Playboy Boogie { Various Artists }

Buddy Walker (Performer), Boots and Buddies (Performer), Hoyle Nix (Performer), Tex Melton (Performer), Aline McManus (Performer), Jack Padgett (Performer), Seven Rowe Brothers (Performer), Cowboy Dixon (Performer), Buster Doss (Performer), Johnny Mathis (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Krazy Kat
• ASIN: B00005AUMQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #506,545 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. We've Lived a Lie

2. Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday

3. I'm All Alone

4. It Won't Do Baby

5. Television Boogie

6. Boogie Woogie Gal

7. Polk County Two Step

8. Everything's Gonna Be Changed

9. Playboy Boogie

10. Tell Me Why

11. Hang-Over Blues

12. Graveyard Boogie

13. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide

14. You're Throwing Life Away

15. If My Tears Were Gold

16. Mistreated Blues

17. Mississippi Blues

18. Red Barn Boogie

19. A Smile Won't Hide a Broken Heart

20. Two Piano Boogie

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, super-rare honkytonk & western swing, July 8, 2002

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This review is from: Playboy Boogie { Various Artists } (Audio CD)

Another one of the gems on the Krazy Kat reissue label, this disc is drawn from the catalog of Star-Talent Records, a teeny-tiny Dallas, Texas label that floated around the peripheries of the vibrant Big D Jamboree radio show in the late '40s and early '50s. The sound quality on most of these ancient recordings is fairly rough, but the material is priceless, capturing the rough-hewn, jovial mood of the early 'Fifties honkytonk crowd. As implied by the title, there's a bluesy streak throughout this disc, as well as a strong (but effective) penchant for novelty tunes. Most of the artists are real nonentities (which makes discovering them even more enjoyable) but the Talent label also had a few hits, notably by Riley Crabtree and Hoyle Nix. What marks this disc, though, is the sheer goofy fun of the songs -- it's well-programmed and very listenable. Recommended!