Roy Orbison – The Soul Of Rock And Roll

 

Into The 1950's - Disc One

1-1 The Teen Kings– Ooby Dooby

1-2 The Wink Westerners– Hey! Miss Fannie

1-3 The Teen Kings– A True Love Goodbye

1-4 The Teen Kings– An Empty Cup And A Broken Date

1-5 The Teen Kings– Tryin' To Get To You

1-6 The Teen Kings– Tutti Frutti

1-7 Unknown Artist– Advertisement: Overton Park Shell Concert

1-8 Roy Orbison– Ooby Dooby

1-9 Roy Orbison– Cat Called Domino

1-10 Roy Orbison– Go! Go! Go!

1-11 Roy Orbison– Rockhouse

1-12 Roy Orbison– 1956 Guitar Pull Medley: I Want You, I Need You, I Love You / I Was The One / That's All Right / Mary Lou / You're My Baby

1-13 Roy Orbison– You're My Baby

1-14 Roy Orbison– Mean Little Mama

1-15 Roy Orbison– Problem Child

1-16 Roy Orbison– One More Time

1-17 Roy Orbison– You're Gonna Cry

1-18 Roy Orbison– It's Too Late

1-19 Roy Orbison– Sweet And Easy To Love

1-20 Roy Orbison– This Kind Of Love

1-21 Roy Orbison– Claudette

1-22 Roy Orbison– You Tell Me

1-23 Roy Orbison– Night Owl

1-24 Roy Orbison– Bad Cat

1-25 Roy Orbison– I Give Up

1-26 Roy Orbison– Love Struck

1-27 Roy Orbison– Baby Don't Stop

1-28 Roy Orbison– Defeated

1-29 Roy Orbison– Love Storm

1-30 Roy Orbison– Almost Eighteen

1-31 Roy Orbison– With The Bug

1-32 Roy Orbison– Pretty One

Into The 1960's - Disc Two

2-1 Roy Orbison– Uptown

2-2 Roy Orbison– Only The Lonely

2-3 Roy Orbison– Blue Angel

2-4 Roy Orbison– In Dreams

2-5 Roy Orbison– Running Scared

2-6 Roy Orbison– I'm Hurtin'

2-7 Roy Orbison– (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time

2-8 Roy Orbison– Love Hurts

2-9 Roy Orbison– Lana

2-10 Roy Orbison– Crying

2-11 Roy Orbison– Candy Man

2-12 Roy Orbison– Night Life

2-13 Roy Orbison– (They Call You) Gigolette

2-14 Roy Orbison– Let The Good Times Roll

2-15 Roy Orbison– Blue Bayou

2-16 Roy Orbison– Wedding Day

2-17 Roy Orbison– Dream Baby

2-18 Roy Orbison– Evergreen

2-19 Roy Orbison– Working For The Man

2-20 Roy Orbison– The Crowd

2-21 Roy Orbison– Leah

2-22 Roy Orbison– The Actress

2-23 Roy Orbison– Borne On The Wind

2-24 Roy Orbison– Falling

2-25 Roy Orbison– Indian Wedding

2-26 Roy Orbison– Shahdaroba

2-27 Roy Orbison– All I Have To Do Is Dream

2-28 Roy Orbison– Mama

2-29 Roy Orbison– Pretty Paper

Into The 1970's - Disc Three

3-1 Roy Orbison– Mean Woman Blues

3-2 Roy Orbison– What'd I Say (Live)

3-3 Roy Orbison– It's Over

3-4 Roy Orbison– Oh, Pretty Woman

3-5 Roy Orbison– Yo Te Amo Maria

3-6 Roy Orbison– Goodnight

3-7 Roy Orbison– (Say) You're My Girl

3-8 Roy Orbison– Ride Away

3-9 Roy Orbison– Crawling Back

3-10 Roy Orbison– Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart

3-11 Roy Orbison– Too Soon To Know

3-12 Roy Orbison– Communication Breakdown

3-13 Roy Orbison– Walk On

3-14 Roy Orbison– So Young (From The Motion Picture "Zabriskie Point")

