K SPECIAL VA - Rockabilly Rebels, The 275 Greatest Rockabilly Rockers - A 70th Anniversary Celebration (Super Deluxe Edition) [2024] (8xCDs)

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VA - Rockabilly Rebels, The 275 Greatest Rockabilly Rockers - A 70th Anniversary Celebration (Super Deluxe Edition) [2024] (8xCDs)

Celebrating 70 years of Rockabilly: 1954-2024

On July 5, 1954, in his first session for Sam Phillips’s Sun label of Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis Presley recorded two songs that would lay the foundation for rockabilly: “That’s All Right,” written by Mississippi bluesman Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, and a hopped-up version of “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” a mid-tempo waltz by Bill Monroe, the creator of bluegrass. Presley sang with African American inflections and more emotional intensity than country singers of the time. He accompanied himself on strummed acoustic guitar, Scotty Moore provided fills with electric guitar, and Bill Black added propulsive upright bass as the trio established rockabilly’s quintessential instrumentation.

Following this blueprint, rockabilly records typically featured a wildly expressive vocalist tearing into a bluesy song while flailing away on an acoustic guitar. Backing was provided by a bass played in the slapping style, frequently supported by a drummer; an electric guitarist filled the gaps and took an energetic solo; and the whole sound was enlarged by a studio effect called slap-back, or “Sun echo,” developed by Phillips.

Presley, Moore, and Black, along with drummer D.J. Fontana toured the South almost continually in 1954 and 1955, igniting audiences. Moreover, they inspired numerous musicians to make the switch from country to rockabilly, among them Buddy Holly and Marty Robbins, the latter already an established star. Almost all the rockabilly recorded in these early years was produced by musicians who had seen Presley perform. In 1956 Presley, by then signed to RCA and recording in Nashville, Tennessee, captivated millions with his performances on prime-time television and sold millions of records. Labels scrambled for similar performers, finding singers like Gene Vincent, whose “Be-Bop-a-Lula” soon hit the charts.

Sun recorded rockabilly by Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Warren Smith, Billy Lee Riley, Sonny Burgess, and many others. Among the label’s brightest stars was Carl Perkins, whose “Blue Suede Shoes,” the genre’s best-known song, was a hit for Presley, though Perkins’s own version was much more characteristically rockabilly. Nashville country stars jumped on the bandwagon, as did young female performers such as Wanda Jackson, Brenda Lee, and Janis Martin. Other places developed strong rockabilly communities, including Texas (where Buddy Knox, Sleepy LaBeef, Ronnie Dawson, and future country star George Jones were based) and California (home of Ricky Nelson, Eddie Cochran, and the Collins Kids). Still, of the thousands of rockabilly songs recorded in the 1950s, few made the charts. As rockabilly evolved, more sounds entered - piano, saxophone, harmony singing, background vocal groups - thus diluting its sound. By the end of the 1950s, rockabilly was spent.

Rockabilly is a genre of music that blends rock and roll with elements of country music, and it emerged in the early 1950s. While there is no definitive answer to what the very first rockabilly song was, many music historians point to "That's All Right" by Elvis Presley as one of the early and influential rockabilly recordings.

"That's All Right" was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1954 at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The song features a blend of rhythm and blues, country, and rock and roll elements, which are characteristic of the rockabilly genre. This recording is often credited with helping to popularize rockabilly music and marking a significant moment in the history of rock and roll.

A song from Elvis' second Sun session, recorded on Wednesday, July 7th, yielded the eventual B-side to "That's All Right," the nearly equally classic, "Blue Boon of Kentucky." Two weeks after it was recorded, Sun Records released the first Elvis single - "That's All Right" backed with "Blue Moon of Kentucky." The single broke new ground, mixing R&B, country, and rockabilly, and is widely regarded as the first rock n' roll single.

"That's All Right" ended up selling around 20,000 copies upon its original release, and although not enough to make the Billboard and Cashbox charts, it went as high as Number Four on the local Memphis charts.

"That's All Right" was originally written and recorded by one of Elvis' main inspirations, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, with "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" already on its way to becoming a bluegrass classic by Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys.

"That's All Right" was one of the few songs Sun-era songs that Presley continued to perform throughout his career. Before the song "C.C. Rider" became his official opening number in 1970, the majority of Presley's' 1969 "comeback" concerts in Las Vegas opened with either "Blue Suede Shoes" or "That's All Right."

While "That's All Right" is often cited as an important early rockabilly song, it's important to note that rockabilly music was influenced by a variety of artists and styles, and there were other musicians contributing to the development of the genre around the same time. Artists like Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis also made significant contributions to the early rockabilly sound.

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blues leading to what is considered "classic" rock and roll. Some have also described it as a blend of bluegrass with rock and roll.

