Murphy's Lie · Five Towns · OmniSound · QXP-13 Space Modulator
*Setlist ordered by Band career
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