3-15 Roy Orbison– Blue Rain (Coming Down)

3-16 Roy Orbison– Big As I Can Dream

3-17 Roy Orbison– Pistolero (From The Motion Picture "The Fastest Guitar Alive")

3-18 Roy Orbison– The Fastest Guitar Alive (From The Motion Picture "The Fastest Guitar Alive")

3-19 Roy Orbison– Precious

3-20 Roy Orbison– Unchained Melody

3-21 Roy Orbison– Land Of 1000 Dances (Live)

3-22 Roy Orbison– Blues In My Mind

3-23 Roy Orbison– Born To Love Me

3-24 Roy Orbison With Emmylou Harris– That Lovin' You Feelin' Again (From The Motion Picture "Roadie")

3-25 Roy Orbison– Hound Dog Man

Into The 1980's - Disc Four

4-1 Roy Orbison– Coming Home

4-2 Roy Orbison With Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis And Carl Perkins– Waymore's Blues

4-3 Roy Orbison– Oh, Pretty Woman

4-4 Roy Orbison– In Dreams (From The Motion Picture "Blue Velvet")

4-5 The Traveling Wilburys*– Not Alone Any More

4-6 Roy Orbison– You Got It

4-7 Roy Orbison– She's A Mystery To Me

4-8 Roy Orbison– California Blue

4-9 Roy Orbison– A Love So Beautiful

4-10 Roy Orbison– (All I Can Do Is) Dream You (Live)

4-11 Roy Orbison– Oh, Pretty Woman (Live)

4-12 Roy Orbison– Heartbreak Radio

4-13 Roy Orbison– You're The One

4-14 Roy Orbison With k.d. lang– Crying

4-15 Roy Orbison– After The Love Has Gone

4-16 Roy Orbison– I Drove All Night

4-17 Roy Orbison– Wild Hearts Run Out Of Time (From The Motion Picture "Insignificance")

4-18 Roy Orbison– You May Feel Me Crying (From The Motion Picture "The End Of Violence")

4-19 Roy Orbison– Life Fades Away (From The Motion Picture "Less Than Zero")

4-20 Roy Orbison– It's Over (Live)

4-21 Roy Orbison– We'll Take The Night

Roy Orbison – The Soul Of Rock And Roll - one

Roy Orbison – The Soul Of Rock And Roll - two

Roy Orbison – The Soul Of Rock And Roll - three

Roy Orbison – The Soul Of Rock And Roll - four

The Everly Brothers – Heartaches & Harmonies

 