The term "rockabilly" itself is a portmanteau of "rock" (from "rock 'n' roll") and "hillbilly", the latter a reference to the country music (often called "hillbilly music" in the 1940s and 1950s) that contributed strongly to the style. Other important influences on rockabilly include western swing, boogie-woogie, jump blues, and electric blues.

Defining features of the rockabilly sound included strong rhythms, boogie woogie piano riffs, vocal twangs, doo-wop acapella singing, and common use of the tape echo; but progressive addition of different instruments and vocal harmonies led to its "dilution".

Initially popularized by artists such as Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Burnette, Jerry Lee Lewis, and others, the rockabilly style waned in the late 1950s; nonetheless, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, rockabilly enjoyed a revival. An interest in the genre endures even in the 21st century, often within musical subcultures. Rockabilly has spawned a variety of sub-styles and has influenced the development of other genres such as punk rock.

Rockabilly was a wild, hepped-up meeting between country & western music and early rhythm & blues. It was one of the very first forms of rock & roll, and it was the first one performed predominantly by white musicians (almost all of whom came from the South).

Rockabilly was played with spare instrumentation: a twangy electric guitar and an acoustic stand-up bass whose strings were snapped percussively in a technique dubbed "slap-back" (which sometimes made drums unnecessary). Rockabilly had a thumping, jumping beat that easily made it the most propulsive, visceral, and implicitly sexual style of "white" American music up to that point. Essentially, it made rock & roll accessible to white audiences, thus touching off a cultural revolution the effects of which are still being felt.

The genesis of rockabilly dates back to the early '50s, when Bill Haley started fusing electrified country boogie with jump blues. But the style truly crystallized on Elvis Presley's 1954-56 recordings for the Sun label, which captured the manic, primal energy that would become a rockabilly staple. They also established rockabilly's signature production style: echoed vocals, loads of reverb, and a warm, crisp ambience that became the Sun label's trademark. Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" broke rockabilly into the big time in 1955, making it possible for Sun owner Sam Phillips to sell Presley's contract to RCA for a substantial sum of money.

Presley became a superstar in 1956, touching off a tidal wave of copycat recordings that, while low on budget and innovation, still inspire rockabilly fanatics with their crazed DIY enthusiasm; additionally, many straight country singers began making rockabilly records, some for the style's popularity, others for its wild excitement. Meanwhile, Phillips used his Presley dollars to gather a stable of rockabilly artists that was second to none: Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis (who broke from the rockabilly norm by playing piano), Roy Orbison, and singers like Johnny Cash and Charlie Rich who were really country artists at heart.

Other significant rockabilly artists were Buddy Holly, who brought melodic pop sensibilities to the music; Gene Vincent, whose crack band featured rockabilly's fastest lead guitarist in Cliff Gallup; Eddie Cochran, whose wry stories of teenage rebellion were overshadowed by his untimely death; and Johnny Burnette, who waxed some of the wildest rockabilly sides ever before finding greater acceptance as a pop idol. As rock & roll evolved into a slicker commercial enterprise, and as the music itself mutated (very quickly) into new forms, rockabilly was left in the dust, largely disappearing from the charts after 1958. However, as the "roll" was slowly siphoned out of rock & roll over the coming decades, artists looking for ways to lend their music a certain raunchiness frequently returned to rockabilly's madly swinging, hip-rolling beat.

In 1951 a western swing bandleader named Bill Haley recorded a version of "Rocket 88" with his group, the Saddlemen. It is considered one of the earliest recognized rockabilly recordings.

It was followed by versions of "Rock the Joint" in 1952, and original works such as "Real Rock Drive" and "Crazy Man, Crazy", the latter of which reached number 12 on the American Billboard chart in 1953.

On April 12, 1954, Haley, performing with his band as Bill Haley and His Comets, recorded "Rock Around the Clock" for Decca Records of New York City.

When first released in May 1954, "Rock Around the Clock" made the charts for one week at number 23 and sold 75,000 copies. In 1955, it was featured in the film Blackboard Jungle, resulting in a resurgence of sales. The song hit No. 1, held that position for eight weeks, and was the number two song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 1955.

The recording was, until the late 1990s, recognized by Guinness World Records as having the highest sales claim for a pop vinyl recording, with an "unaudited" claim of 25 million copies sold.

Maine native and Connecticut resident Bill Flaggbegan using the term rockabilly for his combination of rock 'n' roll and hillbilly music as early as 1953. He cut several songs for Tetra Records in 1956 and 1957.

"Go Cat Go" went into the National Billboard charts in 1956, and his "Guitar Rock" is cited as classic rockabilly.

In 1953, 13-year-old Janis Martin was performing at the Old Dominion Barn Dance on WRVA out of Richmond, Virginia. Martin performed a mix of country songs for the show peppered with rhythm and blues hits in a style that has been described as "proto-rockabilly".

She later stated, "the audience didn't know what to make of it. They didn't allow electric instruments, and I was doing some songs by black artists."

