King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones

 

Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was the pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverb. Dale was known as "The King of the Surf Guitar", which was also the title of his second studio album.

Dale was one of the most influential guitarists of all time and especially of the early 1960s. Most of the leading bands in surf music, such as The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean and The Trashmen, were influenced by Dale's music, and often included recordings of Dale's songs in their albums. His style and music influenced guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Eddie Van Halen and Brian May.

He has been mentioned as one of the fathers of heavy metal. Many credit him with tremolo picking, a technique that is now widely used in many musical genres (such as extreme metal, folk etc.). His speedy single-note staccato picking technique was unmatched until guitarists like Eddie Van Halen entered the music scene.

Working together with Leo Fender, Dale also pushed the limits of electric amplification technology, helping to develop new equipment that was capable of producing thick and previously unheard volumes including the first-ever 100-watt guitar amplifier. Dale also pioneered the use of portable reverb effects.

The use of his recording of "Misirlou" by Quentin Tarantino in the film Pulp Fiction led to his return in the 1990s, marked by four albums and world tours. He was also nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category for the song "Pipeline" with Stevie Ray Vaughan.

In "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time", Dale was ranked 31st in 2003 and 74th in the 2011 revision.

1 Let's Go Trippin' 2:10

2 Shake 'N' Stomp 2:08

3 Misirlou 2:15

4 Mr. Peppermint Man (Vocal) 2:12

5 Surf Beat 2:38

6 Take It Off 2:08

7 King Of The Surf Guitar (Vocal) 2:10

8 Hava Nagila 2:03

9 Riders In The Sky 2:12

10 The Wedge 2:32

11 Night Rider 1:45

12 Mr. Eliminator 2:00

13 The Victor 3:11

14 Taco Wagon 2:05

15 Tidal Wave 2:00

16 Banzai Washout 2:15

17 One Double One Oh! (Instrumental Version) 2:36

18 Pipeline 2:58 (with Stevie Ray Vaughan)

King Of The Surf Guitar

The Coasters – Rollin' With The Coasters - 26 Greatest Hits & Classic Tracks All Original Recordings...remastered

 

The Coasters were formed on October 12, 1955, when two of The Robins, a Los Angeles–based rhythm-and-blues group, joined Atlantic Records. They were dubbed The Coasters because they went from the west coast to the east. The Robins included Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn. The original Coasters were Gardner, Nunn, Billy Guy, Leon Hughes (who was replaced by Young Jessie on a couple of their early Los Angeles recordings), and the guitarist Adolph Jacobs. Jacobs left the group in 1959.

The songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller started Spark Records and in 1955 produced "Smokey Joe's Cafe" for the Robins (their sixth single with Leiber and Stoller). The record was popular enough for Atlantic Records to offer Leiber and Stoller an independent production contract to produce the Robins for Atlantic. Only two of the Robins—Gardner and Nunn—were willing to make the move to Atlantic, recording their first songs in the same studio as the Robins had done (Master Recorders). In late 1957, Nunn and Hughes moved to New York and joined with Cornell Gunter and Will "Dub" Jones to form The Coasters. The new quartet was from then on stationed in New York, although all had Los Angeles roots.

The Coasters' association with Leiber and Stoller was an immediate success. Together they created a string of good-humored "storytelling" hits that are some of the most entertaining from the original era of rock and roll. According to Leiber and Stoller, getting the humor to come through on the records often required more recording "takes" than for a typical musical number.

1 Smokey Joe's Cafe

2 Down In Mexico

3 Turtle Dovin

4 One Kiss Led To Another

5 Brazil

6 Searchin

7 Young Blood

8 Lola

9 Idol With The Golden Head

10 (When She Wants Good Lovin') My Baby Comes To Me

11 Sweet Georgia Brown

12 What Is The Secret Of Your Success?

13 Dance!

14 Gee, Golly

15 Yakety Yak

16 Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

17 The Shadow Knows

18 Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass

19 Charlie Brown

20 Three Cool Cats

21 Along Came Jones

22 That Is Rock And Roll

23 Poison Ivy

24 I'm A Hog For You

25 Run Red Run

26 What About Us

The Coasters

Jo Ann Campbell ‎– That Real Gone Gal - the complete Gone and Roulette recordings

 

Jo Ann Campbell (born July 20, 1938 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American pop singer.

