Totally Essential Rockabilly

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Train Kept a’ Rollin’
Johnny Burnette & The Rock ’n’ Roll Trio2:16
2Ice Water
Glenn Barber2:27
3Susie Q
Dale Hawkins2:14
4Red 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
5That’s All Right
recording of:
That’s All Right
lyricist and composer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Crudup Music, Hill & Range Songs, Inc., Intersong GmbH (publisher; do NOT use as release label), PW Ballads, Special Rider Music, St. Louis Music Corp., Unichappell Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Marty Robbins2:35
6You Ought to See Grandma Rock
Skeets McDonald2:01
7Grandaddy’s Rockin’
Mac Curtis2:02
8Rocking Daddy
Sonny Fisher2:22
9Everybody’s Rockin’
Werly Fairburn1:56
10Big River
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12)
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-11-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-11-12)
guitar:
Jack Clement (on 1957-11-12)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
performer:
The Tennessee Two
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1957) and Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recording of:
Big River (on 1957-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash) and Knox Music, Inc.
Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two32:30
11Duck Tail
Joe Clay42:30
12Blue Suede Shoes
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1955-12)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (in 1955-12)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12) and Jay Perkins (in 1955-12)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun (US label founded in 1952) (from 1956 to present)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 5) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 95)
recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes (in 1955-12)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., Hi Lo Music, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
Carl Perkins42:14
13Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
Bob Luman2:20
14Tongue Tied Jill
Charlie Feathers1:57
15Leroy
Jack Scott2:08
16Crazy Little Guitar Man
Red Foley2:13
17Pink Cadillac
recording of:
Pink Cadillac (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Sammy Masters (1950s Country and Western, Rockabilly artist)
Sammy Masters2:21
18Cat Music
Tommy Scott2:09
19Rock‐Ola Ruby
Sonee West2:17
20Twenty Flight Rock
Eddie Cochran1:43
▶ CD 3