Cash, Perkins and Presley

In 1954, both Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins auditioned for Sam Phillips. Cash hoped to record gospel music, but Phillips was not interested. In October 1954, Carl Perkins recorded Perkins's original song "Movie Magg", which was released in March 1955 on Phillips's all-country label Flip.

Cash returned to Sun in 1955 with his song "Hey, Porter", and his group the Tennessee Two, consisting of Marshall Grant on bass, and Luther Perkins (no relation to Carl Perkins) on lead guitar. This song and another Cash original, Cry! Cry! Cry! were released in July.

Cry! Cry! Cry! managed to crack Billboard's Top 20, peaking at No. 14.

Presley's second and third singles were not as successful as his first. His fourth release, "Baby, Let's Play House", was released in May 1955, and peaked at number five on the national Billboard Country Chart.

In August, Sun released Elvis's versions of "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" and "Mystery Train". "Remember to Forget" spent a total of 39 weeks on the Billboard Country Chart, five at the number one spot. "Mystery Train", peaked at number 11.

Through most of 1955, Cash, Perkins, Presley, and other Louisiana Hayride performers toured through Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi. Sun released two more Perkins songs in October: "Gone, Gone, Gone" and "Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing".

Perkins and Presley in particular competed as the premier rockabilly artists.

1955 was also the year in which Chuck Berry's hillbilly-influenced single "Maybellene" reached high in the charts as a crossover hit, and Bill Haley and His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" was not only number one for eight weeks but was the number two record for the year.

Rock and roll in general, and rockabilly in particular, was at critical mass and the next year, Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Don't Be Cruel" would top the Billboard Charts as well.

Rockabilly goes national: 1956

In January 1956, three now-classic rockabilly songs were released: "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash, and "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins, both on Sun; and "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley on RCA Victor. Perkins's "Blue Suede Shoes" sold 20,000 records a day at one point, and it was the first million-selling country song to cross over to both rhythm and blues and pop charts.

Perkins first performed "Blue Suede Shoes" on television March 17 on Ozark Jubilee, a weekly ABC-TV program. From 1955 to 1960, the live national radio and TV show from Springfield, Missouri featured Brenda Lee and Wanda Jackson and guests included Gene Vincent and other rockabilly artists. On February 11, Presley appeared on the Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show for the third time, singing "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel". Both songs topped the Billboard charts.

Sun and RCA were not the only record labels releasing rockabilly music in 1956. In March Columbia released "Honky Tonk Man" by Johnny Horton, King put out "Seven Nights to Rock" by Moon Mullican, Mercury issued "Rockin' Daddy" by Eddie Bond,

and Starday released Bill Mack's "Fat Woman". Two young men from Texas made their record debuts in April 1956: Buddy Holly on the Decca label, and, as a member of the Teen Kings, Roy Orbison with "Ooby Dooby" on the New Mexico/Texas based Je-wel label.

Holly's big hits would not be released until 1957. Janis Martin was only fifteen years old when RCA issued a record with "Will You, Willyum" and the Martin-composed "Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll", which sold over 750,000 copies. King records issued a new disk by forty-seven-year-old Moon Mullican: "Seven Nights to Rock" and "Rock 'N' Roll Mr. Bullfrog". Twenty more sides were issued by various labels including 4 Star, Blue Hen, Dot, Cold Bond, Mercury, Reject, Republic, Rodeo, and Starday.

In April and May 1956, The Rock and Roll Trio played on Ted Mack's TV talent show in New York City. They won all three times and guaranteed them a finalist position in the September Supershow. Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps' recording of "Be-Bop-a-Lula" was released on June 2, 1956, backed by "Woman Love". Within twenty-one days it sold over two hundred thousand records, stayed at the top of national pop and country charts for twenty weeks, and sold more than a million copies. These same musicians would have two more releases in 1956, followed by another in January 1957. "Queen of Rockabilly" Wanda Jackson's first record came out in July, "I Gotta Know" on the Capitol label; followed by "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad" in November. Capitol would release nine more records by Jackson, some with songs she had written herself, before the 1950s were over.

The first record by Jerry Lee Lewis, who would later be known as a pioneer of rockabilly and rock and roll, came out on December 22, 1956, and featured his version of "Crazy Arms" and "End of the Road". Lewis would have big hits in 1957 with his version of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", issued in May, and "Great Balls of Fire" on Sun.

Late 1950s and beyond

There were thousands of musicians who recorded songs in the rockabilly style, and many record companies released rockabilly records. Some enjoyed major chart success and were important influences on future rock musicians.

Sun also hosted performers, such as Billy Lee Riley, Sonny Burgess, Charlie Feathers, and Warren Smith. There were also several female performers like Wanda Jackson who recorded rockabilly music long after the other ladies, Janis Martin, the female Elvis Jo Ann Campbell, and Alis Lesley, who also sang in the rockabilly style. Mel Kimbrough -"Slim", recorded "I Get Lonesome Too" and "Ha Ha, Hey Hey" for Glenn Records along with "Love in West Virginia" and "Country Rock Sound" for Checkmate, a division of Caprice Records.