Campbell began attending music school at the age of four, and won many honors as a drum majorette at Fletcher High School. In 1954 she travelled Europe as a dancer, then moved to New York, where she joined the Johnny Conrad Dancers and made several television appearances on shows such as The Milton Berle Show and The Colgate Comedy Hour.

In 1956, Campbell decided to quit dancing and become a singer. She received her first recording contract with RKO-Point Records in New York and released her debut single "Where Ever You Go" / "I'm Coming Home Late Tonight" with them in 1956. It was unsuccessful and she then signed a recording contract with Eldorado Records after performing at Harlem's Apollo Theater. She wrote and released her second single, "Come On Baby" in 1957. Later that year she released "Wait a Minute", and appeared at the Brooklyn Paramount and on Dick Clark's American Bandstand show.

Campbell appeared in two films: Go, Johnny, Go (1959) and Hey, Let's Twist! (1962), while continuing to release records. In June 1961 she reached No. 41 in the UK Singles Chart with "Motorcycle Michael". She had her biggest hit in August 1962 with "I'm the Girl from Wolverton Mountain", an answer song to Claude King's "Wolverton Mountain". Some pressings showed the title as "(I'm the Girl on) Wolverton Mountain". The song reached No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In April 1963, she followed up with "Mother, Please! (I'd Rather Do It Myself)", a take-off on an Anacin television commercial of the day, but this reached No. 88.

After marrying Atlantic Records record producer Troy Seals in 1964, Campbell left the music industry.

1 Wait A Minute

2 It's Time

3 I Really Really Love You

4 I'm Nobody's Baby

5 Mama (Can I Go Out Tonite)

6 Beachcomber

7 You're Driving Me Mad

8 I Ain't Got No Steady Date

9 Wassa Matter With You Baby

10 Rock And Roll Love

11 You-Ooh

12 Nervous

13 Happy New Year Baby

14 How About That

15 Tall Boy

16 Let Me Do My Twist

17 It's True (alt. take)

18 Mama (Can I Go Out Tonite) (alt. take)

19 Wait A Minute (Instrumental rhythm track)

That Real Gone Gal

Charlie Feathers - Jungle Fever / Uh Huh Honey - compilation albums

These two Charlie Feathers compilations have similar tracks on each with a few variations. For the Charlie Feathers completists and rock and roll fans alike. They were acquired from another source so not my own copies, they are at 192kps. Enjoy anyway! 

Tongue-Tied Jill 1:55

Get With It 1:55

Bottle To The Baby 2:24

One Hand Loose 2:18

Nobody's Woman 2:12

Can't Hardly Stand 2:52

Everybody's Lovin' My Baby 2:06

Too Much Alike 2:10

When You Come Around 2:06

When You Decide 2:24

Jungle Fever 2:26

Why Don't You 2:24

Wild Wild Party 2:25

Today And Tomorrow 2:30

Stutterin' Cindy 2:19

Tear It Up 2:38

Uh Huh Honey 2:48

That Certain Female 2:90

She Set Me Free 3:12

A Wedding Gown Of White 2:42

Jungle Fever

Stutterin' Cindy 2:18

Tear It Up 2:38

Gone Gone Gone 3:00

Tongue Tied Jill 2:11

Wild Side Of Life 1:59

Do You Know 2:41

She Knows How To Rock Me 2:10

Wide River 2:28

Crazy Heart 2:22

Chicken Plucker 2:49

Uh Huh Honey 2:04

Cold Dark Night 2:17

Rain 1:46

Mama Oh Mama 2:44

There Will Be Three 3:25

That Certain Female 3:01

I Guess I'm Crazy 2:40

We're Getting Closer To Being Apart 2:57

Long Time Ago 2:29

Rain 1:52

Uh Huh Honey

The First Rock And Roll Record - various artists

 

This three disc compilation aims to trace the history of rock and roll through its origins, influences, music styles and artists. Spanning four decades from the 1920's to the 1950's (and even one track from 1916!), these recordings cover several genres from the early blues and country, to swing, big band, rhythm and blues, western swing, jump blues and to what eventually became known as "rock and roll".

