Proper Introduction to Tennessee Ernie Ford: Rock City Boogie CD

Proper Introduction to Tennessee Ernie Ford: Rock City Boogie CD music The Very Best of Bill Doggett Honky Tonk spotlights 25 R&B tracks released by the organist in the 1950s, including "Slow Walk," "Big Boy," and his biggest hit from February 1956, "Honky Tonk, Pt. 1" and "Honky Tonk, Pt. 2." Since these are the original versions released on King Records, this sampler is highly recommended for fans of uptempo ...

Proper Introduction to Tennessee Ernie Ford: Rock City Boogie album for sale Recorded between 1957 & 1971. Includes liner notes by John Broven. Slim Harpo is among the most accessible, beloved, and commercially successful artists in blues history. The elements of Harpo's broad appeal included a genre-spanning musical approach (one hears a blend of country, rock & roll, and raucous electric blues), infectiously hooky melodies, a distinctive singing style marked by a nasal tone and careful annunciation, and Harpo's propulsive harmonica playing. Unlike many blues artists, too, Harpo stuck to one label, the Memphis-based Excello Records, whose muscular, echo-driven production and strong promotion helped push Harpo's recordings up the charts. A double-disc, 44-song package, THE EXCELLO SINGLES ANTHOLOGY is hard to beat. The lead track, Harpo's theme song, "I'm a King Bee," from 1957, is alone worth the price of admission, and sets the stage for much of the swampy, churning music to follow. But one of the bluesman's best attributes is his range, amply demonstrated here by crooning ballads ("Rainin' in My Heart"), shuffling grooves ("Baby Scratch My Back"), John Lee Hooker-esque boogies ("Shake Your Hips"), radio-friendly pop ("Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu"), and amped-up country (a cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"). THE EXCELLO SINGLES ANTHOLOGY works as a greatest-hits package and a definitive career retrospective, making it the perfect one-stop Slim Harpo purchase. Personnel: Slim Harpo (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Jimmy Johnson , Rudolph Richard, Gabriel Pandy Perrodin, Jr., Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, James Johnson (guitar); Willie Parler (tenor saxophone); Sonny Martin (piano); Katie Webster, Charles Hodges (organ); Fats Perrodin (bass guitar); Clarence "Jockey" Etinne, Sammy K. Brown, Roger Hawkins, Howard Grimes (drums); Lazy Lester (percussion). Recording information: Deep South Recording Studio, Baton Rougr, LA; Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL; North Parkerson, Crowley, LA; Rouyal Recording Studio, Memphis, TN; Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN. Producers: J.D. Miller, Bob Holmes, Slim Harpo, Aaron Varnell, Lynn Ourso, Jr. Compilation producers: Pat Lawrence, Dana G. Smart. 2cds

Proper Introduction to Tennessee Ernie Ford: Rock City Boogie buy CD music Mostly remembered for their prescient 1957 hit "Love Is Strange," there was far more to Mickey Baker and Sylvia Robinson than met the eye. For starters, Baker was a brilliant guitar player (Robinson was a fair guitarist, as well), and the duo's calypso-tinged R&B style left plenty of room for his startling lead lines. With a casually light, but still sassy and sexy vocal style, Mickey & Sylvia managed to sound both innocent and not so innocent, and somehow all at once, on songs like "Mommy out de Light" and the mock indictment "Love Will Make You Fail in School." All of these songs are included in this brief ten-track set, which will get you started, but once you see what Mickey & Sylvia bring to the table, you'll probably want more. ~ Steve Leggett Liner Note Author: Mark Marymont. Mickey & Sylvia: Mickey Baker (vocals, guitar); Sylvia Robinson (vocals). Personnel: Mickey Baker (vocals, guitar).

Proper Introduction to Tennessee Ernie Ford: Rock City Boogie songs As the fine series The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll focused on rock & roll hits of all kinds from the mid-'50s to the mid-'60s, the title of this offshoot might be confusing. How can you have a country edition of a rock & roll anthology series? It might be better to think of this as a compilation of 30 country hits from 1956 to 1965 that crossed over, usually in a big way, to the pop charts: every one of the tracks made the country Top Ten and the pop Top 100, sometimes getting into the Top Ten of the pop listings as well. As such, a lot of rock & roll fans, and fans of just plain popular music, would be about as familiar with these as they were with rock smashes of the era. Not many anthologies focus on this notable subsection of country and pop, and as expected Ace does a fine job in mixing big and small hits by superstars, one-shots, and country stars who only occasionally crossed over in a big way. Several undisputed classics are here: Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire," Marty Robbins' "El Paso," Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces," Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me," Bobby Bare's "Detroit City," and Dave Dudley's "Six Days on the Road," for instance. The more experienced collector might get more of a turn-on from the numerous additional items that have never really become staples of pop oldies radio, like Leroy Van Dyke's "Walk on By," George Hamilton IV's "Abilene," Wanda Jackson's "Right or Wrong," and George Jones' "White Lightning." If there's any slight drawback to this compilation, it's that though some of the songs were inarguably quite successful, there are some not-so-hot novelties, saga songs, and hits à la Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go" that were indicative of Nashville's drift toward stultifying mainstream pop coated with country frosting. But there's more good than bad here, and the 24-page liner notes are excellent, filling in a lot of career details for those who might not be country specialists. ~ Richie Unterberger The Golden Age of rock was also the Golden Age of country music. Some of the most beloved songs in country's history were big U.S. charts from 1957-63. 30 of the biggest country songs from that period are featured here (26 attained the Top 3). Includes m Recorded between 1957 and 1963. Performers include: Wanda Jackson, Roger Miller, Marvin Rainwater, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Jimmy Dean, Bobby Edwards, Dave Dudley, Don Gibson, Bobby Bare, Burl Ives, Johnny Horton, Ferlin Husky, Jim Reeves.