Gene Summers, a Dallas native and Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee, released his classic Jan/Jane 45s in 1958–59. He continued to record rockabilly music well into 1964 with the release of "Alabama Shake".

In 2005, Summers's most popular recording, "School of Rock 'n Roll", was selected by Bob Solly and Record Collector Magazine as one of the "100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Records".

Tommy "Sleepy LaBeef" LaBeff recorded rockabilly tunes on a number of labels from 1957 through 1963. Rockabilly pioneers the Maddox Brothers and Rose continued to record for decades. However, none of these artists had any major hits and their influence would not be felt until decades later.

In the summer of 1958 Eddie Cochran had a chart-topping hit with "Summertime Blues". Cochran's brief career included only a few more hits, such as "Sitting in the Balcony" released in early 1957, "C'mon Everybody" released in October 1958, and "Somethin' Else" released in July 1959. Then in April 1960, while touring with Gene Vincent in the UK, their taxi crashed into a concrete lamp post, killing Eddie at the young age of 21. The grim coincidence in this all was that his posthumous UK number-one hit was called "Three Steps to Heaven".

"Twenty Flight Rock" is a song originally performed by Eddie Cochran in the 1956 film comedy The Girl Can't Help It, and released as a single the following year. The song was published in 1957 as written by Ned Fairchild and Eddie Cochran, by American Music Incorporated and Campbell, Connelly and Company. Cochran's contribution was primarily on the music. His version is rockabilly-flavored.

The barely 15-year-old Paul McCartney used "Twenty Flight Rock" as his first song when he auditioned for John Lennon on July 6, 1957, in Liverpool, England. The 16-year-old Lennon, introduced that day to McCartney at St. Peter's Church Hall prior to a church garden fete, was impressed by his new acquaintance's ability to play the song on the guitar. The good first impression of McCartney's performance led to an invitation to join the Quarrymen - Lennon's band that would eventually evolve into the Beatles.

"Raunchy" is an instrumental by Bill Justis, co-written with Sidney Manker and produced by Sam Phillips. The tune was released as a single on the record label Phillips International Records, a sub-label of Sun Records, on September 23, 1957.

"Raunchy" is one of the first rock songs to use the "twangy" lead guitar effect, which was later developed by others and became common for several years following its first appearance.

In 1958, a then fourteen-year-old George Harrison performed it for John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the top deck of a bus in Liverpool, and was so note-perfect that Lennon decided, despite earlier reservations about Harrison's age, to let him into his band the Quarrymen, which later became the Beatles.

"Rumble" is an instrumental by American group Link Wray & His Wray Men. Released in the United States on March 31, 1958, as a single (with "The Swag" as a B-side), "Rumble" utilized the techniques of distortion and tremolo, then largely unexplored in rock and roll.

At a live gig in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in early 1958, while attempting to work up a backing for The Diamonds' "The Stroll", Link Wray & His Ray Men came up with the instrumental "Rumble", which they originally called "Oddball". It was an instant hit with the audience, which demanded four repeats that night.[6] The host of the sock hop, disc jockey Milt Grant, paid for the song to be recorded and released as a single; in turn, Grant would receive songwriting credit.

Eventually the instrumental came to the attention of record producer Archie Bleyer of Cadence Records, who hated it, particularly after Wray poked a pencil through the speaker cone of his amplifier to make the recording sound more like the live version. But Bleyer's step daughter loved it, so he released it despite his misgivings. Phil Everly heard it and suggested the title "Rumble", as it had a rough sound and said it sounded like a street fight.

It was banned in several US radio markets, because the term 'rumble' was a slang term for a gang fight, and it was feared that the piece's harsh sound glorified juvenile delinquency. The record is the only instrumental single ever banned from radio in the United States.

Rockabilly music enjoyed great popularity in the United States during 1956 and 1957, but radio play declined after 1960. Factors contributing to this decline are usually cited as the 1959 death of Buddy Holly in an airplane crash (along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper), the induction of Elvis Presley into the army in 1958, and a general change in American musical tastes. The style remained popular longer in England, where it attracted a fanatical following right up through the mid-1960s.

Rockabilly music cultivated an attitude that assured its enduring appeal to teenagers. This was a combination of rebellion, sexuality, and freedom - a sneering expression of disdain for the workaday world of parents and authority figures. It was the first rock 'n' roll style to be performed primarily by white musicians, thus setting off a cultural revolution that is still reverberating today.

"Rockabilly" deviance from social norms, however, was more symbolic than real; and eventual public professions of faith by aging rockabillies were not uncommon.