Whilst not definitive or comprehensive (or totally accurate in terms of some "original" versions), it does give an insight into the evolvement and the terminology of what has become one of the most popular forms of music in history. A treat for both the purists and the casual listener.

(disc one)

Unknown Artist– The Camp Meeting Jubilee

Trixie Smith– My Man Rocks Me

Jim Jackson – Kansas City Blues

Charley Patton– Going To Move To Alabama

Hank Williams– Move It On Over

Tampa Red– It's Tight Like That

Clarence "Pinetop" Smith– Pinetops's Boogie Woogie

Jimmy Blythe– Jimmy Blues

Blind Roosevelt Graves– Crazy About My Baby

Washboard Rhythm Kings– Tiger Rag

Boswell Sisters*– Rock And Roll

Benny Goodman, Helen Ward– Get Rhythm In Your Feet

Harlem Hamfats*– Oh Red!

Mississippi Jook Band– Skippy Whippy

Robert Johnson– Cross Road Blues

Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa– Sing! Sing! Sing! (With A Swing)

Ella Fitzgerald– Rock It For Me

Sister Rosetta Tharpe– Rock Me

Bob Wills– Ida Red

Big Joe Turner– Roll 'Em Pete

Buddy Jones – Rockin' Rollin' Mama

John Lee Williamson– New Early In The Morning

Will Bradley– Down The Road A Piece

The Andrews Sisters– Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Virginia O'Brien– Lullaby (Rock A Bye Baby)

(disc two)

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra– Flying Home

Illinois Jacquet– Blues, Pt. 2

T-Bone Walker– Mean Old World

Judy Garland– The Joint Is Really Jumpin' Down At Carnegie Hall

Gertrude Niesen– Rockin' The Town

Nat King Cole– Straighten Up And Fly Right

Sister Rosetta Tharpe– Strange Things Happening Every Day

Helen Humes– Be Baba Leba

Joe Liggins– Honeydripper

Arthur Smith – Guitar Boogie

Mose Allison– That's All Right (Mama)

Shirley And Lee– Let The Good Times Roll

Ella Mae Morse, Freddie Slack– House Of Blue Lights

The Delmore Brothers– Hillbilly Boogie

Pee Wee King– Ten Gallon Boogie (Original)

Wynonie Harris– Good Rocking Tonight

Wild Bill Moore*– We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll

Muddy Waters– I Can't Be Satisfied

Amos Milburn– Chicken Shack Boogie

Bill Haley– Rovin' Eyes

The Orioles– Its Too Soon To Know

Stick McGhee– Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee

Erline Harris– Rock And Roll Blues

Jimmy Preston– Rock The Joint

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five– Saturday Night Fish Fry

Fats Domino– The Fat Man

Goree Carter– Rock A While

(disc three)

Hardrock Gunter– Gonna Dance All Night

Arkie Shibley And His Mountain Dew Boys– Hot Rod Race

The Dominoes– 60 Minute Man

Les Paul & Mary Ford– How High The Moon

Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats– Rocket '88

Charlie Gracie– Boogie Woogie Blues

Big Mama Thornton– Hound Dog

Charlie Gracie– Rockin' An' Rollin

Lloyd Price– Lawdy Miss Clawdy

The Dominoes– Have Mercy Baby

The Clovers– One Mint Julep

The Crows– Gee

Bill Haley And His Comets– Crazy Man, Crazy

Ray Charles– Mess Around

Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters– Money Honey

The Johnny Burnette Trio– Honey Hush

Big Joe Turner– Shake, Rattle And Roll

The Chords– Sh-Boom

Sunny Dae And The Knights*– Rock Around The Clock

Ray Charles– I've Got A Woman

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters– Work With Me, Annie

The Robins– Riot In Cell Block Number Nine

LaVern Baker– Tweedle Dee

Buddy Holly– Bo Diddley

Chuck Berry– Maybellene

Little Richard– Tutti Frutti

Carl Perkins– Blue Suede Shoes

Elvis Presley– That's Alright Mama

Bill Haley And His Comets– Rock Around The Clock

Elvis Presley– Heartbreak Hotel

The First Rock And Roll Record

Essential Rockabilly - The Imperial Story - various artists

 