1-1 Don't Let Our Love Die (1951 Version) 3:11

1-2 Keep A' Lovin' Me 2:27

1-3 Bye Bye Love 2:23

1-4 I Wonder If I Care As Much 2:16

1-5 Hey, Doll Baby (Demo) 2:16

1-6 Wake Up Little Susie 2:03

1-7 Maybe Tomorrow 2:08

1-8 All I Have To Do Is Dream 2:21

1-9 Claudette 2:16

1-10 Brand New Heartache 2:18

1-11 Bird Dog 2:17

1-12 Devoted To You 2:25

1-13 Problems 1:58

1-14 Long Time Gone 2:26

1-15 I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail 3:37

1-16 Kentucky 3:09

1-17 Poor Jenny 2:11

1-18 Take A Message To Mary 2:28

1-19 ('Til) I Kissed You 2:24

1-20 Let It Be Me 2:38

1-21 Since You Broke My Heart 1:57

1-22 When Will I Be Loved 2:03

1-23 Like Strangers 2:00

2-1 Cathy's Clown 2:26

2-2 Always It's You 2:31

2-3 So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) 2:36

2-4 That's What You Do To Me 2:04

2-5 Sleepless Nights 2:24

2-6 Carol Jane 1:52

2-7 Lucille 2:34

2-8 Made To Love 2:06

2-9 Stick With Me Baby 1:57

2-10 Love Hurts 2:23

2-11 So How Come (No One Loves Me) 2:18

2-12 Donna, Donna 2:16

2-13 Ebony Eyes 3:07

2-14 Walk Right Back 2:19

2-15 Why Not 2:46

2-16 Temptation 2:14

2-17 Don't Blame Me 3:28

2-18 Muskrat (Single Version) 2:20

2-19 Crying In The Rain 2:02

2-20 I'm Not Angry 2:03

2-21 Step It Up And Go 2:00

2-22 That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be) 2:25

2-23 How Can I Meet Her? 1:51

2-24 Nancy's Minuet (Alternate Version) 2:22

2-25 Nice Guy (Alternate Version) 2:03

2-26 Don't Ask Me To Be Friends 2:29

2-27 No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile 2:07

2-28 (So It Was...So It Is) So It Always Will Be 1:57

2-29 I'm Afraid 1:52

2-30 The Girl Sang The Blues 2:13

2-31 Love Her 2:21

2-32 The Ferris Wheel 2:19

2-33 Things Go Better With Coke 1:29

3-1 Gone, Gone, Gone 2:05

3-2 Torture 2:26

3-3 You're My Girl 2:27

3-4 The Price Of Love 2:07

3-5 It Only Costs A Dime 1:57

3-6 Love Is Strange 2:55

3-7 Man With Money 2:22

3-8 To Show I Love You 2:35

3-9 I'll See Your Light 2:44

3-10 It's All Over 2:22

3-11 I Used To Love You 2:35

3-12 And I'll Go 2:17

3-13 (You Got) The Power Of Love 2:40

3-14 Leave My Girl Alone 2:23

3-15 Somebody Help Me 2:06

3-16 So Lonely 2:39

3-17 Kiss Your Man Goodbye 2:36

3-18 The Collector 2:58

3-19 Even If I Hold It In My Hand (Hard Luck Story) 3:29

3-20 Bowling Green 2:46

3-21 I Don't Want To Love You 2:43

3-22 Mary Jane 3:16

3-23 Love Of The Common People 3:08

3-24 You're Just What I Was Looking For Today 2:56

4-1 Empty Boxes 2:46

4-2 Love With Your Heart 3:01

4-3 Milk Train 2:48

4-4 Lord Of The Manor 4:51

4-5 Mama Tried 2:20

4-6 T For Texas 3:34

4-7 I Wonder If I Care As Much (Version Two) 2:58

4-8 You Done Me Wrong 2:16

4-9 Turn Around 2:49

4-10 Omaha 3:22

4-11 I'm On My Way Home Again 2:23

4-12 Cuckoo Bird 2:45

4-13 Carolina In My Mind 3:19

4-14 My Little Yellow Bird 2:05

4-15 Stories We Could Tell 3:22

4-16 Green River 4:44

4-17 Poems, Prayers And Promises 4:02

4-18 Paradise 3:36

4-19 On The Wings Of A Nightingale 2:37

4-20 Why Worry 4:49

4-21 Arms Of Mary 2:30

4-22 Born Yesterday 4:05

4-23 Don't Let Our Love Die (1990 Version) 2:18

Heartaches & Harmonies - one

Heartaches & Harmonies - two

Heartaches & Harmonies - three

Heartaches & Harmonies - four

The Essential Robert Gordon

 

Robert Gordon (March 29, 1947 – October 18, 2022) was an American rockabilly/rock and roll singer and actor. Gordon grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. At the age of nine, he was greatly inspired by the Elvis Presley song "Heartbreak Hotel" playing on radio and decided to pursue a career as a rock and roll musician at that young age. Along with Elvis, Gordon's influences included Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran among other notable rock 'n roll music artists of the period.

Gordon made his recording debut at age 17 in 1964 with a group called The Confidentials. He was also actively performed with the Newports in his teenage years. By 1970, Gordon had relocated his family to New York City with the intent of operating a clothing boutique. His focus shifted to the punk rock scene at the nightclub CBGB. He became a member of the punk-pop band Tuff Darts. During 1976, the Tuff Darts recorded "All for the Love of Rock and Roll", "Head over Heels", and "Slash" for a compilation album called Live at CBGB's, which included a number of other local New York City bands.

