-While the first of these two CD compilations on Bear Family Records® was dedicated to gloriously rocking black R&B and R'n'R (BCD17734), the focus is now on some of the best white rockers ever heard.
-The list of participants reads like a 'Who's Who' of the genre: the Johnny Burnette Trio, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Feathers, Link Wray, Sonny Burgess, and and and ...
-Great recordings, carefully remastered.
-The liner notes by Bill Dahl from Chicago tell the story of each artist in the fat illustrated booklet.
-Bear Family rocks with might ... and how!

When Bear Family rocks, it really ROCKS! This jam-packed second overview of the prolific series concentrates on an all-star array of rockabillies and white rock and rollers, its 35 selections a rip-roaring delight from beginning to end. The emphasis here is on the greatest rockers of all time wailing one of their greatest tracks for maximum listening pleasure, commencing with Jimmy Cavallo and His House Rockers' piledriving Rock, Rock, Rock and refusing to let up until Jack Scott snarls the entirety of The Way I Walk. In between the two, you'll find one timeless classic after another by Bill Haley and His Comets, Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, Eddie Cochran, The Everly Brothers, and The Johnny Burnette Trio, each and every one a certified winner. Naturally, the Sun Records stable is heavily represented with torrid entries by Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Carl Mann, and Sonny Burgess. Buddy Knox, Ricky Nelson, Ritchie Valens, and Bobby Darin raise the rock and roll banner sky-high, while Roy Hall, Charlie Feathers, Narvel Felts, Bob Luman, and Sleepy LaBeff (that's the way he spelled his surname back then) scorch the walls with their unrepentant rockabilly raunch. Link Wray's Raw Hide kicks as hard as an angry mule, and Baby Loves Him illustrates why Wanda Jackson has been venerated for so long as rockabilly's reigning queen.

Track Listing

• Jimmy Cavallo and his House Rockers - Rock, Rock, Rock
• Ritchie Valens - Come On, Let's Go
• Carl Mann - Ubangi Stomp
• Sonny Burgess - Feelin' Good
• Marty Robbins - Respectfully Miss Brooks
• Roy Orbison - Chicken Hearted
• Scotty McKay - Rollin' Dynamite
• Ronnie Hawkins - Baby Jean
• Glen Glenn - One Cup Of Coffee And A Cigarette
• Wanda Jackson - Baby Loves Him
• The Johnny Burnette Trio - All By Myself
• Ricky Nelson - Milk Cow Blues
• Roy Hall - Diggin' The Boogie
• Carl Perkins - Caldonia
• Link Wray - Raw Hide
• Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me
• Buddy Knox - My Baby's Gone
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Birthday Cake (Keep Your Hands Off Of It)
• Billy Lee Riley - That's Right
• Dale Hawkins - Four Letter Word (Rock)
• Charlie Feathers - Jungle Fever
• Eddie Cochran - Pretty Girl
• Rusty York - Sweet Love
• Bill Haley and his Comets - Where'd You Go Last Night
• Bob Luman - Wild Eyed Woman
• Narvel Felts - I'm Headin' Home
• Sanford Clark - Usta Be My Baby
• The Everly Brothers - This Little Girl Of Mine
• Sleepy LaBeff - Ride On Josephine
• Conway Twitty - I Viberate (From My Head To My Feet)
• Don Gibson - Sea Of Heartbreak
• Bobby Darin - I Want You With Me
• Frank Virtuoso - Rollin' An' A' Rockin'
• Mac Curtis - Missy Ann
• Jack Scott - The Way I Walk

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Run Time: 79:00 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 05/02/25

UPC: 4000127177353