Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 6

by N/A

Overview

As this series progresses, there's a higher proportion of obscure material involved. This is both good and bad: it's good to find worthy minor hits that have largely missed the CD revolution, but some of them didn't make it above the '80s on the charts for good reason. Nonetheless, there are some real goodies here, whether hard to find or not: the Del Vikings' "Come Go with Me," and Bobby Freeman's "Do You Want to Dance," the El Dorados' "At My Front Door," the Rivingtons' "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow," and Joe Bennett's "Black Slacks." Among the rarities, the most interesting items are John Fred's "Shirley" (recorded almost ten years before "Judy in Disguise"), Ronald & Ruby's original version of "Lollipop" (surpassed commercially by the Chordettes' rendition), the Quotations' "Imagination" (top-flight doo wop), and Bunker Hill's "Hide and Go Seek" (described in the liners as "like a gospel holler in a squash court"). Pick find: the Pentagons' "I Wonder," which sounds like a great lost Drifters hit from the early '60s. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	02/25/1997
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667165020
Rank:	99831

Tracks

1. Shirley  -  Fred
2. Come Go with Me  -  Del Vikings  - Clarence E. Quick
3. Black Slacks  - Joe Bennett  - Jimmy Denton
4. Lollipop  - Julius Edward Dixon  -  Ronald & Ruby  - Beverly "Ruby" Ross
5. Ten Commandments of Love  -  Harvey & the Moonglows  - Marshall Paul
6. Love Bug Crawl  - James Bullington  - Jimmy Edwards  - Bill Foshee
7. Do You Want to Dance  - Bobby Freeman
8. Hard Times (The Slop)  - Noble "Thin Man" Watts
9. Imagination  - Johnny Burke  - James Van Heusen  -  Quotations
10. I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong to Me)  -  Pentagons
11. At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)  - Ewart Abner  -  El Dorados  - John Moore  - John C. Moore
12. You're So Fine  -  Falcons  - Lance Finnie  - Willie Schofield  - Bob West
13. Tall Cool One  - Rick Dangel  - John Greek  - Kent Morrill  -  Wailers
14. The Shape I'm In  - Otis Blackwell  - Lee Cathy  - Johnny Restivo
15. Little Star  -  Elegants  - Vito Picone  - Arthur Venosa
16. Lover Please  - Clyde McPhatter  - Billy Swan
17. Charlena  -  Sevilles
18. Pledging My Love  - Johnny Ace  - Don Robey  - Ferdinand Washington
19. Itchy Twitchy Feeling  - Bobby Hendricks  - Jimmy Oliver
20. Priscilla  - Otis Blackwell  - Eddie Cooley  -  Cooley
21. Hold Back the Tears  -  Delacardos  - C. Harris
22. You Can Make It If You Try  - Gene Allison  - Ted Jarrett
23. Real Wild Child  - Johnny O'Keefe  - David Owens  -  I.V.A.N.
24. Quarter to Four Stomp  -  Stompers
25. Don't You Just Know It  - Huey "Piano" Smith  -  Smith  - Johnny Vincent
26. I'm Walkin'  - Dave Bartholomew  - Fats Domino  - Rick Nelson
27. I Love an Angel  -  Little Bill & the Blue Notes
28. Short Shorts  - Tom Austin  - Bob Gaudio  -  Royal Teens
29. Hide and Go Seek (Pt. 1)  -  Bunker Hill
30. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow  - Al Frazier  - John Harris  - Sonny Harris  -  Rivingtons  - Carl White  - Turner Wilson  - Turner "Rocky" Jr. Wilson

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Pentagons   Primary Artist
The Quotations   Primary Artist
The Rivingtons   Primary Artist
Bunker Hill   Primary Artist
Ivan   Primary Artist
The Falcons   Primary Artist
Bobby Hendricks   Primary Artist
Eddie Cooley & the Dimples   Primary Artist
Bobby Freeman   Primary Artist
I.V.A.N.   Primary Artist
Joe Bennett   Primary Artist
The El Dorados   Primary Artist
The Delacardos   Primary Artist
The Elegants   Primary Artist
Clyde McPhatter   Primary Artist
Johnny Ace   Primary Artist
Johnny Restivo   Primary Artist
Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns   Primary Artist
The Stompers   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Harvey & the Moonglows   Primary Artist
The Del Vikings   Primary Artist
The Sevilles   Primary Artist
Noble "Thin Man" Watts & His Rhythm Sparks   Primary Artist
Ricky Nelson   Primary Artist
Gene Allison   Primary Artist
John Fred   Primary Artist
Ronald & Ruby   Primary Artist
Little Bill & the Blue Notes   Primary Artist
Jimmy Edwards   Primary Artist
The Wallers   Primary Artist
The Royal Teens   Primary Artist
Sevilles   Primary Artist
The Wailers   Primary Artist
Rick Nelson   Primary Artist
Noble "Thin Man" Watts   Primary Artist
John Fred & His Playboy Band   Primary Artist
Rob Finnis   Sequencing
Jon Broven   Sequencing

Technical Credits

John Fred   Performer
Ronald & Ruby   Performer
Julius Edward Dixon   Composer
Rob Finnis   Liner Notes,Photo Courtesy
Little Bill & the Blue Notes   Performer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Jimmy Edwards   Performer
Jimmy Denton   Composer
Johnny O'Keefe   Composer
Rick Nelson   Performer
Noble "Thin Man" Watts   Composer,Performer
The Royal Teens   Performer
The Wailers   Performer
The Pentagons   Performer
The Quotations   Performer
The Rivingtons   Performer
Tom Austin   Composer
Bunker Hill   Performer
Duncan Cowell   Post Production
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
Willie Schofield   Composer
Al Frazier   Composer
Arthur Venosa   Composer
Ted Jarrett   Composer
Bill Foshee   Composer
David Owens   Composer
Bobby Hendricks   Performer
Billy Swan   Composer
Ferdinand Washington   Composer
Eddie Cooley & the Dimples   Performer
Turner Wilson   Composer
Johnny Ace   Performer
Trevor Churchill   Research,Photo Courtesy
Bob Gaudio   Composer
Bobby Freeman   Composer,Performer
Beverly "Ruby" Ross   Composer
Bob West   Composer
Kent Morrill   Composer
Jimmy Oliver   Composer
Clarence E. Quick   Composer
Fats Domino   Composer
Joe Bennett   Composer,Performer
The El Dorados   Performer
The Elegants   Performer
Clyde McPhatter   Performer
Ewart Abner   Composer
Carl White   Composer
Johnny Restivo   Performer
Huey "Piano" Smith   Composer
Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns   Performer
Marshall Paul   Composer
Otis Blackwell   Composer
The Stompers   Performer
Harvey & the Moonglows   Performer
The Del Vikings   Performer
Johnny Burke   Composer
John Moore   Composer
Johnny Vincent   Composer
Philip Lloyd-Smee   Package Design
Rick Dangel   Composer
Sonny Harris   Composer
Jon Broven   Photo Courtesy
James Bullington   Composer
John Greek   Composer
C. Harris   Composer
Lance Finnie   Composer
Eddie Cooley   Composer
Vito Picone   Composer
Don Robey   Composer
Gene Allison   Performer
Lee Cathy   Composer
Turner "Rocky" Wilson Jr.   Composer
John Harris   Composer
John C. Moore   Composer