Record producer Richard Gottehrer discovered Gordon during a rehearsal one afternoon with Tuff Darts and soon afterward the two were talking about making a rock and roll record. Gottehrer was impressed with Gordon's voice and his rendition of Elvis Presley's "One Night". After some conversation, Gordon suggested working with guitar legend Link Wray. Wray was contacted and he agreed to work with them both. "Robert to me sounds a lot like the early Elvis, back when he was at Sun Records", he commented. In 1977, Robert Gordon with Link Wray on Private Stock Records was the result of this collaboration. After Elvis Presley's unexpected death in August, 1977, the album picked up some airplay, and the Private Stock label attempted to hype Gordon as the heir to Elvis. In 1978, Gordon made a second album with Wray, for Private Stock called Fresh Fish Special. The record featured The Jordanaires, who had been background vocalists for Presley, and included the Bruce Springsteen song "Fire". Springsteen played keyboards on the track.

In 1978, RCA Records signed Gordon to a contract which he described as "a dream come true" to record for "Elvis's label". In February, 1979, the album Rock Billy Boogie was issued on the RCA Victor label, this time without Wray, as Chris Spedding joined Gordon, playing lead guitar. Writer Bruce Eder (AllMusic) hailed Gordon's next album, Bad Boy, released in 1980, as one of the best mature rockabilly albums ever recorded. Gordon's next and final album for RCA was 1981's Are You Gonna Be The One. The title track written by Marc Jonson. It is Gordon's best-selling album to date, with more than 200,000 copies sold. Danny Gatton played lead guitar on this record and Marshall Crenshaw penned the single "Someday, Someway", which went to No. 76 on the Billboard charts in 1981.

During the early 1980s, Gordon toured briefly with Gatton. A recording of one of their performances was later released on NRG Records as "The Humbler".

In the early 1990s Gordon toured with Spedding, including Japan, Norway, Finland, United States, Spain and Sweden, with a number of live tracks later appearing on the 2006 Climate Control album Born To Rock.

This compilation release was a (hand-numbered) collectible, strictly limited edition of 1,000 copies. It includes some previously unreleased tracks.

1 Rockbilly Boogie

2 The Catman

3 The Way I Walk

4 Love My Baby

5 The Fool

6 Red Hot

7 Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll

8 Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache

9 Lonesome Train ( On A Lonesome Track )

10 Fire

11 Hot Dog ( That Made her Mad )

12 Don't

13 Bad Boy

14 The Worrying Kind

15 Mean To me

16 Drivin' Wheel

17 Someday, Someway

18 Look Who's Blue

19 Little Sister

20 The Wanderer

21 Rock Therapy

22 Devil In Disguise

23 Lonely Blue Boy

24 Sea Of Heartbreak

25 Playing For Keeps

26 Wasting My Time

27 I'm Dreaming Of You

28 It's Only Make Believe

The Essential Robert Gordon 

Ritchie Valens – Come On, Let's Go!

 

Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months into his music career.

Valens had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. He transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making him a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. He also had an American number-two hit with "Donna".

On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson. Valens was 17 years old at the time of his death. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, The Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame, The California Hall of Fame, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

This 3 Disc box set is of Ritchie Valens' work on the Del-fi label.

Disc 1 contains the LP's Ritchie Valens and Ritchie, Disc 2 contains Home Demo Recordings, Disc 3 is In Concert At Pacoima Junior High.

1-1 That's My Little Susie

1-2 In A Turkish Town

1-3 Come On, Let's Go

1-4 Donna

1-5 Boney Maronie

1-6 Ooh! My Head

1-7 La Bamba

1-8 Bluebirds Over The Mountain

1-9 Hi-Tone

1-10 Framed

1-11 We Belong Together

1-12 Dooby Dooby Wah

1-13 Stay Beside Me

1-14 Cry, Cry, Cry

1-15 Big Baby Blues

1-16 Paddi-Wack Song

1-17 My Darling Is Gone

1-18 Hurry Up

1-19 Little Girl

1-20 Now You're Gone

1-21 Fast Freight

1-22 Ritchie's Blues

1-23 Rockin' All Night

1-24 Cry, Cry, Cry (With Claves)