Proper Introduction to Tennessee Ernie Ford: Rock City Boogie buy CD music Vol. 4 of the Teenage Crush series offers another 28 tracks from the mildest side of late-'50s/early-'60s rock & roll, slanted toward (but not entirely devoted to) teen idol-style singers of the era. A bunch of these are big, familiar hits -- Johnny Burnette's "Dreamin'," Bobby Vee's "Take Good Care of My Baby," James Darren's "Goodbye Cruel World," Lou Christie's "Two Faces Have I," Frankie Avalon's "Why," Bobby Darin's "Queen of the Hop," Clyde McPhatter's "Treasure of Love," and the Fleetwoods' "Mr. Blue." Its value to rock & roll oldies collectors is that it mixes these with somewhat lesser-known hits and a bunch of low-charting Billboard Top 100 entries that never get played on the radio anymore. That does mean, however, that much of the CD isn't as memorable as the aforementioned big hits, drifting by innocuously without leaving much of a trace. There are some interesting rarities here, like Huelyn Duvall's Conway Twitty-like ballad "Little Boy Blue" and Tommy Boyce (later half of hit artists Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, who also wrote some of the Monkees' hits) and his 1962 Dion imitation "I'll Remember Carol"; in fact, there are a number of Dion imitations here, reminding listeners just how big Dion was in the early '60s. Other highlights are Ricky Nelson's "Never Be Anyone Else But You" -- not a rarity (in fact it made the Top Ten), but not one of the first songs that comes to mind when the Nelson catalog is sampled -- and Dale & Grace's "Stop and Think It Over," also a Top Ten hit, and an enjoyable country-swamp pop-influenced ballad even if it did sound much like their bigger smash "I'm Leaving It All Up to You." But Tommy Dee's "Three Stars" 1959 tribute to the recently departed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper has got to be one of the most godawful maudlin hits of the period. ~ Richie Unterberger UK 28 track collection of Fifties & early Sixities teen themed songs. Includes deluxe 24 page booklet with extensive liner notes.

Proper Introduction to Tennessee Ernie Ford: Rock City Boogie songs At a glance, this 24-track collection of mid- to late-'50s King material by Boyd Bennett & His Rockets looks to be, as the back cover boasts, "the definitive Boyd Bennett package." And it comes close to being that, with sides drawn from a bunch of 1955-58 singles, as well as a rare 1958 single on which they backed Cecil McNabb Look at the small print, though. The version of "My Boy Flat Top" is not the one from the 1955 hit single -- Bennett's only single, in fact, besides "Seventeen," to make the Top 40. Rather, it's a previously unissued version with Boyd Bennett singing, although the original hit single had Big Moe (aka James Muzey) on lead vocals. Sure, dedicated collectors will welcome the availability of this alternate, but not at the expense of the original hit recording -- and if that alternate is a big selling point, couldn't both the original and alternate versions have been included? For that reason alone, Rockin' Up a Storm can't qualify as the definitive Bennett compilation. It's an odd lapse for Ace Records, which customarily does its reissues with great care and the highest of standards. Otherwise, this well-annotated package does live up to those standards, although it does nothing to dispel the frequent categorization of Bennett as a stiffer Bill Haley of sorts. It is historically important music, as Boyd Bennett & His Rockets were among the first white bands to have a hit rock & roll record, and did their bit to move the combination of hillbilly boogie and jump rhythm and blues toward a recognizably rock sound. In fact, some of the material isn't quite as Bill Haley-like as their big hits, showing more of those boogie and hillbilly roots. Yet there were so many artists following in their wake who did this material with far greater guts, imagination, and variety -- like Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, who left Bennett's inappropriately polite cover of "Blue Suede Shoes" (a small hit, incredibly enough) sprawling in the dust. Incidentally, there are a couple of other previously unissued items on the CD, those being an unedited version of "Cool Disc Jockey" and a previously unissued mix of "Banjo Rock'n'Roll." ~ Richie Unterberger Boyd Bennett and his Rockets had one of the first major rock'n'roll hits with their original version of the much-covered "Seventeen." It's reissued here with 23 more mid-1950s classics by King Records' answer to Bill Haley and his Comets. Also included f Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.