Several factors, including the death of Presley in 1977, led to a rockabilly revival in the late 1970s that began in Europe. Fans wore 1950s-style clothes, collected old records, and brought veteran rockabillies overseas to festivals. Some erstwhile rockabillies, such as Charlie Feathers and Johnny Burnette’s Rock and Roll Trio, received more recognition in the revival than they had in the genre’s heyday. Younger bands formed, notably the Stray Cats from Long Island, New York. Finding acceptance in England, they brought a hard, lean version of rockabilly back to the United States, where their caricature look made an impact during MTV’s early days. As a result of the revival, rockabilly became popular in countries as different as Japan and Russia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly

https://www.liveabout.com/top-rockabilly-songs-2523406

https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rockabilly-songs/ranker-music

http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/genre/genre118_s.htm

https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/50-greatest-rockabilly-songs.63427/

As a very SPECIAL BONUS I have included these great rockabilly movies as mkv and mp4 video files to tie in with this compilation.

Rock Around the Clock - Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer - 1080p BluRay (1956)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Around_the_Clock_(film)

Don't Knock the Rock - Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer - DVDRip (1956)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Knock_the_Rock

The Girl Can't Help It - Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer - 1080p BluRay (1956)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Can%27t_Help_It

Jailhouse Rock - Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer - 1080p BluRay (1957)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailhouse_Rock_(film)

High School Confidential - Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer - 720p BluRay (1958)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_School_Confidential_(film)

Motorcycle Gang (1957) / Hot Rod Gang (1958)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_Gang_(1957_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Rod_Gang

Can be viewed on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/QD2vdbdgdig?si=1oLpII2seS2WzqWE

So, after exhaustive and extensive online research, plus my own recollections and memories, here is my personal compilation of what I consider to be the 275 best and most important rockabilly tracks from the original 1950s era and 1980s revival.

Compiled as always using the very latest and highest quality digital remasters, with a considerable amount of tracks sourced from the original master tapes for superior sound quality and enjoyment.

This 8CD set contains many rare and extremely hard to find tracks.

All 50s and 60s tracks included in this compilation are the original 7" 45 mono single versions in an attempt to make the entire listening experience true and authentic to what was being played on the radio, jukeboxes and dance evenings at the time.

All tracks are the 100% CD quality original recordings. No poor-quality YouTube rips here!

Check out the Artwork folder for a number of Vintage Rock Magazine special rockabilly issues featuring fascinating write ups and background information on many of the tracks featured in this collection.

Over 10.5 hours of rockin' rockabilly to enjoy!

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Rock.Around.the.Clock.1956.1080p.BluRay.x264.AAC-YTS.MX.zip

Dont.Knock.the.Rock.1956.DVDRip-NoGrp.zip

The Girl Can't Help It - Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer - 1080p BluRay (1956)

Jailhouse.Rock.1957.1080p.BluRay.x264.AAC5.1-YTS.MX.zip

High School Confidential - Restored High-Definition Digital Transfer - 720p BluRay (1958)

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Track lists

CD01

01 Bill Haley & His Comets    - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (Original 1954 Decca Records 7_ Mono Single Version)

02 Elvis Presley - That's All Right (Original 1954 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 1:55

03 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes (Original 1956 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:15

04 The Johnny Burnette Trio - The Train Kept A-Rollin' (Original 1956 Coral Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:16

05 Eddie Cochran - Twenty Flight Rock (Original 1956 Gold Star Studios First Version) 1:44

06 Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Be-Bop-a-Lula (Original 1956 Capitol Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:35

07 Vince Taylor and his Playboys - Brand New Cadillac 2:36

08 Charlie Feathers with Jody and Jerry - One Hand Loose 2:21

09 Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama 2:13

10 Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q 2:16

11 Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock 2:45

12 Elvis Presley - Baby, Let's Play House (Original 1955 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:16

13 Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else (Original 1959 Liberty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:06

14 Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Tear It Up 1:55

15 Billy Fury - Turn My Back on You 2:25

16 Buddy Holly - Love Me 2:08

17 Glen Glenn - One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette (Original 1958 Era Records 7" Mono Single Version) 1:51

18 Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (Original 1955 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:27