1-25 That's My Little Susie (Stereo)

1-26 La Bamba (Stereo)

2-1 We Belong Together (Demo)

2-2 Come On, Let's Go (Demo)

2-3 In A Turkish Town (Demo)

2-4 Dooby Dooby Wah (Demo)

2-5 Ritchie's Blues (Demo)

2-6 Bluebirds Over The Mountain (Demo)

2-7 Blues With Drums

2-8 I Got A Gal Named Sue

2-9 Donna (Take 2)

2-10 Blues Instrumental

2-11 Cry, Cry, Cry (Take 1)

2-12 Stay Beside Me (Demo)

2-13 Malaguena (With The Silhouettes)

2-14 Blues Slow

2-15 In A Turkish Town (Outtake)

2-16 Bluebirds Over The Mountain (Outtake)

2-17 Cry, Cry, Cry (Outtake)

3-1 Bob Keane Intro

3-2 Come On, Let's Go (Live)

3-3 Donna (Live)

3-4 Summertime Blues (Live)

3-5 From Beyond (Live)

3-6 La Bamba (Live)

3-7 Bob Keane Intro

3-8 Rhythm Song

3-9 Guitar Instrumental

3-10 Malaguena

3-11 Rock Little Darlin'

3-12 Let's Rock And Roll

3-13 Cry, Cry, Cry (Take 2)

3-14 Donna (Take 1)

3-15 Dooby Dooby Wah (Outtake)

3-16 That's My Little Susie (Outtake)

3-17 Ooh! My Soul (Early Test Fragment)

3-18 La Bamba (Band Track)

3-19 Donna Commercial

Ritchie Valens – Come On, Let's Go!

In Season: The Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons Anthology

 

1-1 The Four Seasons– Sherry

1-2 The Four Seasons– Big Girls Don't Cry

1-3 The Four Seasons– Connie-O

1-4 The Four Seasons– Peanuts

1-5 The Four Seasons– Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)

1-6 The Four Seasons– Walk Like A Man

1-7 The Four Seasons– Ain't That A Shame

1-8 The Four Seasons– Candy Girl

1-9 The Four Seasons– Marlena

1-10 The Four Seasons– Stay

1-11 The Four Seasons– Little Boy (In Grown Up Clothes)

1-12 The Four Seasons– Dawn (Go Away)

1-13 The Four Seasons– Silence Is Golden

1-14 The Four Seasons– Ronnie

1-15 The Four Seasons– Rag Doll

1-16 The Four Seasons– Save It For Me

1-17 The Four Seasons– Big Man In Town

1-18 The Four Seasons– Bye, Bye, Bye (Baby, Goodbye)

1-19 The Four Seasons– Betrayed

1-20 The Four Seasons– Toy Soldier

1-21 The Four Seasons– Girl Come Running

1-22 The Four Seasons– Let's Hang On (To What We've Got)

1-23 The Wonder Who?– Don't Think Twice (It's All Right)

1-24 Frankie Valli– The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)

1-25 Frankie Valli– (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself

1-26 The Four Seasons– Working My Way Back To You

1-27 Frankie Valli– You're Ready Now

1-28 The Four Seasons– Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)

1-29 The Four Seasons– I've Got You Under My Skin

2-1 Frankie Valli– Can't Take My Eyes Off You

2-2 The Four Seasons– C'mon Marianne

2-3 Frankie Valli– The Proud One

2-4 The Four Seasons– Tell It To The Rain

2-5 The Four Seasons– Beggin'

2-6 The Wonder Who?– Lonesome Road

2-7 Frankie Valli– I Make A Fool Of Myself

2-8 The Four Seasons– Watch The Flowers Grow

2-9 Frankie Valli– To Give (The Reason I Live)

2-10 The Four Seasons– Will You Love Me Tomorrow

2-11 The Four Seasons– Idaho

2-12 Frankie Valli– The Girl I'll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low)

2-13 The Four Seasons– And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me)

