Rockabilly Essentials

Various Artists - Rock - Rockabilly | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Original Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B00000ADKL
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,191 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

2. Susie-Q - Dale Hawkins

3. I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love - Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent

5. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

6. The Way I Walk - Jack Scott

7. Let's Have a Party - Wanda Jackson

8. Rock & Roll Ruby - Warren Smith

9. Hoy Hoy - The Collins Kids

10. Black Slacks - Joe Bennet & The Sparkletones

11. Bigelow 6-200 - Brenda Lee

12. Sugaree - Rusty York

13. The Fool - Sanford Clark

14. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran

15. Red Hot - Billy Lee Riley

16. Love Me - The Phantom

17. Go! Go! Go! - Roy Orbison

18. The Train Kept A Rollin' - Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Rockin' CD!, September 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Rockabilly Essentials (Audio CD)

Though I'd already collected many of the tunes on this cd over the years on vinyl, having them compiled on this collection is even better. One of the best rockabilly tunes is "Black Slacks" by Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones, plus Dale Hawkins' "Susie Q", Roy Orbison's "Go!Go!Go!" & many other great tunes. Great cd for parties, so get it for your Halloween party next month and you won't be sorry.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Rockabilly Collection, April 8, 2000

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Kim K. (Bayonne, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rockabilly Essentials (Audio CD)

Every song here is a real rockabilly classic-18 rockin' hits that will leave you wanting more. From the opening cut-Jerry Lee Lewis' Great Balls Of Fire to the last-Johnny Burnette's The Train Kept'A'Rollin'-you'll find it hard to sit still! Highly recommended and a must-have for collectors of real rockabilly.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT Rockabilly!, May 2, 2006

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Cool Cat "Rich" (Springfield, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rockabilly Essentials (Audio CD)

This CD is the ultimate I don't even know why they stopped printing it. This is good for people who are wanting know what Rockabilly sounded like in the old days. It has songs I had a hard time finding like Brenda Lee's "Bigleow 6200" where the 13 year old starts of with "here is a number to call if you want dirty lovin'" Dangerous! The most awesome hard to find song the one that predates punk by 20 years the uncontrollable insane "Love Me" by the Phantoms. This song is well worth the price of the CD you can tell the guys desperate for some lovin'! The whole thing is Solid from the erotic "Great Balls of Fire" by the Killer to the song that started Jimmy Page on the path to Heavy Metal " The Train Kept a Rollin'" by Jhonny Burnette and the Rock n' Roll Trio! Excellent!