1-1 Bob Luman– Red Hot

1-2 The Strikes – Rockin'

1-3 Dennis Herrold– Hip Hip Baby

1-4 Dorsey & Johnny Burnette*– Warm Love

1-5 Laura Lee Perkins– Kiss Me Baby

1-6 Ricky Nelson – Stood Up

1-7 Johnny Garner– Didi Didi

1-8 Lew Williams– Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop

1-9 Gene Henslee– Rockin' Baby

1-10 Bob Luman– Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache

1-11 Merle Kilgore– Everybody Needs A Little Lovin'

1-12 Lew Williams– Centipede

1-13 The Strikes – If You Can't Rock Me

1-14 Ricky Nelson – Boppin' The Blues

1-15 Laura Lee Perkins– Oh La Baby

1-16 Ronnie Smith – Long Time No Love

1-17 Slick Slavin– Speed Crazy

1-18 Billy Eldridge– Let's Go Baby

1-19 Bob Luman– Your Love

1-20 Lew Williams– Gone Ape Man

2-1 Dennis Herrold– Make With The Lovin'

2-2 Lew Williams– Cat Talk

2-3 The Strikes – I Don't Want To Cry Over You

2-4 Weldon Rogers– So Long, Good Luck & Goodbye

2-5 Bob Luman– Make Up Your Mind

2-6 Laura Lee Perkins– I Just Don’t Like This Kind Of Livin'

2-7 Jay Blue– Get Off My Back

2-8 Jimmy Craig – Oh Little Girl

2-9 Dorsey & Johnny Burnette*– My Honey

2-10 Johnny Garner– Kiss Me Sweet

2-11 Lew Williams– Abracadabra

2-12 Merle Kilgore– Ernie

2-13 Ricky Nelson – My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

2-14 Bob Luman– All Night Long

2-15 Jackie Walker– Only Teenagers Allowed

2-16 The Strikes – Baby I'm Sorry

2-17 Laura Lee Perkins– Don’t Wait Up

2-18 Gene Henslee– Dig'n And Datin'

2-19 Lew Williams– Something I Said

2-20 Bill Allen – Please Give Me Something

The Imperial Story - one

The Imperial Story - two

The Champs – The Early Singles 30 Great 'A' & 'B' sides

 

The Champs are an American rock band, most famous for their Latin-tinged surf instrumental "Tequila". The group took their name from that of Gene Autry's horse, Champion, and was formed by studio executives at Autry's Challenge Records to record a B-side for the Dave Burgess single, "Train to Nowhere". The intended throwaway track became more famous than its A-side, as "Tequila" went to No. 1 in just three weeks, and the band became the first group to go to the top spot with an instrumental that was their first release. The song was recorded at Gold Star Studios in fall 1957, and in 1959 won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.

"Tequila" was written by the saxophonist Danny Flores, although he was credited as Chuck Rio because he was under contract to another record label (RPM Records) at the time. Flores, who died in September 2006, was known as the "Godfather of Latino rock". Flores' "dirty sax" and his low-voiced "Tequila" are the hallmarks of the song. Flores signed away the US rights to the song but retained worldwide rights until his death.

There are many cover versions of the tune, including a jazz version by guitarist Wes Montgomery in 1966. It has also been recorded by rappers A.L.T. and XL Singleton. The Champs also had success with instrumentals such as "Limbo Rock" and "El Rancho Rock". In 1985, "Tequila" featured prominently in the film Pee Wee's Big Adventure. The Champs also recorded a sequel to "Tequila" entitled "Too Much Tequila".

