Wilson Pickett : A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett

 

I'M GONNA WAIT 

'Til THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
THAT'S WHEN MY LOVE

COMES TUMBLING DOWN

Wayne Newton : Greatest Hits

 

DADDY, DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST

DADDY, DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST

DADDY , SLOW DOWN SOME

'CAUSE YOU'RE MAKING ME RUN

The Everly Brothers : All-Time Original Hits

 

BYE-BYE SWEET CARESS

HELLO EMPTINESS

I FEEL LIKE I COULD DIE

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons : The Very Best Of

 

Baby, I Was Cruel 

(I Was Cruel)

Baby, I'm A Fool

 (I'm Such a Fool)

Bill Haley & His Comets : Rock Around The Clock

 

The historic significance 

of 

Bill Haley’s 

(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock 

single 

has been well documented. 

Much less discussed

 is his album

 of the same name, 

unsurprisingly in that it was not 

a specially studio-crafted LP, 

but a compilation 

of recordings 

Haley made with

 the Comets for Decca, 

from shortly

 after they joined

 the label in 

April 1954 

up to 

September 1955.

However, 

after its Stateside release

 at the end of 1955, 

it climbed to No.12 

on the Billboard 

pop album chart.

 Then, 

when released in 

the UK the 

following summer,

 it did even better,

 reaching No.2

 on the British equivalent.

 This made it, 

just ahead of 

Elvis Presley’s

 eponymous debut album, 

effectively the

 first rock’n’roll 

long-player

 to make a

 serious dent

 on the charts. 

TRACK LIST

Rock Around the Clock

Shake, Rattle and Roll

See You Later,Alligator

A.B.C. Boogie

Thirteen Women 

(And Only One Man in Town)

Razzle-Dazzle

Two Hound Dogs

Dim,Dim The Lights

Happy Baby

Birth of Boogie

Mambo Rock

Burn That Candle

Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie

R-O-C-K

The Saints of Rock N Roll

LINK

Otis Redding : Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

 

OH, SHE MAY BE WEARY

AND YOUNG GIRLS,

THEY DO GET WEARIED

WEARING THAT 

SAME OLD SHAGGY DRESS

The Temptations : Temptations In a Mellow Mood

 

FOR ONCE ,

I CAN SAY,

THIS IS MINE,

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT

AS LONG AS I KNOW

I HAVE LOVE,

I CAN MAKE IT 

Louis Armstrong : What A Wonderful World

 

I SEE TREES OF GREEN,

RED ROSES TOO

I SEE THEM BLOOM

FOR ME AND YOU
AND I THINK TO MYSELF

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

Dean Martin : All The Hits: 1948-1969

IF I HAD IT IN MY POWER

I'D ARRANGE FOR EVERY GIRL

TO HAVE YOUR CHARMS

THEN EVERY MINUTE

EVERY HOUR

EVERY BOY WOULD FIND

WHAT I FOUND 

IN YOUR ARMS

Frank Sinatra : Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years

Al Martino : Capitol Collectors Series

 

LINK

Rick Nelson: Greatest Hits

Chuck Berry : Blues

THEY'RE REALLY 

ROCKIN' IN BOSTON...

Fats Domino : My Blue Heaven: The Best Of Fats Domino, Vol. 1

 

Elvis Presley : Elvis' Golden Records

There are several books that

 supposedly introduce

 the uninitiated to the King

including 

Elvis for Beginners 

and 

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Elvis

and this 1958

 compilation

 (his first)

 is an aural equivalent, 

spotlighting 

the initial 

post-Sun '56

 and '57 

hit singles

 that originally

 transformed the King

 into...well, the King!

 If you're not yet ready

 to invest in the

 King of Rock 'n' Roll box set,

 this makes for an 

excellent alternative. 

After all, 

it's awfully hard to go wrong 

with tracks like 

"Heartbreak Hotel," 

"Don't Be Cruel," 

"Hound Dog," 

and 

"Jailhouse Rock"

although they're now 

so overly familiar

 to most of us 

that they might

 as well be

 the national anthem.

 Nevertheless, 

rock & roll 

as we know it

and the very concept of 

"rock star"

essentially began here.

--Bill Holdship

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Teddy Pendergrass : It's Time For Love/ This One is For You

DOUBLE DOSE

Of

The

TEDDY BEAR