VA - The Ultimate History of Rock 'n' Roll [1997] (10 x CD's)

ULTIMATE HISTORY OF ROCK 'n' ROLL

VA - The Ultimate History of Rock 'n' Roll [1997] (10 x CD's)

The surprising thing about K-Tel's staggering ten-disc box set burdened with the title Ultimate History of Rock & Roll is that it actually approaches delivering on its huge promise. Of course, a collection of this sort -- of any size -- is immediately sunk by lacking the presence of Elvis Presley or virtually any British act (only the Troggs and Tornadoes leap to mind). The focus here is on early rock & roll and rockabilly (Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chubby Checker, Duane Eddy), the girl groups (the Angels, the Shirelles, the Shangri-Las, Lesley Gore, the Dixie Cups, the Chiffons) and an almost overwhelming concentration on the R&B side of rock (the Coasters, the Drifters, the Platters, the Del-Vikings, Ben E. King, the Clovers, the Duprees, the Olympics, the Penguins). Also well-represented is the increasingly white-bread '60s pop/rock artists: the Beach Boys, the Turtles, the Ventures, and the Association. For fans of the above types of music, Ultimate History of Rock & Roll is an immensely rewarding set which delivers with all the best tracks from the biggest artists. Just don't expect to find "Heartbreak Hotel" or "Can't Buy Me Love." (AllMusic Review by John Bush)

 "155 songs, only 23 originals. All the rest are re-recordings"
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Track lists

CD01

01. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (2:08)
02. Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive (2:41)
03. The Diamonds - Little Darlin' (2:10)
04. The Crests - 16 Candles (2:57)
05. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes (2:17)
06. Jim Lowe - The Green Door (2:12)
07. Lloyd Price - Personality (2:29)
08. Johnny Ray - Just Walking In The Rain (2:50)
09. Dell Vikings - Come Go With Me (2:37)
10. Jack Scott - My True Love (2:49)
11. Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser (2:18)
12. Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues (2:28)
13. Coasters - Charlie Brown (2:18)
14. Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop (2:40)
15. Buddy Knox - Party Doll (2:19)
16. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire (1:50)

CD02

01. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (2:05)
02. The Dell-Vikings - Whispering Bells (2:23)
03. Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin (2:34)
04. Hank Ballard - Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go (2:33)
05. The Impalas - Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) (2:30)
06. The Cleftones - Heart And Soul (1:45)
07. The Coasters - Yakety Yak (1:47)
08. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - I Don't Know Why (But I Do) (2:17)
09. Dee Clark - Hey Little Girl (2:03)
10. The Tymes - So Much In Love (2:23)
11. The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) (2:53)
12. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee (2:56)
13. The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9 (1:58)
14. The Olympics - Western Movies (2:27)
15. The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (2:35)

CD03

01. Frankie Avalon - Venus (2:16)
02. Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (2:39)
03. Bobby Rydell - Wild One (2:20)
04. Chubby Checker - The Twist (2:39)
05. Tommy Roe - Sheila (2:09)
06. Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand (2:19)
07. Duane Eddy - Because They're Young (2:00)
08. Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion (2:27)
09. Del Shannon - Runaway (2:30)
10. Mark Dinning - Teen Angel (2:40)
11. Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bass Man (2:41)
12. Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise (2:25)
13. Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes (2:53)
14. Fabian - Tiger (2:31)
15. Jimmie Rodgers - Secretly (2:36)

CD04

01. The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run (2:11)
02. The Chantays - Pipeline (2:14)
03. Tornadoes 74 - Telstar (3:15)
04. Dave 'Baby' Cortez - Rinky Dink (2:58)
05. Ace Cannon - Tuff (2:38)
06. Lonnie Mack - Memphis (2:29)
07. The Mar-Keys - Last Night (2:36)
08. Johnny & The Hurricanes - Red River Rock (2:12)
09. The Routers - Let's Go (2:11)
10. Duanne Eddy - Forty Miles Of Bad Road (2:08)
11. Sandy Nelson - Teen Beat (2:26)
12. The Marketts - Out Of Limits (2:08)
13. Bill Justis - Raunchy (2:24)
14. The Safaris - Wipeout (2:16)
15. The T-Bones - No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) (2:24)

