Rockabilly’s Gravest Hits

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Annotation

"Digitally remastered for optimum sound quality"

Annotation last modified on 2013-11-10 09:27 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▶ CD 2
▼ CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Bluejean Bop
recording of:
Blue Jean Bop
writer:
Hal Levy and Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent2:25
2Rock ’n’ Roll Ruby
Warren Smith2:54
3Honey Hush
cover recording of:
Honey Hush
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Lou Willie Turner
lyricist and composer:
Big Joe Turner
Johnny Burnette2:03
4Daddy‐O‐Rock
Jeff Daniels2:18
5One Hand Loose
Charlie Feathers2:23
6Rock It
recording of:
Rock It
lyricist and composer:
George Jones (US country music vocalist)
George Thumper Jones2:14
7If I Had Me a Woman
Mac Curtis2:23
8Baby Let’s Play House
engineer and producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
electric guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
guitar:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
vocals:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1953, in 1955)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
cover recording of:
Baby Let’s Play House (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Gunter
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. and LPGV Music (BMI)
Elvis Presley3.52:17
9Please Don’t Touch
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates1:52
10Ten Little Women
Terry Noland2:14
11Two Timin’ Woman
Jack Scott1:58
12Sixteen Chicks
Joe Clay1:59
13Ooby Dooby
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
double bass:
Jack Kennelly (in 1956)
drums (drum set):
Billy Pat Ellis (in 1956)
guitar:
Roy Orbison (in 1956) and Johnny 'Guitar' Wilson (in 1956)
mandolin:
James Morrow (in 1956)
vocals:
Roy Orbison (in 1956)
recording of:
Ooby Dooby (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Wade Moore and Dick Penner
publisher:
Hi Lo Music, Peer International Corporation (BMI) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
Roy Orbison52:13
14Boppin’ the Blues
recording of:
Boppin’ the Blues
composer:
Curley Griffin (1950s Rockabilly artist) (in 1956) and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Hi-Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), MPL Music Publishing Inc., MPL UK Publishing and Wren Music Co.
Carl Perkins2:50
15Stack‐A‐Records
Tom Tall2:46
16Red Headed Woman
double bass:
Johnny Ray Hubbard (on 1956-05-02)
guitar:
Sonny Burgess (rockabilly artist) (on 1956-05-02) and Joe Lewis (1950s US rockabilly artist) (on 1956-05-02)
membranophone:
Russ Smith (on 1956-05-02)
piano:
Kern K. Kennedy (on 1956-05-02)
trumpet:
Jack Nance (on 1956-05-02)
vocals:
Sonny Burgess (rockabilly artist) (on 1956-05-02)
recording of:
Red Headed Woman (on 1956-05-02)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Burgess (rockabilly artist)
Sonny Burgess2:09
17A Red Cadillac and a Black Mustache
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun (US label founded in 1952) (in 1957)
recording of:
Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
lyricist and composer:
Lillian May and Willie B. Thompson,
publisher:
Unart Music Corp.
Warren Smith2:41
18Where the Rio de Rosa Flows
Jimmy Lloyd2:32
19Rock Billy Boogie
Johnny Burnette32:34
20Red Hot
recording of:
Red Hot
writer:
W. R. Emerson (rock 'n' roll on Sun, Vee-Jay & Chess Records)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated)
Billy Lee Riley and His Little Green Men2:32
21Good Rockin’ Tonight
engineer and producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (in 1954, from 1954-09-12 until 1954-09-16)
electric guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (from 1954-09-12 until 1954-09-16)
guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (in 1954) and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (in 1954, from 1954-09-12 until 1954-09-16)
vocals:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (from 1954-09-12 until 1954-09-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1954) and BMG Entertainment (in 1955)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1954, from 1954-09-12 until 1954-09-16)
cover recording of:
Good Rockin’ Tonight (on 1954-09-10)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (in 1947-07)
publisher:
Brown Angel Music Publishing (BMI-affiliated), Carlin Music Corporation, Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Knox Music, Inc., Lark Music Ltd., Lois Music Publishing Co., Trio Music (publisher) and Trio Music Co., Inc.
Elvis Presley52:16
22No No Baby
Al Ferrier2:18
23Tongue Tied Jill
Charlie Feathers1:57
24Little Pig
Dale Hawkins2:16
25Flip Flop Mama
Eddie Bond & The Stompers2:09

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Release

ASIN:UK: B00425ASJ2 [info]