VA - We Were First, 180 Hits in Their Original Versions [2015] (10 x CDs)

THE ORIGINALS

VA - We Were First, 180 Hits in Their Original Versions [2015] (10 x CDs)

You know these artists and their hits and maybe own some of them, too. But all of the 180 songs on this 10-CD-box have a pre-history, as they were previously available on records by other artists, sometimes decades before they eventually hit the charts

This release marks the first ever compact collection of the most important and renowned hits in Pop-history in original versions by the original artists. Most of them will be completely unknown to music-fans, but some of them have delivered the templates for hits or instigated a star's career.

A select few of these titles were re-imagined in German and thus developed into hits there often without listeners ever knowing about the originals at all. Yet another instance where this boxset will come in handy. On rare occasions German Schlager were also adapted by British or American stars and thus turned into hits in their homelands in English, of course. CD 10 presents some prime examples of this practice. (B)

==========================================================

ALL 

OR

ALL 

===========================================================

Track lists

CD01

01 Chan Romero - Hippy Hippy Shake 1:40

02 Chuck Berry - Rock and Roll Music 2:32

03 Moon Mullican - Seven Nights to Rock 2:22

04 Johnny Fuller - Haunted House 2:30

05 Don - Farmer John 2:27

06 Hank Ballard - The Twist 2:35

07 Chuck Berry - Carol 2:48

08 Ruth Brown - Lucky Lips 2:08

09 John Fred - Shirley 1:53

10 Tommy Dee - Three Stars 3:10

11 Myron Lee - Baby Sittin' 2:13

12 Chuck Berry - Roll over Beethoven 2:24

13 Ric Cartey - Young Love 2:31

14 Barbie Gaye - My Boy Lollipop 2:09

15 Johnny Duncan - Hello Mary Lou 2:10

16 Larry Williams - Slow Down 2:45

17 Chuck Berry - Bye Bye Johnny 2:05

18 Shirelles - Boys 2:09

CD02

01 David Hill - All Shook Up 2:11

02 Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen 3:02

03 Johnny Dee (John D. Loudermilk) - Sittin' in the Balcony Sittin' in the Balcony 1:59

04 Pete Seeger - If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) 1:53

05 Larry Williams - Dizzy Miss Lizzy 2:12

06 Huey Piano Smith - Don't You Just Know It 2:33

07 Red Nichols - Corrina, Corrina 3:01

08 Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man 2:16

09 Smiley Lewis - One Night 2:27

10 The Esquire Boys - Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie 2:20

11 Hank Williams - Jambalaya 2:53

12 Roy Brown - Good Rockin' Tonight 2:58

13 Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle and Roll 3:00

14 Larry Williams - Bad Boy 2:19

15 Chuck Berry - Around and Around 2:42

16 The Olympics - (Baby) Hully Gully 2:05

17 Muddy Waters - Look What You've Done 2:23

18 Carl Perkins - Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby 2:13

CD03

01 Tommy Roe - Sheila 1:53

02 Danny - Do the Bop 2:33

03 Drifters - Such a Night 2:29

04 Clovers - Love Potion Number Nine 1:51

05 Little Willie Littlefield - K. C. Loving 2:38

06 Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'boogie 2:43

07 Big Maybelle - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 2:41

08 Ella Mae Morse - Razzle Dazzle 2:44

09 Milton Brown - Keep a Knockin' 2:34

10 Billy The Kid Emerson - Red Hot 2:26

11 Teddy Redell - Judy 2:30

12 Little Willie John - Fever 2:42

13 Ivory Joe Hunter - I Almost Lost My Mind 3:11

14 Barrett Strong - Money 2:30

15 Richard Berry - Louie, Louie 2:12

16 Jimmy Preston - We're Gonna Rock This Joint Tonight 2:35

17 Slim Harpo - I'm a King Bee 3:04

18 Carl Perkins - Honey, Don't 2:50

CD04

01 Sonny Dae & His Knights - Rock Around the Clock 2:48

02 Hank Snow - (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I 2:29

03 Gladiolas - Little Darlin' 2:22

04 Spaniels - A Rockin' Good Way 2:13

05 Ritchie Valens - Come on, Let's Go 2:01

06 Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop and Fly 2:33

07 Drifters - Money Honey 3:00

08 Bobby Bland - Cry, Cry, Cry 2:42

09 Isley Brothers - I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door 1:54

10 Thomas Wayne - The Girl Next Door Went-a-Walkin' 2:06

11 Buster Brown - Fannie Mae 2:54

12 Rosco Gordon - Just a Little Bit 2:02

13 Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac 2:37

14 Isley Brothers - Shout 2:17

15 Eddie Miller - Release Me 2:28

16 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - That's All Right 2:54

17 Larry Williams - She Said Yeah 1:51

18 Carl Perkins - Matchbox 2:08

CD05

01 Bobby Charles - Later Alligator 2:51

02 Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky 3:04

03 Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong 2:28

04 Sonee West - All My Love 1:56

05 Coasters - Searchin' 2:42

06 Don & Dewey - I'm Leavin' it All up to You 2:09

07 Bobby Day - Over and Over 2:20

08 Bo Diddley - Mona 2:21

09 Hank Snow - I'm Moving On 2:50

10 Chuck Berry - Little Queenie 2:43

11 Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 2:10

12 Frankie Trumbauer & Band - Blue Moon 3:08

13 Will Bradley - Down the Road Apiece 3:10

14 Bobby Day - Little Bitty Pretty One 2:27

15 Sonee West - Rave On 2:11

16 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes 2:17

17 Muddy Waters - I Want to Be Loved 2:44

18 Anita Bryant - Till There Was You 2:09

CD06

01 Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog 2:50

02 Little Richard - Oh My Soul 2:14

03 Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - What a Difference a Day Made 2:59

