Various Artists – Country Stars Goes Rockabilly 2CD

Various Artists – Country Stars Goes Rockabilly

Country music was shaped in the Atlanta area in the early 1920s by skilled solo fiddlersand various string bands. The style would quite soon rise in popularity with assistance ofradioshows like Grand Ole Opry and the pioneering artists Jimmie Rodgers and TheCarterFamily.During the 1930s and 1940s several country performers got other musicalinspiration anddeveloped more swingin’ brands like western-swing, honky-tonk andhillbilly-boogie.Meanwhile the Afro-American musicians, with their musical traditions of blues and jazz,did progress into rhythm and blues with its ground-breaking beat. Further progressivemusical exchanges would also take place over the next years.And so… in the mid-1950s the new musical cocktail rockabilly (basically mixing countrywith rhythm and blues) was ready to take the world by storm. Sun Records inMemphis,Tennessee released the genres pioneering artists: Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins,Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. These guys (a.k.a. The Million Dollar Quartet) hadenormous success both as live performers and recording artists.The purpose of this compilation is not only to show the logical connection betweencountry music and rockabilly, but also to other musical exchanges of importance.

Tracklist:
Disc 1
1.  Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash
2.  Who Shot Sam - George Jones
3.  Snatch It And Grab It - Freddie Hart
4.  He's My Baby - Jean Shepard
5.  So Let's Rock - Bob Wills
6.  Knock Knock Rattle - Rex Allen
7.  Glad Rags - Tennessee Ernie Ford
8.  Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond
9.  Teenage Boogie - Webb Pierce
10.  Please Mr. Mayor - Roy Clark
11.  Honky Tonk Song - Leroy Van Dyke
12.  Rock Boppin' Baby - Ed Bruce
13.  I Vibrate - Conway Twitty
14.  Rain Rain - Frankie Miller
15.  Oo-Wee - Margie Singleton
16.  Shakin' The Blues - Johnny Paycheck
17.  Catty Town - Pee Wee King
18.  Ugly And Slouchy - The Maddox Brothers
19.  I Can't Dance - Faron Young
20.  Call Me Shorty - Mickey Gilley

Disc 2
1.  Let's Go Rockabilly - Tex Williams
2.  We'll Always Have Each Other - Kenny Rogers
3.  When I Found You - Jerry Reed
4.  One And Only - David Houston
5.  A Need For Love - Marvin Rainwater
6.  Can't Stop Lovin' You - Roger Miller
7.  Gotta Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul - Patsy Cline
8.  Girls - Glen Campbell
9.  Lookin' Glass - Leon McAuliffe
10.  Pretty Moon - Don Winters
11.  Go Home Letter - Glenn Barber
12.  I'll Never Let It Show - Charlie Walker
13.  High Voltage - Bobby Lord
14.  Crazy Little Guitar Man - Red Foley
15.  Step It Up And Go - Mac Wiseman
16.  Roc-A-Chicka - Warner Mack
17.  Footsteps - Goldie Hill
18.  I'm Coming Home - Johnny Horton
19.  Baby Love Me - Bob Gallion
20.  Come On - Wynn Stewart

Label: Riverside Records 
Released: 2023