19 Johnny Carroll and his Hot Rocks - Hot Rock 2:16

20 Warren Smith - Ubangi Stomp (Original 1956 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 1:59

21 Billy Lee Riley and the Little Green Men - Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll 2:00

22 The Phantom - Love Me 1:30

23 Hal Harris - Jitterbop Baby 1:55

24 Johnny Powers with the Band of Stan Getz and Tom Cats - Long Blond Hair, Red Rose Lips 2:10

25 Carl Perkins - Matchbox 2:09

26 Janis Martin - Drugstore Rock and Roll 2:06

27 Ray Harris - Come on Little Mama 2:17

28 Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Race with the Devil 2:03

29 Dick Penner - Move Baby Move 1:57

30 Jimmy Wages - Miss Pearl 2:33

31 Johnny Burnette - Rock Billy Boogie 2:33

32 Sonny Burgess - Red Headed Woman (Original 1956 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:10

33 Billy Lee Riley and the Little Green Men - Red Hot 2:30

34 Jackie Lee Cochran - Mama Don't You Think I Know 2:32

35 Ray Sharpe - Linda Lu 2:09

36 Joyce Green - Black Cadillac 2:27

CD02

37 Ricky Nelson - Believe What You Say 2:03

38 Jack Scott - Baby She's Gone 2:51

39 The Collins Kids - Hoy Hoy 1:59

40 Joe Clay - Duck Tail 2:26

41 Sleepy LaBeef - All the Time 1:53

42 Ronnie Self - Bop-A-Lena 2:05

43 Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings - Ooby Dooby 2:11

44 Jimmy Lloyd - I Got a Rocket in My Pocket 2:18

45 Eddie Bond and his Stompers - Slip, Slip, Slippin' In 2:08

46 Peanuts Wilson - Cast Iron Arm 2:24

47 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Original 1957 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:53

48 Sid King and the Five Strings - Sag, Drag and Fall 2:16

49 Pat Cupp - Do Me No Wrong 2:22

50 Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody (Original 1958 Liberty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 1:54

51 Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go 2:16

52 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock 2:27

53 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (Original 1958 Chess Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:41

54 Jack Scott - Leroy 2:08

55 Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones - Black Slacks 2:05

56 The Rock-A-Teens - Woo-Hoo 2:05

57 Ritchie Valens - Come On, Let's Go 2:02

58 Fats Domino - I'm Ready 2:02

59 Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle and Roll 3:01

60 Louis Prima - Jump, Jive, an' Wail 3:28

61 Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie 2:29

62 Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel 2:10

63 Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut 3:15

64 Hank Ballard and the Midnighters - Finger Poppin' Time 2:33

65 Duane Eddy - Rebel-'Rouser (Original 1958 Jamie Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:23

66 Dale Vaughn - How Can You Be Mean to Me 2:19

67 Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me 2:12

68 Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (Original 1958 Liberty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:00

69 Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party 2:09

70 Buddy Holly - Rave On 1:48

CD03

71 Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (Original 1957 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 1:52

72 Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It (Original 1956 Specialty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:31

73 Bo Diddley - Hey! Bo Diddley 2:13

74 The Johnny Otis Show - Willie and the Hand Jive 2:35

75 Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop and Fly 2:46

76 Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Jumps, Giggles and Shouts 2:51

77 Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven (Original 1956 Chess Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:22

78 Chan Romero - The Hippy Hippy Shake 1:40

79 Little Willie John - I'm Shakin' 2:26

80 Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine 2:27

81 Larry Williams - Bony Moronie (Original 1957 Specialty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 3:06

82 Freddy Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie 2:12

83 Chuck Berry - Maybellene (Original 1955 Chess Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:19

84 Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel 2:05

85 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Little Demon 2:26

86 LaVern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo 1:50

87 Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (Original 1955 Specialty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:26

88 Link Wray and the Wraymen - Raw-Hide 2:06

89 Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love? 2:30

90 Bill Haley & His Comets - See You Later, Alligator (Original 1956 Decca Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:46

91 Janis Martin - Barefoot Baby 2:13

92 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 2:29

93 The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (Original 1957 Cadence Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:20

94 The Crickets - Oh, Boy! 2:07

95 Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Lovin' 1:40

96 Joe Clay - Sixteen Chicks 1:59

97 Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One 2:22

98 The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace 2:22

99 Carl Perkins - Honey Don't 2:50

100 Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings - Go! Go! Go! 2:07

101 Ronnie Hawkins - Forty Days 2:16

102 Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats - Rocket 88 2:47

103 Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Blue Jean Bop 2:22

104 Buddy Holly - Rock Around with Ollie Vee 2:12

CD04

105 The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law (Original 1965 Mustang 7" Mono Single Version) 2:17

106 Don Willis - Boppin' High School Baby 2:30

107 The Johnny Burnette Trio - Honey Hush 2:02

108 The Johnny Otis Show - Crazy Country Hop 2:42

109 Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Original 1956 Chess Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:17

110 Bill Haley & His Comets - Crazy Man, Crazy 2:40

111 Tarheel Slim - Number Nine Train 3:00

112 Larry Williams - Slow Down (Original 1958 Specialty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:44

113 Frankie Ford with Huey "Piano" Smith and Orchestra - Sea Cruise (Original 1959 Ace Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:45

114 Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee 2:21

115 Ruth Brown - This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' 1:47

116 Joe Houston Orchestra - All Night Long 2:38

117 The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (Original 1957 Cadence Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:02

118 Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven 2:02

119 Bobby Darin - Queen of the Hop 2:07

120 Jackie Lee Cochran - Ruby Pearl 2:23

121 Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly (Original 1958 Specialty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:09

122 Billy Eldridge with the Fire Balls - Let's Go Baby 2:49

123 Eddie Cochran - Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie (Original 1958 Liberty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:22