2-14 The Four Seasons– Patch Of Blue

2-15 Frankie Valli– My Eyes Adored You

2-16 Frankie Valli– Swearin' To God (Single Version)

2-17 The Four Seasons– Who Loves You

2-18 Frankie Valli– Our Day Will Come (Single Version)

2-19 The Four Seasons– December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

2-20 The Four Seasons– Silver Star (Single Version)

2-21 Frankie Valli– Fallen Angel

2-22 Frankie Valli– Grease

In Season: The Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons Anthology

Jersey's Best - The Very Best Of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

 

1-1 The Four Seasons– Sherry 2:30

1-2 The Four Seasons– Big Girls Don't Cry 2:25

1-3 The Four Seasons– Walk Like A Man 2:17

1-4 The Four Seasons– Candy Girl 2:38

1-5 The Four Seasons– Marlena 2:36

1-6 The Four Seasons– Stay 1:56

1-7 The Four Seasons– Dawn (Go Away) 2:11

1-8 The Four Seasons– Silence Is Golden 3:03

1-9 The Four Seasons– Ronnie 2:25

1-10 The Four Seasons– Rag Doll 3:00

1-11 The Four Seasons– Save It For Me 2:36

1-12 Frankie Valli– You're Ready Now 2:14

1-13 The Four Seasons– Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) 2:32

1-14 The Four Seasons– Girl Come Running 3:00

1-15 The Four Seasons– The Wonder Who? Don't Think Twice, It's Alright 2:57

2-1 The Four Seasons– Let's Hang On 3:09

2-2 Frankie Valli– The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) 3:31

2-3 The Four Seasons– Working My Way Back To You 2:51

2-4 The Four Seasons– Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me) 2:33

2-5 The Four Seasons– I've Got You Under My Skin 3:41

2-6 The Four Seasons– Tell It To The Rain 2:30

2-7 The Four Seasons– Beggin' 2:30

2-8 Frankie Valli– Can't Take My Eyes Off You 3:15

2-9 The Four Seasons– C'mon Marianne 2:32

2-10 The Four Seasons– Will You Love Me Tomorrow? 3:13

2-11 The Four Seasons– The Night 3:22

2-12 Frankie Valli– My Eyes Adored You 3:25

2-13 The Four Seasons– Who Loves You 4:22

2-14 The Four Seasons– December, 1963 (Oh What A Night!) 3:36

2-15 Frankie Valli– Grease 3:21

Jersey's Best one

Jersey's Best two

Charlie Rich – Groove Recordings

 

Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932 – July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, soul and gospel genres.

In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl," which topped the U.S. country singles charts as well as the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards. Rich was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015.

Before turning his hand to country music, Charlie Rich was recording Rockabilly, Blues and Jazz. This 26 Track collection includes many rare and collectible tracks. Produced by Chet Atkins and recorded in RCA Victor's "Nashville Sound" Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, these were originally released on the Groove label, a subsidiary of RCA Victor.

1 Big Boss Man

2 River, Stay 'Way From My Door

3 Big Jack

4 Mountain Dew

5 She Loved Everybody But Me

6 Let Me Go My Merry Way

7 Ol' Man River

8 The Grass Is Always Greener

9 The Ways Of A Woman In Love

10 Why, Oh Why

11 Rosanna

12 Are You Still My Baby

13 It Just Goes To Show (You Never Know About Love)

14 If I Knew Then What I Know Now

15 Too Many Teardrops

16 I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore

17 The Big Buildup

18 It's All Over Now

19 I'm Right Behind You

20 Turn Around And Face Me

21 Like Someone In Love

22 Nice 'N' Easy

23 No Room To Dance

24 There Won't Be Anymore

25 She Called Me Baby

26 Share Your Love With Me

Groove Recordings

Crash Craddock – Crash's Greatest Hits

 

Billy Wayne "Crash" Craddock (born June 16, 1939) is an American country and rockabilly singer. He first gained popularity in Australia in the 1950s with a string of rockabilly hits, including the Australian number one hits "Boom Boom Baby" and "One Last Kiss" in 1960 and 1961 respectively. Switching to country music, he gained popularity in the United States in the 1970s with a string of top ten country hits, several of which were number one hits, including "Rub It In", "Broken Down in Tiny Pieces", and "Ruby Baby". Craddock is known to his fans as "The King Of Country Rock Music" and "Mr. Country Rock" for his uptempo rock-influenced style of country music.