1 Tequila

2 Train To Nowhere

3 El Rancho Rock

4 Midnighter

5 Chariot Rock

6 Subway

7 Turnpike

8 Rockin' Mary

9 Gone Train

10 Beatnik

11 Caramba

12 Moonlight Bay

13 Night Train

14 The Rattler

15 Sky High

16 Double Eagle Rock

17 Too Much Tequila

18 20.000 Leagues

19 Red Eye

20 The Little Matador

21 Alley Cat

22 Coconut Drive

23 Tough Train

24 The Face

25 Honkey Pokey

26 Jumping Bean

27 Sombrero

28 The Shoddy Shoddy

29 Cantina

30 Panic Button

The Champs – The Early Singles

Ooh-Wee Baby! : The Best Of Frankie Ford

 

Frankie Ford (August 4, 1939 – September 28, 2015) was an American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer, best known for his 1959 hit "Sea Cruise".

He was born in Gretna, Louisiana, as Vincent Francis Guzzo, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. He learned to sing and dance at an early age, and when at high school joined a group, the Syncopators, as singer and pianist. He was spotted by manager Joe Caronna, who took him to Johnny Vincent of Ace Records. Taking the stage name Frankie Ford, he made his first recordings for Ace in 1958. He toured locally in Louisiana, before recording a vocal overdub on the song "Sea Cruise", a song written and originally recorded by Huey "Piano" Smith with his group The Clowns, and featuring overdubbed bells and ships' horns. As Smith already had a record in the charts, and was away touring, the record label decided to release Ford's version, and it rose to #14 on the US pop chart and #11 on the R&B chart, selling over one million copies, and gaining gold disc status.

Ford was drafted in 1962, and performed for troops in Japan, Vietnam and Korea. He later recorded occasionally for small labels, but mainly performed in clubs in and around New Orleans. He appeared in the 1978 movie American Hot Wax, and toured in Britain and Europe, recording the album New Orleans Dynamo in London in 1989. He continued to record and perform through the 1990s. On May 16, 2010, at the Louisiana Music Homecoming in Erwinville, Ford was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

1 Sea Cruise (Take 1)

2 Cheatin' Woman

3 Last One To Cry

4 Sea Cruise (Take 13)

5 Roberta

6 Can't Tell My Heart What To Do

7 Alimony

8 Time After Time

9 I Want To Be Your Man

10 Chinatown (Take 5)

11 What's Getting On

12 Morgus The Magnificent (Morgus And The Three Ghouls)

13 Lonely Boy (Frankie And Mac)

14 Ocean Full Of Tears

15 Hour Of Need

16 Blow Wind Blow

17 It Must Be Jelly

18 Your Game Is Over

19 St. Louis Blues

20 Geronimo

21 I'm Worried Over You

22 Watch Dog

23 Can't Tell My Heart What To Do (Undubbed Take)

24 Time After Time (Undubbed Take)

25 Hour Of Need (Undubbed Take)

26 Danny Boy

27 Pretending You're Mine (Take 3)

Ooh-Wee Baby!

The Chess Rockabilly Story - various artists

 

1-1    Dale Hawkins–    My Babe
1-2    Eddie Fontaine–    Nothin' Shakin', But The Leaves On The Trees
1-3    Billy Barrix–    Cool Off Baby
1-4    Jackie Cannon–    Proof Of Your Love
1-5    Bobby Sisco–    Go, Go, Go
1-6    Lou Josie–    Breezin' Out
1-7    Bobby Dean –    Just Go Wild Over Rock And Roll
1-8    Larry Diamond–    True Love Come My Way
1-9    Dale Hawkins–    Little Pig
1-10    Dick Glasser–    Crazy Love
1-11    Mel Robbins–    Save It
1-12    Ray Stanley –    I Can't Wait
1-13    Rusty York–    Sugaree
1-14    Johnny Fuller–    All Night Long
1-15    Dale Hawkins–    Take My Heart
1-16    Baker Knight–    Hungry For Love

2-1    Billy Barrix–    Almost
2-2    Bobby Sisco–    Tall Dark And Handsome Man
2-3    Dale Hawkins–    Don't Treat Me This Way
2-4    Billy Miranda –    Run Rose
2-5    Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker–    Love Me
2-6    Eddie Fontaine–    Don't Ya Know
2-7    Jackie Cannon–    Chill Bumps
2-8    The Brothers–    Lazy Susan
2-9    Dale Hawkins–    Baby, Baby
2-10    The Silva-Tones–    Roses Are Blooming
2-11    Del Saint & The Devils–    Rock Yea
2-12    Gene Simmons –    Bad Boy Willie
2-13    Lou Josie–    Why Did You Leave Me
2-14    Dale Hawkins–    Hot Dog
2-15    Rod Bernard–    Pardon Mr. Gordon
2-16    Jet Tones–    Jet Tone Boogie

