Cat. No. BCD 17350: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ THE HILLBILLIES - THEY TRIED TO ROCK. VOL.1. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17350. (IMPORT.)

WHEN ROCK’N’ROLL EXPLODED ON TO THE MUSIC SCENE IN THE 1950s MANY COUNTRY MUSIC ARTISTS (KNOWN AS HILLBILLIES IN THOSE DAYS) WERE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO FIND WORK AND SELL RECORDS, AND SO, MANY OF THEM TRIED THEIR HAND AT RECORDING THE NEW MUSIC. SOME MADE THE TRANSITION SUCCESSFULLY AND ENJOYED A BRIEF PERIOD WITH THE NEW MUSIC AND HAD HIT RECORDS. HOWEVER, SADLY, MOST HILLBILLIES FAILED TO MAKE MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON THE ROCK’N’ROLL CHARTS AND MOST HILLBILLIES HAD TO SIT BACK AND RIDE OUT THE ROCK’N’ROLL WAVE. BUT WHAT DID HAPPEN IS THAT IN THEIR ATTEMPTS THE HILLBILLIES DID RECORD A PLETHORA OF GOOD ROCKABILLY TRACKS. BEAR FAMILY HAS GATHERED 31 OF THESE RECORDINGS ON VOLUME 1 OF THIS NEW SERIES. ALL HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ON VARIOUS VINYL AND CD RELEASES OVER THE YEARS BUT TO HAVE THEM ALL TOGETHER ON THE ONE CD GIVES YOU A GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE MUSIC OF THE HILLBILLIES. GREAT COMPILATION******

TRACK LISTING: Webb Pierce – Teenage Boogie / Lefty Frizzell – You’re Humbuggin’ Me / Wanda Jackson – I Gotta Know / George “Thumper” Jones – How Come It / Link Davis – Have You Heard The News / Patsy Cline – Let The Teardrops Fall / Bobby Helms – Tennessee Rock’n’Roll / The Carlisles – Honey Love / Pee Wee King – Blue Suede Shoes / Carl Perkins – You Can’t Make Love To Somebody (alt. 1) / Johnnie & Jack – Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight / Carl Smith – Go, Boy, Go / Marty Robbins – Maybellene / Bill Haley – Rock The Joint / Charline Arthur – Burn That Candle / Johnny Cash – You’re My Baby (Little Woolly Booger) (undubbed demo) / Little Jimmy Dickens – Rockin’ With Red / The Louvin Brothers – Red Hen Hop / Onie Wheeler – Onie’s Bop / Keray Regan – Vibratin’ / Mimi Roman – Little Lovin’ / Skeets McDonald – You’re There / Bobby Williamson – Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) / Johnny Horton – I’m Coming Home / The Stanley Brothers – Finger Poppin’ Time (overdubbed version) / The Miller Sisters – Ten Cats Down / Eddy Arnold – Hep Cat Baby / Marvin Rainwater – Hot And Cold / Rose Maddox – Hey Little Dreamboat / Hank Penny – Rock Of Gibraltar / Kirk Hansard – One Night.

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