1 Boom Boom Baby

2 Ah, Poor Little Baby

3 I Want That

4 Letter Of Love

5 Sweetie Pie

6 Good Time Billy (Is A Happiness Fool)

7 Heavenly Love

8 One Last Kiss

9 Don't Destroy Me

10 Is It True Or False? (That I'm In Love With You)

11 All I Want Is You

12 Well, Don't You Know

Crash's Greatest Hits

Sonny West – Sweet Rockin' Rock-Ola Ruby

 Joseph "Sonny" West (born July 30, 1937 near Lubbock, Texas) is an American songwriter and musician, best known as the co-writer of two of Buddy Holly's biggest hits: "Oh, Boy!" and "Rave On".

In 1956 West formed a band with Jimmy Metz (string bass), Doc McKay (drums) and Buddy Smith (guitar). They recorded "Rock-Ola Ruby" and "Sweet Rockin' Baby" at the local radio station KLVT in Levelland. Bob Kaliff, a disc jockey at KLVT, then arranged for West to re-record the two songs at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico. Only 700 copies of the songs were released on Petty's Nor-Va-Jak label.

In February 1957 West recorded a song, "All My Love", with McKay (drums), Metz (trumpet), and Glen Dee Hardin (piano). Only a few copies of this recording were made, which were sent to record companies to attract their interest in releasing the record commercially. One of the copies was heard by Buddy Holly, who with The Crickets recorded a version of the song at Petty's studios in Lubbock, as "Oh, Boy!" in July 1957. It was subsequently released in October and went on to reach number 10 on the US charts and number 3 on the UK charts in early 1958. The song was attributed to West, Petty, and Bill Tilghman, although according to West it was written by him alone, with Petty requiring his name to be added as part of the commercial contract with Holly. It was not until 2002 that West's version of "All My Love" was commercially released, when it was included on this debut solo album, Sweet Rockin' Rock-Ola Ruby.

At the end of 1957 Petty took over as West's manager and arranged a two-year recording contract with Atlantic Records, with a minimum of four releases. In December that year West recorded "Rave On", which was released on February 17, 1958, with the B-side, "Call on Cupid", on Atlantic Records, but achieved little commercial success. The song was inspired by a line from Carl Perkins' 1956 song "Dixie Fried".

On January 25, 1958 Holly recorded a version of "Rave On" at Bell Sound Studios in New York as a track for his debut solo album, Buddy Holly, with Coral Records releasing it as a solo single in April 1958. Although it barely made the top 40, peaking at No. 37 in the United States, it reached No. 5 in England.

In the spring of 1958 West recorded "Baby Bessie Lee", "Doll Britches" and "Linda Loves a Hula Hoop", backed by Sonny Curtis (guitar), Vi Petty (piano), George Atwood (bass) and McKay/Bo Clarke (drums) at Petty's Clovis Studios. In early 1959 Sonny flew to Phoenix, Arizona, where he recorded two songs, "Love Denied" and "Pretty Little Girl", with Al Casey on guitar. While neither song was released, "Love Denied" was later covered by Waylon Jennings, who also covered "Rave On". In 1961 West and Casey also recorded a version of Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights". 

1 Sweet Rockin' Baby

2 Rock-Ola Ruby

3 All My love

4 Rave On

5 Call On Cupid

6 Dreamboat

7 Baby Bessie Lee

8 Doll Britches

9 Linda Loves A Hula Hoop

10 Love Denied

11 Pretty Little Girl

12 Wasted Days And Wasted Nights

13 Maybe You're The One

14 Evening Star

15 Sugar Hill

16 Ride

17 Oh Boy

18 Dire Need

19 The Rave Is Gone

20 Cast Iron Arm

21 A Bad Case

22 Big City Woman

23 Sweet Dreams

24 I've Had It

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