Capital Gold Rock & Roll Legends [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI/Virgin TV
• ASIN: B0000AQVHV
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #384,540 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

2. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

3. Be Bop A Lula - Gene Vincent

4. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets

5. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

6. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard

7. At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors

8. Dizzy Miss Lizzie - Larry Williams

9. Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper

10. Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers

11. Come Go With Me - The Del Vikings

12. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson

13. Dream Lover - Bobby Darin

14. A Teenager In Love - Dion & The Belmonts

15. The Great Pretender - The Platters

16. Aint That A Shame - Fats Domino

17. Charlie Brown - The Coasters

18. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

19. Love Potion No 9 - The Clovers

20. Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris

See all 64 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Full Title - Capital Gold Rock & Roll Legends. 2003 compilation featuring 64 hits from such hit-makers as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Bill Haley & His Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Danny & The Juniors, The Big Bopper, The Everly Brothers, The Del-Vikings, & many, many more. Virgin TV.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation of rock'n'roll classics, November 10, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Capital Gold Rock & Roll Legends (Audio CD)

Pop music as we have come to know it really began with rock and roll. This compilation includes many of the classic songs from the birth of rock and roll up to the early sixties including many of the great American artists and a few of the best British artists.

Among the famous tracks here are Rock around the clock (Bill Haley), Blue suede shoes (Carl Perkins), Heartbreak hotel, Hound dog (both Elvis Presley), Great balls of fire (Jerry Lee Lewis), Long tall Sally, The girl can't help it (both Little Richard), Bird dog (Everly brothers), Dream lover (Bobby Darin), Only the lonely (Roy Orbison), Save the last dance for me (Drifters), Hello Mary Lou (Ricky Nelson), Rubber ball (Bobby Vee), The locomotion (Little Eva), Let's Dance (Chris Montez), Will you love me tomorrow (Shirelles), The wanderer (Dion), Runaway (Del Shannon), Tears on my pillow (Little Anthony), Poetry in motion (Johnny Tillotson) and I only have eyes for you (Flamingos) - and there are plenty of others, too.

The British are represented by Cliff Richard (Move it, Do you wanna dance), Adam faith (What do you want), Johnny Kidd and the pirates (Shaking all over), the Shadows (F B I), Billy Fury (Halfway to paradise), Helen Shapiro (Don't treat me like a child) and Marty Wilde (Sea of love).

If you are looking for a collection of rock'n'roll music, this is as good as you are likely to find. There are some artists notable by their absence including Chuck Berry and Brenda Lee but with over sixty great tracks, who's complaining? Not me.