CD05

01. Lesley Gore - It's My Party (2:18)
02. The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me (2:35)
03. The Angels - My Boyfriend's Back (2:16)
04. The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (2:39)
05. The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (2:51)
06. Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop, Shoop Song) (2:14)
07. Mary Wells - My Guy (2:48)
08. The Exciters - Tell Him (2:24)
09. The Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love (2:54)
10. Skeeter Davis - I Can't Stay Mad At You (2:12)
11. The Chiffons - He's So Fine (1:53)
12. The Chantels - Maybe (2:34)
13. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me (2:49)
14. Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger (2:43)
15. Dee Dee Sharp - Do The Bird (2:13)
16. Martha Reeves - Dancing In The Street (2:38)

CD06

01. The Vogues - Five O' Clock World (2:09)
02. Little Anthony & The Imperials - Goin' Out Of My Head (2:34)
03. Randy & The Rainbows - Denise (2:01)
04. Jay & The Americans - She Cried (2:39)
05. The Marcels - Blue Moon (2:13)
06. The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You (2:38)
07. The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City (2:57)
08. The Tymes - Wonderful! Wonderful! (2:44)
09. The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me (2:29)
10. The Bachelors - Diane (2:32)
11. The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) (2:38)
12. The Newbeats - Bread And Butter (1:52)
13. The Happenings - Go Away Little Girl (2:24)
14. The Cascades - Rythm Of The Rain (2:35)
15. The Duprees - You Belong To Me (2:55)
16. The Castells - So This Is Love (2:42)

CD07

01. The Turtles - Happy Together (2:56)
02. The Association - Windy (2:51)
03. The Zombies - She's Not There (2:28)
04. The American Breed - Bend Me, Shape Me (2:13)
05. Badfinger - Come And Get It (2:15)
06. The Box Tops - The Letter (1:56)
07. The Beach Boys - Surfin' (2:16)
08. The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake (1:47)
09. The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (2:17)
10. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (2:44)
11. The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden (3:13)
12. The Equals - Baby Come Back (2:33)
13. The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road (2:42)
14. The Five Americans - Western Union (2:24)
15. The Troggs - Wild Thing (2:34)

CD08

01. Sam & Dave - Soul Man (2:37)
02. Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood (3:03)
03. Impressions, The - It's All Right (3:00)
04. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now (3:34)
05. Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y (2:50)
06. Clarence Carter - Patches (3:11)
07. Tyrone Davis - Turn Back the Hands of Time (2:43)
08. Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (2:59)
09. Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (2:48)
10. Jerry Butler - Only the Strong Survive (2:41)
11. Ben E. King - Stand By Me (3:00)
12. Barbara Lewis - Make Me Your Baby (2:30)
13. Ron Banks Formerly of the Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (4:22)
14. Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (2:52)
15. Capitols, The - Cool Jerk (2:32)
16. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (3:02)

CD09

01. Climax - Precious And Few (2:48)
02. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Fallin' In Love (3:13)
03. Christie - Yellow River (2:51)
04. Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died (3:15)
05. Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday (3:00)
06. R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (3:10)
07. The Fortunes - Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again (2:52)
08. Alan O'Day - Undercover Angel (3:41)
09. Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (2:34)
10. Vanity Fare - Hitchin' A Ride (2:54)
11. Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love (3:27)
12. The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (2:32)
13. Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis (3:38)
14. Gallery - (It's So) Nice To Be With You (2:51)
15. White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin' (2:36)
16. Lobo - I'd Love You To Want Me (4:10)

CD10

01. Mary Hopkin - Those Were the Days (5:00)
02. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Treat Her Like a Lady (2:45)
03. The Turtles - She'd Rather Be With Me (2:22)
04. The Troggs - Love Is All Around (3:02)
05. The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O (1:46)
06. Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime (3:36)
07. The Foundations - Baby, Now That I've Found You (3:10)
08. Jewel Akens - The Birds and the Bees (2:12)
09. Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me (2:36)
10. The Drifters - Saturday Night at the Movies (2:39)
11. Bobby Rydell - Forget Him (2:11)
12. Bobby Sherman - Little Woman (2:29)
13. B.W. Stevenson - My Maria (2:29)
14. Marmalade - Reflections of My Life (3:59)
15. Raiders - Indian Reservation (2:51)

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