04 Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away 2:24

05 Al Jolson - Are You Lonesome Tonight 3:11

06 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Goody Goody 2:35

07 Jim Lowe - The Green Door 2:14

08 Tampa Red - Don't Jive it Mama 2:59

09 Little Richard - Tutti Frutti 2:25

10 The Prisonaires - Just Walking in the Rain 2:45

11 Marty Robbins - Singing the Blues 2:27

12 Muddy Waters - I Just Wanna Make Love to You 2:52

13 Bill Haley & His Comets - Skinnie Minnie 2:59

14 Al Bowlly - Red Sails in the Sunset 3:14

15 Cliff Richard - I Gotta Know 2:29

16 Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q 2:18

17 Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do 2:41

18 Buddy Holly - Words of Love 1:53

CD07

01 Frank Sinatra - You'll Never Walk Alone 3:27

02 Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster 5:28

03 Ethel Merman - I Get a Kick out of You 3:11

04 Al Dexter - Pistol Packin' Mama 2:48

05 Roy Acuff - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain 2:42

06 Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons 2:50

07 Burl Ives - Riders in the Sky 3:04

08 Pee Wee King - Tennessee Waltz 2:59

09 Orioles - It's Too Soon to Know 2:59

10 Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame 2:27

11 Nat king Cole - Pretend 2:44

12 Slim Willet - Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 2:46

13 Guy Lombardo - When My Dreamboat Comes Home 3:14

14 Little Richard - Rip it Up 2:24

15 Big Joe Turner - Lipstick, Powder and Paint 2:30

16 Wiley Walker - When My Blue Moon Turns 2:38

17 Robert Johnson - Love in Vain 2:22

18 Memphis Minnie - Talkin' `bout You 2:41

CD08

01 Edric Connor & His Caribbeans - Day Dah Light 2:01

02 Ada Jones - What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For 3:15

03 Ted Weems & His Orchestra - My Baby Just Cares for Me 2:43

04 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3:29

05 Nat king Cole - Route 66 3:42

06 Adolph Hofner & His San Antonians - Cotton Eyed Joe 2:30

07 Ted Black - Love Letters in the Sand 3:01

08 Stuart Hamblen - This Ole House 2:56

09 Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Unchained Melody 2:31

10 Jim Lowe - Gambler's Guitar 2:40

11 Tony Bennett - In the Middle of an Island 2:05

12 Coasters - Poison Ivy 2:45

13 Johnny & Sondra Steele - My Happiness 3:06

14 Nat king Cole - Mona Lisa 3:25

15 James Baskett - Zip a Dee Doo Dah 2:18

16 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Ida Red 2:24

17 Jay McShann - Confessin' the Blues 2:52

18 Gene Allison - You Can Make it If You Try 2:07

CD09

01 Clarence Ashley - Rising Sun Blues 2:41

02 Weavers - The Wreck of the Sloop John B. 2:24

03 Grayson - Tom Dooley 3:07

04 Gene Austin - My Blue Heaven 3:35

05 Ben Bernie & His Roosevelt Hotel Orchestra - Ain't She Sweet 2:36

06 Weavers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine 2:59

07 Vince Martin - Cindy Oh Cindy 2:55

08 Frank Sinatra - You'll Never Walk Alone 3:27

09 Shelton Brothers - Aura Lee 2:40

10 Pete Seeger - Putting on the Style 2:47

11 Glenn Miller - Blueberry Hill 2:50

12 Happiness Boys - Does Your Spearmint Loose It's Flavour 2:47

13 Helen Kane - I Wanna Be Loved by You 2:48

14 Gene Austin - Carolina Moon 2:58

15 Harry Richman - Puttin' on the Ritz 2:23

16 Gene Austin - Ramona 2:56

17 Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied 2:42

18 Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me 2:44

CD10

01 Harry Belafonte - Island in the Sun 3:24

02 Hank Ballard - Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go 2:25

03 Jane Morgan - The Day the Rains Came 3:00

04 Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me 2:34

05 Guy Mitchell - Heartaches by the Number 2:40

06 Doris Day - Everybody Loves a Lover 2:45

07 Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater 2:15

08 Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool 2:41

09 Barbara Evans - Souvenirs 2:00

10 LeGarde Twins - Roll, Rock&Roll That Hula Hoop 1:50

11 Boots Randolph - Percolator 2:10

12 Buddy Knox - Hula Love 2:19

13 Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This 2:16

14 Seemann (Deine Heimat Ist Das Meer) - 14. Seemann (Deine Heimat Ist Das Meer) 2:52

15 Leo Leandros - Alle Mädchen Wollen Küssen 2:16

16 Wolfgang Sauer - Glaube Mir 3:12

17 Lys Assia - O Mein Papa 3:07

18 Lale Andersen - Lili Marleen 3:29

=============================================================

=============================================================

Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

=============================================================

=============================================================