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Rock around the clock : the Decca rock 'n' roll collection.
Title:
Rock around the clock : the Decca rock 'n' roll collection.
Publication Information:
[Universal City, Calif.] : Decca/MCA, [1994]
Physical Description:
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from disc label.

Rock songs and rockabilly songs.

Originally released principally as 45 rpm discs by Decca, Coral, and Brunswick.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Colin Escott (23 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Event Note:
Recorded between 1949 August and 1959 August, principally in New York and Nashville.
Added Corporate Author:
Added Title Contained Works:
Right now, right now.

Saturday night fish fry.

We're gonna rock.

We're going to rock.

(We're gonna) rock around the clock.

Rock around the clock.

Whole lotta shakin' goin' on.

Whole lot of shaking going on.

Rock-a-beatin' boogie.

Rock-a-beating boogie.

Midnight shift.

Wild, wild women.

Stop, look and listen.

Rock, rock, rock.

Tear it up.

Don't go baby (don't go)

Don't go.

Train kept a-rollin'.

Train kept a-rolling.

Teenage boogie.

Sweet love on my mind.

Three alley cats.

Mama don't you think I know.

Wait a minute baby.

Let's make like a rock and roll.

Hypnotized.

Come along.

That'll be the day.

That will be the day.

Reet petite (the sweetest girl in town)

Sweetest girl in town.

Hey now!

Touch of loving.

Cast iron arm.

Crazy street.

You gotta move.

I met him on a Sunday (ronde-ronde)

Ronde-ronde.

Sapphire.

When.

Blast off.

Crazy little guitar man.

Moon's rock.

Ring-a-my phone.

Is that all to the ball (Mr. Hall)

Mr. Hall.

Love's made a fool of you.

Flip flop and fly.

Red hot love.

I fought the law.

Lorraine.

Big town.

Vision of love.

Sweet nothin's.

Sweet nothings.
Variant Title:
Portion of title: Decca rock 'n' roll collection

Decca rock and roll collection.
Contents:
Right now, right now / Al Sears, Charles E. Calhoun (Alan Freed & his Rock 'n' Roll Orchestra) -- Saturday night fish fry / Louis Jordan, Ellis Walsh (Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five) -- We're gonna rock / Gunter Lee Carr (Gunter Lee Carr) -- (We're gonna) rock around the clock / Jimmy DeKnight, Max C. Freedman (Bill Haley & his Comets) -- Whole lotta shakin' goin' on / Dave Williams, Sunny David (Roy Hall) -- Rock-a-beatin' boogie / Bill Haley (Bill Haley & and his Comets) -- Midnight shift / Earl Lee, Jimmy Ainsworth (Buddy Holly) -- Wild, wild women / Johnny Carroll (Johnny Carroll & his Hot Rocks) -- Stop, look and listen / George London, W.S. Stevenson (Patsy Cline) -- Rock, rock, rock / Glen Moore, Milton Subotsky (Jimmy Cavello & his House Rockers) -- Tear it up Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette, Paul Burlison (Johnny Burnette's Rock 'n' Roll Trio) -- Don't go baby (don't go) / Geraldine Coker (Al Coker) -- Train kept a-rollin' / Tiny Bradshaw, Lois Mann, Howie Kay (Johnny Burnette's Rock 'n' Roll Trio) -- Teenage boogie / Webb Pierce (Webb Pierce) -- Sweet love on my mind / Wayne P. Walker (Jimmy and Johnny) -- Three alley cats / Roy Hall (Roy Hall) -- Mama don't you think I know / Jack Lee Cochran (Jackie Lee Cochran) -- Wait a minute baby / Gerald Hollowell, Ulysses Hollowell, Alton Hollowell, Jack Edward Thomas, George Wade (the Enchanters) -- Let's make like a rock and roll / Don Woody, Paul Simmons (Don Woody) -- Hypnotized / Terry Noland, Norman Petty (Terry Noland) -- Come along / Kenneth J. Donley (Jimmy Donley) -- That'll be the day / Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty (Buddy Holly & the Crickets) -- Reet petite (the sweetest girl in town) / Berry Gordy, Tyran Carlo (Jackie Wilson) -- Hey now! / Nate Nelson (the Flamingos) -- Touch of loving / Bobby Sykes, Wayne Walker (Bobby Sykes) -- Cast iron arm / Jim Scott, Norman Petty, Roy Orbison (Peanuts Wilson) -- Crazy street / Arnett Rusty Keefer, Bill Haley, Milt Gabler (the Matys Brothers) -- You gotta move / Chester Smith (Chester Smith) -- I met him on a Sunday (ronde-ronde) / Doris Coley, Beverly Lee, Addie Harris, Shirley Owens (the Shirelles) -- Sapphire / Jack Hammer (Big Danny Oliver) -- When / Jack Reardon, Paul Evans (the Kalin Twins) -- Blast off / Ollie Jones (the Tyrones) -- Crazy little guitar man / Dale Siegenthaler, Carl Tilton (Red Foley) -- Moon's rock / Moon Mullican (Moon Mullican) -- Ring-a-my phone / Lee Morris, James Lee (Brenda Lee) -- Is that all to the ball / Curtis E. Lewis (Mr. Hall) (Billy Riley) -- Love's made a fool of you / Bob Montgomery, Buddy Holly (the Crickets) -- Flip flop and fly / Charles Calhoun, Lou Willie Turner (Johnny Bell) -- Red hot love / Jesse Stone (Billy Williams) -- I fought the law / Sonny Curtis (the Crickets) -- Lorraine / Lou Josie (Buddy Covelle) -- Big town / Ronnie Self (Ronnie Self) -- Vision of love / Dennis Lowell, Peter Morrow (the Explorers) -- Sweet nothin's / Ronnie Self (Brenda Lee).
Performer:
Various performers.
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