124 Stray Cats - Rock This Town 3:24

125 John & Jackie - Little Girl 2:12

126 Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Cat Man 2:18

127 Jackie Gotroe - Lobo Jones 1:56

128 Ronnie Allen - Juvenile Delinquent 1:55

129 Danny Dell - Froggy Went a Courting 2:40

130 Joe D. Johnson - Rattlesnake Daddy 1:45

131 Jackie Morningstar - Rockin' in the Graveyard 2:39

132 Art Adams - Dancing Doll 1:56

133 Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue 2:30

134 Ronnie Pearson - Hot Shot 2:20

135 Johnny Burnette; Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Your Baby Blue Eyes 2:09

136 The Collins Kids - Mercy 2:03

137 Carl Perkins - Boppin' the Blues 2:47

CD05

138 Dwight Pullen - Sunglasses After Dark 2:09

139 Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble (Original 1958 Cadence Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:24

140 Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery - Down the Line 2:01

141 Larry Dowd - Pink Cadillac 1:54

142 Polecats - Make a Circuit with Me (Original 1982 Mercury Records 7" Single 'Rockin' Mix') 2:42

143 Commonwealth Jones - Who's Been Here 3:33

144 Barbara Pittman - I Need a Man 2:53

145 Bill Allen and the Back Beats - Please Give Me Somthing 2:14

146 Freddie and the Hitch-Hikers - Sinners 2:36

147 Darrell Rhodes - Lou Lou 2:13

148 Art Adams - Rock Crazy Baby 2:15

149 Jimmy Edwards - Love Bug Crawl 2:01

150 Pat Ferguson - Fool I Am 2:03

151 Tommy Blake with the Rhythm Rebels - Lordy Hoody 2:26

152 Jackie DeShannon - Trouble 2:28

153 The Crickets - Not Fade Away 2:20

154 Pat Cupp - Long Gone Daddy 2:28

155 Steve Carl with the Jags - Curfew 2:24

156 Carl Perkins - Put Your Cat Clothes On 2:49

157 Mac Curtis - You Ain't Treating Me Right 2:15

158 Buck Griffin - Stutterin' Papa 3:00

159 Sonny Fisher - Pink and Black 1:58

160 Roy Orbison - A Cat Called Domino 2:15

161 Johnny Burnette; Rock 'n' Roll Trio - All By Myself 2:01

162 Bob & Lucille - Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe 2:09

163 Bobby Lee Trammell - Shirley Lee 1:46

164 Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Woman Love 2:32

165 Elvis Presley - Good Rockin' Tonight (Original 1954 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:11

166 Buddy Holly - Midnight Shift 2:12

167 Tom Tall - Stack-A-Records 2:21

168 Jeff Daniels - Daddy-O-Rock 2:17

169 Carl Perkins - Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby 2:15

170 Roy Hall - Three Alley Cats 2:29

CD06

171 Boyd Bennett - Move 2:22

172 Kip Tyler - Rumble Rock 2:15

173 Larry Terry - Hep Cat 2:09

174 Jeff Daniels - Switch Blade Sam 2:09

175 Bobby & Terry Caraway and the Rockats - Ballin' Keen 1:53

176 Sonny West - Sweet Rockin' Baby 2:19

177 Bill Justis - Raunchy (Original 1957 Phillips International Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:21

178 The Rockin' R's - Crazy Baby 2:31

179 Elvis Presley - All Shook Up 1:59

180 Maylon Humphries - Worried 'Bout You Baby 2:47

181 The Phaetons - I Love My Baby 2:51

182 The Collins Kids - Whistle Bait 1:34

183 Benny Joy - Spin the Bottle 2:31

184 Dorsey Burnette - Bertha Lou 2:34

185 Mac Curtis - If I Had Me a Woman 2:21

186 Jim Flaherty's Caravan - Real Gone Daddy 1:50

187 Hal Willis - My Pink Cadillac 1:51

188 Curtis Gordon - Draggin' 1:46

189 Johnny Kidd and the Pirates - Shakin' All Over 2:23

190 Carl Perkins - Dixie Fried 2:27

191 Ray Smith - Right Behind You Baby 2:27

192 Jack Scott with the Chantones - The Way I Walk 2:42

193 Johnny Carroll and his Hot Rocks - Wild Wild Women 2:02

194 Wanda Jackson - Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad 2:38

195 Ric Cartey with the Jiva-Tones - Oooh-Eeee 2:17

196 Buddy Holly - Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight 1:57

197 John Kerby - Get Hot or Go Home 1:46

198 Ed Bruce - Rock Boppin' Baby 2:16

199 Charlie Feathers with Marcus VanStory's Old Sun Slappin' Bass - Stutterin' Cindy 2:18

200 Jean Chapel - Welcome to the Club 1:52

201 Norman Witcher - Wake Me Up 1:49

202 Bill Flagg - Go Cat Go 2:00

203 Jimmy Dee and the Offbeats - Henrietta 2:39

204 Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line (Original 1956 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:43

