"Sassy Sugar" The Essence Of Nashville Rock & Roll

Anyone heavily into R&B, R&R and its off-shoots Doo-Wop, Girl Group Sound and Rockabilly, will want this excellent collection.Long before the phrase 'The Nashville Sound' was coined, Music City USA was home to a great many Rock 'n' Roll recordings. Week after week, record companies would dispatch their latest signings to strut their stuff at the RCA Studio on Hawkins Street and Owen Bradley's Quonset Hut on 16th Avenue South. These were the facilities where future legends such as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Gene Vincent would evince some of their finest recorded works. On hand to make sure the process went according to plan was a coterie of musicians whose country, R&B and gospel roots provided the ultimate alchemy. Stuart Colman, himself a one-time resident of Nashville, has cherry-picked a prime selection of sides recorded in Music City between 1956 and 1960, many of which are extremely rare and have certainly never been on CD before. The end result is a true eye-opener. (Record Runner)

trax disc 1:

1. Pucker Paint - Danny Wolfe 2. Strike While The Iron Is Hot - Red Foley 3. Rain Rain - Frankie Miller 4. Boppin' Guitar - Ray Melton 5. Ain’t No Way In This World - The Browns 6. I'm Finally Free - Wayne Walker 7. What A Night - Lee Emerson 8. Too Much - Bernard Hardison 9. I Like Your Kind Of Love - Melvin Endsley 10. Keep A Knockin' - The Everly Brothers 11. Lost Weekend - Billy Brown 12. Bonaparte's Retreat - Billy Grammer 13. Radio, Jukebox And TV - Jimmy Donley 14. What Am I Living For - Conway Twitty 15. Ting-A-Ling - Buddy Holly 16. There Was A Fungus Among Us - Terry Noland 17. Comin' Or Goin' - Huelyn Duvall 18. Ittie Bittie Everything - Big John Taylor & Benny Joy 19. Makes Me Feel Good - Ray Smith 20. Johnny Valentine - Andy Anderson & The Rolling Stones 21. Oo Bop Sha Boom - Wilburn Brothers (Doyle & Teddy) 22. (If I'm Dreamin') Just Let Me Dream - Brenda Lee 23. Rocket Ride - Narvel Felts 24. Sugar Doll - Johnny Jay 25. Red Light - Boots Randolph

trax disc 2:

1. Billy Boy - Jimmy Isle 2. Annabelle Lee - Joe Griffith & His Teen Age Rebels 3. Loading Coal - Johnny Cash 4. L-O-V-E-V-I-L-L-E - Carl Perkins 5. So You Think You've Got Troubles - Marvin Rainwater 6. Not Like Now - Freddy Robinson 7. Door To Door - Chuck Wiley 8. Who Wouldn't Love You - Webb Pierce 9. Juke Box Man - Mel Tillis 10. Dream Queen - Rusty & Doug 11. Fun Lovin' - Eddie Fontaine 12. Black Night Blues - Ronnie Self 13. Jason Fleming - Roger Miller 14. You've Got What It Takes - Johnnie Strickland 15. Afraid - Sammy Salvo 16. Tennessee Stud - Eddy Arnold 17. You Made A Hit - Joe Fuller 18. Sweet, Sweet Girl - Don Gibson 19. Chief Heartbreak - Johnny Preston 20. Easy Money - James O'Gwynn 21. Maybe Little Baby - George Jones 22. I'm Gonna Keep It - Johnny Jay 23. It Feels So Right - Elvis Presley 24. Mary Jane - Al Henderson 25. I Love You Because - Bob Luman

trax disc 3:

1. (Won't You Ride In) My Little Red Wagon - Lloyd Copas 2. Weary Blues, Goodbye - Bob Perry 3. Gonna Back Up Baby - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps 4. Love My Lady - Bobby Helms 5. Million Dollar Baby - Bobby Darin 6. Barbara - Joe Melson 7. Princess, Princess - Johnny Tillotson 8. The Shape I'm In - Kenny Lee Martin 9. Money Money - Big John Taylor & Benny Joy 10. Walking Dream - Patsy Cline 11. Sugar Lips - Justin Tubb 12. Good Deal, Lucille - Al Terry 13. I Love You Baby - Donnie Bowser 14. Heartaches Over You - Dick Glasser 15. I Hear You Talkin’ - Faron Young 16. All Grown Up - Johnny Horton 17. Is It Wrong (For Loving You) - Warner Mack 18. I've Got The Blues - Vernon Taylor 19. Tarzan - Glenn Reeves 20. Cool Gator Shoes - Carl Belew 21. Till My Baby Comes Home - Chuck Bowers 22. Don't Destroy Me - Billy Craddock (as Crash Craddock) 23. My Pledge To You - Carl Dobkins Jr. 24. Walkin' And Talkin' - Mack Owen 25. Mount Fujiyama - Billy Graves

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