 The Chess Rockabilly Story

Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock 'N' Roll Volume 1- by various artists

 

1    King Perry –    Everything's Gonna Be Alright Tonight    2:25
2    John Greer –    I'm The Fat Man    2:27
3    Woo Woo Moore –    Something's Wrong    2:14
4    Jimmie Nelson –    Great Big Hunk Of Man    1:48
5    Al Jackson –    Let's Drink Some Whiskey    2:18
6    Jesse Stone–    Runaway    2:07
7    Ballin' Blues Band –    Hush Your Lyin' Mouth    2:29
8    Mr. Swing–    Beer Bottle Boogie    3:01
9    Johnny Otis–    Court Room Blues    2:50
10    Earl Jackson –    Woman Don't Want A Good Man No More    2:55
11    Vivian Verson –    I Want To Know    2:06
12    Bob Kent –    Oh Baby    2:18
13    Willie Johnson –    Say Baby    2:16
14    Moohah–    All Shook Out    2:47
15    Bob Kent –    Korea    3:14
16    Mr. Swing–    Gonna Bring My Baby Back    2:26
17    Rudy Greene –    Wild Life    2:29
18    Dorthea Fleming –    The Devil Is Mad    2:03
19    Ralph Wilson –    What's Shakin'    2:34
20    Eddie Riff –    My Baby's Gone Away    2:16

Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock 'N' Roll Volume 1

 

Eddie Cochran – Rare 'n' Rockin' - 28 gems from the Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll

 

Tracklist
1        Jelly Bean    2:12
2        Don't Bye Bye Baby Me    2:30
3        Guybo    2:02
4        Guitar Blues    2:58
5        Meet Mr. Tweedy    1:51
6        Half Loved    2:28
7        My Love To Remember    2:04
8        Mighty Mean    2:00
9        Sittin' In The Balcony    2:08
10        Twenty Flight Rock    1:48
11        Chicken Shot Blues    4:59
12        Somethin' Else    2:02
13        Hallelujah, I Love Her So    2:22
14        Skinny Jim    2:12
15        Dark Lonely Street    2:53
16        Tired And Sleepy    2:01
17        Fool's Paradise    2:05
18        Slow Down    2:01
19        Open The Door    2:05
20        One Minute To One    2:09
21        Jungle Jingle    2:35
22        Little Angel    1:56
23        Let's Coast Awhile    2:02
24        Nervous Breakdown    2:00
25        Pink Peg Slacks    1:55
26        Milk Cow Blues    3:13
27        Song Of New Orleans    1:58
28        Nice 'N' Easy    2:21

 Rare 'n' Rockin'

Wilbert Harrison – Kansas City - Golden Classics

 

Wilbert Huntington Harrison (January 5, 1929 – October 26, 1994) was an American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Harrison had a Billboard #1 record in 1959 with the song "Kansas City". The song was written in 1952 and was one of the first credited collaborations by the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Harrison recorded "Kansas City" for the Harlem-based entrepreneur Bobby Robinson, who released it on his Fury record label.

He again cracked the Billboard Top 40 when he released the self-penned "Let's Work Together (Part 1)" that went to #32 in early 1970 on the Billboard Hot 100. The 1970 hit version was released as a single on Sue Records (Sue 11) and was backed with "Let's Work Together (Part 2)". The song also was released in a 5 minute 19 second version on the Sue Records album SSLP-8801 Let's Work Together. The song was originally released by Harrison in 1962 with different lyrics as "Let's Stick Together" on Fury 1059 and Fury 1063.