205 Eddie Cochran - Skinny Jim (Original 1956 Crest Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:09

CD07

206 Stray Cats - Rumble in Brighton 3:13

207 Eddie Bond and his Stompers - Flip, Flop Mama 2:08

208 Sparkle Moore with Dan Belloc and his Orchestra - Skull and Cross Bones 2:32

209 Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky (Original 1954 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:02

210 Jack Earls - Slow Down 2:19

211 Hayden Thompson - Love My Baby 2:09

212 Jimmy Patton - Yah! I'm Movin' 2:10

213 The Miller Sisters - Ten Cats Down 2:20

214 Ray Stanley - Love Charms 2:31

215 Sonny Fisher - Rockin' Daddy 2:22

216 Thumper Jones - Rock It 2:14

217 Al Ferrier - Hey Baby 2:23

218 Bob Doss - Don't Be Gone Long 2:06

219 Wanda Jackson - Honey Bop 2:14

220 The Strikes - If You Can't Rock Me 2:37

221 Don Woody - Bird Dog 2:24

222 Roy Moss - You're My Big Baby Now 2:22

223 Junior Thompson - Mama's Little Baby 2:21

224 Ronnie Self - Pretty Bad Blues 2:12

225 Dean Beard - Rakin' and Scrapin' 2:17

226 Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track) 2:02

227 Carl Perkins - Gone, Gone, Gone 2:37

228 Glen Glenn - Everybody's Movin' 2:51

229 Buddy Covelle - Lorraine 2:33

230 Marty Robbins - Pretty Mama 2:44

231 Andy Starr - Rockin' Rollin' Stone 2:47

232 Charlie Feathers with Jody and Jerry - Get with It 1:58

233 Billy Lee Riley and the Little Green Men - Rock with Me Baby 2:10

234 Wayne Williams - Red Hot Mama 2:12

235 Mac Curtis - Grandaddy's Rockin' 2:02

236 Buddy Holly - I'm Gonna Love You Too 2:14

237 Charlie Feathers with Jody and Jerry - Everybody's Lovin' My Baby 2:14

238 Corky Jones - Rhythm and Booze 2:11

239 Janis Martin - Will You, Willyum 1:56

CD08

240 Johnny Burnette; Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee 2:14

241 Glen Glenn - Blue Jeans and a Boys' Shirt 2:07

242 Benny Cliff accompanied by the Benny Cliff Trio - Shake Um Up Rock 2:15

243 Hardrock Gunter and Roberta Lee - Sixty Minute Man 2:16

244 The Hi-Tombs - Sweet Rockin' Mama 2:02

245 Jesse James - Red Hot Rockin' Blues 2:19

246 Janis and Her Boyfriends - Bang Bang 1:57

247 Sonny Fisher - Rockin' and Rollin' 1:58

248 Sanford Clark - The Fool (Original 1956 Dot Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:46

249 Don Wade - Oh Love 1:49

250 Larry Donn - Honey Bun 1:57

251 Charlie Feathers with Jody and Jerry - Tongue-Tied Jill 1:57

252 Jackie Lee Cochran - Hip Shakin' Mama 1:52

253 Lew Williams - Cat Talk 2:13

254 Stray Cats - Runaway Boys 2:58

255 Gene Summers and his Rebels - School of Rock 'n Roll 2:04

256 Alis Lesley - He Will Come Back to Me 2:13

257 Don French - Little Blonde Girl 2:20

258 Buddy Knox - Party Doll 2:09

259 Johnny Burnette; Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Sweet Love on My Mind 2:24

260 Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Original 1955 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:50

261 Hank Mizell - I'm Ready 2:24

262 Elroy Dietzel and the Rhythm Bandits - Rock-N-Bones 1:56

263 Charlie Feathers with Jody and Jerry - Bottle to the Baby 2:19

264 Warren Smith - Rock 'n' Roll Ruby (Original 1956 Sun Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:53

265 Sonny Burgess - We Wanna Boogie 2:00

266 Kenny Owen - I Got the Bug 1:54

267 Carl Perkins - All Mama's Children 2:05

268 Little Richard - Keep A-Knockin' (Original 1957 Specialty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:17

269 Johnny Kidd and the Pirates - Please Don't Touch 1:51

270 Laura Lee Perkins - Gonna Rock My Baby Tonight 2:09

271 Eddie Cochran - Cut Across Shorty (Original 1960 Liberty Records 7" Mono Single Version) 1:47

272 The Crickets - That'll Be the Day (May 27, 1957 Brunswick 7" Mono Single Version) 2:17

273 Elvis Presley - Hound Dog 2:15

274 Wanda Jackson - Hard Headed Woman (Original 1961 'There's a Party Goin' On' Mono Recording) 1:58

275 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock the Joint (1957 Decca Records Re-recording 7" Mono Single Version) 2:17

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