Best of Freddy Cannon

Freddy Cannon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B000085RSN
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,393 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #57 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Traditional & Vocal Pop

Track Listings

1. Tallahassee Lassie

2. Okefenokee

3. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

4. Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy

5. The Urge

6. Jump Over

7. Happy Shades Of Blue

8. Humdinger

9. My Blue Heaven

10. Muskrat Ramble

11. Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It

12. Transistor Sister

13. For Me And My Gal

14. Teen Queen Of The Week

15. Palisades Park

16. What's Gonna Happen When Summer's Done

17. If You Were A Rock And Roll Record

18. Patty Baby

19. Everybody Monkey

20. Sweet Georgia Brown

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Talk about "up" this 25-track collection is a rarin'-to-go rock fest from the first cut on! Freddy was a fireball of energy and humor, and so's this whole CD: his 1959-66 hits Palisades Park; Tallahassee Lassie; Action; Abigail Beecher; Way Down Yonder in New Orleans; Jump Over; Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy; Transistor Sister all of Boom Boom's biggest and best!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Preserved In Amber - When Music Could Be "Fun", October 12, 2005

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Spiritof67 "spiritof67" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Freddy Cannon (Audio CD)

Freddie was never Elvis, Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry, nor do I think he so intended. What he did was to make a series of radio-friendly fun records, a bit offbeat, over a very long period. Some try to dismiss him as a "novelty" record guy, but that's not true. This CD would be fun even if you were born in the 80's and have no idea who "Boom-Boom" even is. And if anybody questions his chops, play "Tallahassee Lassie" for them. Kenny Paulsen's guitar playing here is on the same edge of heavy metal as that in The Guess Who's version of Johnny Kidd's "Shakin' All Over", but Kenny's a better player. He sounds a bit like Cliff Gallup, Gene Vincent's original guitar player, and that's high praise. His intro riff is a killer, and the cut just flashes brilliance! The whole CD just illustrates the fact that "fun records" could exist then but don't now - and there's nobody like the intense Freddy Cannon to do them, either!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An American Bandstand Darling, December 14, 2004

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Eclectic Revisited "Charlie" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Freddy Cannon (Audio CD)

Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon was a regular contributor to the East Coast rock and roll scene in the late 1950s and early 60s. Unlike another reviewer, I WAS alive when this happened. The driving tunes in this package are great to hear again. They are not deep and profound but are simple but exciting teenage fare from back when. "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Transistor Sister" (from the portable radio many teens carried), "Abigail Beecher", "Palisades Park" and my favorite, a 1961 hit called "Buzz Buzz A-Diddle It" are enough to warrant the purchase. Hit records all. Freddie even appeared as his younger self, as did Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis, in the movie about early rock and roll DJ Alan Freed, "American Hot Wax". (Look for Jay Leno too). I highly recommend this compilation.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of Freddy's best !, July 25, 2007

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Tekwriter11 "WD" (Virginia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Best of Freddy Cannon (Audio CD)

If you remember Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon belting out greats like Abigail Beecher, Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It, Tallahassee Lassie, Teen Queen Of The Week, or Palisades Park you'll enjoy hearing them on this CD. And Transistor Sister sounded good on a transistor radio back then, but on this CD you get the total effect of how good that song really sounds. In fact, this CD really highlights the fact that Freddy didn't have the greatest voice, but his energy and delivery were highlighted by the fantastic band that backed him up. This CD really allows you to appreciate how good those musicians were and adds to the total enjoyment of hearing these songs again. The ending of Way Down Yonder In New Orleans has to be one of the best horn fade outs of all time. Those guys were really into that one. But others that will surprise you (and the music really makes them) are Humdinger, and Happy Shades of Blue. If you are a collector, you have to add this one. If you are a Freddy Cannon fan, grab it!