"Let's Work Together" was later a hit for Canned Heat, and again as "Let's Stick Together", for Bryan Ferry. It was also recorded by country rock band the Kentucky Headhunters for the soundtrack to the movie Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. In 2001, his recording of "Kansas City" was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and has also been named as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Harrison was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

Tracklist
1        Kansas City
2        Let's Work Together (Parts 1 & 2)
3        Don't Drop It
4        Stagger Lee
5        C.C. Rider
6        Cheatin' Baby
7        The Horse
8        Stand By Me
9        Since I Fell For You
10        Have Some Fun
11        My Love
12        1960
13        Blue Monday
14        Don't Wreck My Life
15        Why Did You Leave?
16        Walking By The River
17        Da-De-Ya-Da
18        Listen My Darling
19        Forgive Me
20        Pretty Little Woman
21        Poison Ivy
22        A Woman In Trouble
23        It Took A Long Time
24        Messed Around And Fell In Love
25        Goodbye Kansas City

Wilbert Harrison

High Voltage: The Big Top Records Story - 1958-1962 by various artists

 

disc 1   
1    Del Shannon–    Runaway
2    Johnny And The Hurricanes–    Down Yonder
3    The Dream Girls –    Don't Break My Heart
4    Bobby Pedrick Jr.–    White Bucks And Saddle Shoes
5    Sammy Turner–    Lavender Blue
6    Mel Gadson–    Comin' Down With Love
7    Don & Juan–    What I Really Meant To Say
8    Mike Drummond–    Little Lover
9    Mickey Denton –    Steady Kind
10    Gerri Granger–    Don't Want Your Letters
11    Maximilian –    The Snake
12    Jeri Lynn–    If
13    The Shades –    Sun Glasses
14    Del Shannon–    Hats Off To Larry
15    Liza Smith–    I Wanna Love You
16    The Visions –    Tell Me You're Mine
17    Johnny And The Hurricanes–    Rocking Goose
18    Lou Johnson–    If I Never Get To Love You
19    The Parakeets–    I Love You Like I Do
20    Jamie Coe–    But Yesterday
21    The Lincoln Trio–    Garden Of Eden
22    Rocky Hart & The Passions–    Crying
23    The Five Teenbeats–    Time To Rock
24    Del Shannon–    So Long Baby
25    Joey & The Ambers–    The Treasure In My Heart

disc 2   
1    Johnny And The Hurricanes–    High Voltage
2    Bobby Pedrick Jr.–    Betty Blue Eyes
3    Del Shannon–    Hey! Little Girl
4    Rocky Hart & The Passions–    Baby You've Got It Made
5    Johnny Gibson–    Midnight
6    Willie Jones –    Somewhere
7    Dotty Clark–    That's A Step In The Right Direction
8    Jamie Coe–    Cleopatra
9    Sammy Turner–    Always
10    John Price –    I'll Never Let Her Go
11    Lou Johnson–    You Better Let Him Go
12    Maximilian –    The Twistin' Ghost
13    Johnny And The Hurricanes–    Traffic Jam
14    Spencer Stirling–    Jilted
15    Del Shannon–    The Swiss Maid
16    Tony Middleton–    Unchained Melody
17    Don & Juan–    What's Your Name
18    The Visions –    All Through The Night
19    Gerri Granger–    Castle In The Sky
20    Bobbie Smith & The Dream Girls–    Your Lovey Dovey Ways
21    Kenny Martin –    Fever
22    The Doves –    Let's Make Up
23    The Royal Jokers –    Red Hot
24    Del Shannon–    Little Town Flirt
25    The Honeytones–    Don't Look Now, But...

 Big Top Records

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Charlie Feathers - Wild Wild Party

 

Charles Arthur Feathers (June 12, 1932 – August 29, 1998) was an American country music and rockabilly musician. Feathers was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States. He recorded a string of singles in the 1950s such as "Peepin' Eyes", "Defrost Your Heart", "Tongue-Tied Jill" and "Bottle to the Baby" on Sun Records, Meteor and King Records.

Feathers was known for being a master of shifting emotional and sonic dynamics in his songs. His theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic, rockabilly vocal style inspired a later generation of rock vocalists, including Lux Interior of The Cramps.

