Sugar Shack/Buddy's Buddy

by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs, Jimmy Gilmer

Overview

This import two-fer collects the Dot albums Sugar Shack (1963) and Buddy's Buddy (1965) on one CD. Sugar Shack includes the title track, a giant hit for Gilmer, and mostly covers of others' hits, rendered as slightly more rock-oriented teen idol pop. Buddy Holly's "Lonesome Tears" was recorded for both albums, but the earlier version on Sugar Shack is easily the better of the two. And speaking of Buddy Holly, Buddy's Buddy is Gilmer's tribute to his departed Norman Petty Studio mate and features 12 songs written and/or recorded by Holly. Gilmer stays close to the pop side of Holly, displaying none of the rockabilly fire that Holly sometimes exhibited. Most listeners will be more adequately served by a best-of collection, but for those whose interest in Gilmer (or Holly) runs deeper, there is much here to like. ~ Greg Adams

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/1997
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667164627
Rank:	89690

Tracks

1. Sugar Shack
2. Let's Talk
3. Linda Lu
4. Lonesome Tears
5. Let the Good Times Roll
6. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
7. Won't Be Long
8. Little Baby
9. I Wonder Why
10. Susie-Q
11. Pretend
12. Almost Eighteen
13. Look at Me
14. Wishing
15. I'm Gonna Love You Too
16. Think It Over
17. Lonesome Tears
18. Maybe Baby
19. Listen to Me
20. Everyday
21. Words of Love
22. It's So Easy
23. Little Baby
24. Oh, Boy!

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs   Primary Artist
Jimmy Gilmer   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Cliff Parman   Composer
Faye Voss   Composer
Frank LaVere   Composer
Leonard Lee   Composer
Niki Sullivan   Composer
Ray Sharpe   Composer
Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs   Performer
Chuck Tharp   Composer
Sonny West   Composer
Bill Tilghman   Composer
Willie Bea Thompson   Composer
C.W. Kendall   Composer
Shirley Goodman   Composer
Lilly May   Composer
Bobby Montgomery   Composer
Eleanor Broadwater   Composer
Roy Orbison   Composer
Jerry Allison   Composer
Lew Douglas   Composer
Joe Mauldin   Composer
J. Leslie McFarland   Composer
Keith McCormack   Composer
Stan Lewis   Composer
Dale Hawkins   Composer
George Tomsco   Composer
Buddy Holly   Composer
Norman Petty   Composer