He studied and recorded several songs with Junior Kimbrough, whom he called "the beginning and end of all music". His childhood influences were reflected in his later music of the 1970s and 1980s, which had an easy-paced, sometimes sinister, country-blues tempo, as opposed to the frenetic fast-paced style favored by some of his rockabilly colleagues of the 1950s.

He started out as a session musician at Sun Studios, playing any side instrument he could in the hopes of someday making his own music there. He eventually played on a small label started by Sam Phillips called Flip records which got him enough attention to record a couple singles for Sun Records and Holiday Inn Records. By all accounts the singer was not held in much regard by Phillips, but Feathers often made the audacious claim that he had arranged "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" for Elvis Presley. He also claimed that his "We're Getting Closer (To Being Apart)" had been intended to be Elvis' sixth single for Sun. He did, however, get his name on one of Elvis' Sun records, "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" when the writer Stan Kesler asked him to record a demo of the song.

He then moved on to Meteor Records and then King Records where he recorded his best-known work. When his King contract ran out he still continued to perform, although Feathers—perhaps typically—thought there was a conspiracy to keep his music from gaining the popularity it deserved.

Feathers' song, "That Certain Female" was featured on the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film, Kill Bill: Volume 1. His "Can't Hardly Stand It" was featured on the follow-up Kill Bill: Volume 2 soundtrack, as well as the highly successful video game Grand Theft Auto V. A brief bit of "Can't Hardly Stand It" was also featured in the 2013 film Only Lovers Left Alive.

Charlie Feathers' pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Bob Dylan has featured Charlie Feathers on the second season of his XM satellite radio show Theme Time Radio Hour, playing Feathers' records "One Hand Loose" (on the "Countdown" show, Dec. 12, 2007) and "Defrost Your Heart" (on the "Cold" show, April 2, 2008). His song "Can't Hardly Stand It" is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto V on the game's radio station, Rebel Radio. Feathers is an inductee in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame.

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Sleepy LaBeef - A Rockin' Decade

 

Thomas Paulsley LaBeff (July 20, 1935 – December 26, 2019), known as Sleepy LaBeef, was an American singer, musician and actor. LaBeef was born in Smackover, Arkansas, the youngest of 10 children. The family name was originally LaBoeuf. He was raised on a farm growing cotton and watermelons, and received the nickname "Sleepy" because he had a lazy eye.

LaBeef became a fan of George Jones, Bill Monroe, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. He learned guitar, and moved to Houston, Texas, when he was 18. There, he sang gospel music on local radio and put together a bar band to play venues as well as radio programs such as the Houston Jamboree and Louisiana Hayride. LaBeef stood 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall.

In the 1950s, as the rockabilly component of rock and roll became evident, LaBeef began recording singles in the genre, initially credited as Sleepy LaBeff or Tommy LaBeff. His first, "I'm Through", was issued on Starday Records in 1957.

In 1964, he moved to Nashville and moved to a more solidly country style, recording singles for Columbia Records. His first genuine hit was 1968's "Every Day", which peaked at No. 73 on the U.S. Billboard Country chart. After moving to Plantation Records in 1969, he scored a second hit in 1971 with "Blackland Farmer", which charted at No. 67. He also played the role of the Swamp Thing in Ron Ormond's 1968 B-movie, The Exotic Ones (also known as The Monster and the Stripper).

LaBeef transferred to Sun Records in the 1970s and continued releasing albums and touring widely; his popularity faded in the United States but rose in Europe. The 1980s saw him sign to Rounder Records, where he released albums into the 1990s.

As a musician, he was noted for his extensive repertoire, and for his live performances, at one time undertaking some 300 performances a year. He described the music he performed as "...root music: old-time rock-and-roll, Southern gospel and hand-clapping music, black blues, Hank Williams-style country. We mix it up real good." He toured regularly in Europe, and performed at many music festivals both in Europe and the US. In January 2012, LaBeef traveled to Nashville to record and film a live concert and record in historic RCA Studio B, all produced by noted bassist Dave Pomeroy. A documentary/concert DVD, Sleepy LaBeef Rides Again and the soundtrack CD was released on April 22, 2013, by Earwave Records. His last performance was in September 2019.

 A Rockin' Decade

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