Interpret1 :JACKIE LEE COCHRAN
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BCK 27102
EAN :4016030000077

1  Hip Shakin´ Mama

2  Riverside Jump

3  Ruby Pearl

4  Mama Don´t You Think I Know

5 Dear Mom And Dad  (unreleased)

6  Buy A Car

7  I Want You

8  I Wanna See You

9  Georgia Lee Brown

10 Pity Me

11 Endless Love

12 Don´t Be Long (unreleased)

13 Baby Do (unreleased)

14 Out Across The Tracks (unreleased)

15 I Don´t Care If The Sun Don´t Shine

16 Good Rockin´ Tonight

17 Bop Town

18 Rockabilly Music

19 Mama Don´t You Think I Know 2

20 My Mama Laid The Law Down

21 Rock On

22 Sundown Boogie (unreleased)

23 Jack The Cat  (unreleased)

24 Getting Myself Back Together  (unreleased)

25 It´s Allright  (unreleased)

26 Talk Your Heart  (unreleased)

27 If You Got The Money  (unreleased)

28 Susanne  (unreleased)

29 Georgia Lee Bown 2

The ultimate Rockabilly Album including all the original recordings by this outstanding artists, as well as the best of his Rollin´ Rock recordings and rounded out by some newly cuts songs from 1986. No Rockabilly collection is complete without these recordings.

Interpret1 :JAMIE COE
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BCK 27148

1  Summertime Symphony

2  There´s Gonna Be A Day

3  School Day Blues

4  I´ll Go On Loving You

5  Goodbye My Love Goodbye

6  There´s Never Been A Night

7  Say You

8  The Story Of Jesse James

9  I´m Gettin´ Married

10 Little Dear Little Darling

11 Two Dozen And A Half

12 Black And Blue   (Instr.)

13 How Low Is Low

14 Movin´ Out   (Instr.)

15 But Yesterday

16 Cleopatra

17 The Dealer   (Instr.)

18 Never Part

19 Make That Dream Come True

20 Killer Joe   (Instr.)

21 The Fool

22 I´ve Got That Feeling Again

23 Don´t You Just Know It

24 Close Your eyes

25 I Cried On My Pillow

26 I Was The One

27 Good Enough For A King

28 A Long Time Ago

29 The One Who really Loves You

30 Green Back Dollar

31 First Girl

Detroit's Rock & Roll heros Jamie Coe & The Gigolos discovered by Bobby Darin, rocked the area for decades. Some of the musicians moved back and forth from bands like Johnny & THe Hurricanes, The Royaltones, Del Shannon a.o.
Here we present their early recordings (incl. all the hits like his dancefloor approved version of 'The Fool').

Interpret1 :CONTINENTALS
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BSSCD 25112

1  Tennessee Rockin´ 

2  Oh Lonesome Me

3  Little Sister

4  Big Brown Shoes

5  Oh Baby Doll

6  Your Baby Blue Eyes

7  Dumas Walker

8  Little Lisa

9  Not Fade Away

10 Don´t Be Cruel

11 When The Sun Goes Down

12 Honky Tonk Man

13 Great Balls Of Fire

14 Johnny B Good

The Continentals are a German rock 'n' roll band whose music and sound is rooted in the styles of rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, surf, blues and country rock.

Founded in Munich in January 1980, the group is one of the German neo-rockabilly bands and rock 'n' roll revival bands of the early 1980s. The Continentals have released eleven albums to date and still perform live nationally and internationally.

The Continentals played their first gigs in the Schwabing music clubs of their home town Munich. This was followed by concerts in Germany, France, former Yugoslavia, Russia, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark and the Netherlands. In addition, there were studio recordings, radio recordings and various appearances on German television as well as participation in cinema and television films.

Despite varying influences and numerous changes in the line-up, the band around singer and founding member Mike Roth remained true to their style. The roots can be heard on the albums as well as live. While the band was originally involved with the classic Kings of Rock 'n' Roll such as Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins, the Stray Cats, Shakin' Stevens, Robert Gordon as well as British neo-rockabilly bands or psychobilly bands like Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers, Matchbox and the Meteors joined the band in the early 80s. During the years 1989 to 1991, when the Continentals albums Pink Cadillac and Oh Baby Doll were recorded, the band discovered country rockers such as the Kentucky Headhunters or rocker Dave Edmunds. Since the album Heartbeat (1998) a touch of Texas Blues, as played by the Vaughan brothers and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, is clearly noticeable. As the album progressed, Chris Isaak, Link Wray, The Mavericks, Dwight Yoakam and thus the soundtracks of Quentin Tarantino movies increasingly played a role in the Continentals' musical development. Since 2005, the band's repertoire has drawn on songs from the 50s, 60s and their own compositions - supplemented by stylistically arranged covers from the musical modern era (from Billy Idol to Deep Purple - to Depeche Mode and U2 songs).

The Continentals won first prize at the Buddy Holly Song Contest 1996 in Hamburg and second place at the Country Music Awards (CMA) 2009 in the category Country Rock in Pullman City. The band toured several times as support band for the US stars Wanda Jackson, Frankie Ford, Buddy Knox, Janis Martin and Vince Everett. The Continentals played as openers for the Spider Murphy Gang, Bill Haley's Comets, Buddy Hollys Crickets, The Rattles and Tony Sheridan.

Interpret1 :CONTINENTALS & Wanda Jackson
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BSSCD 25119   CDR

1  Rocking Around The Christmas Tree

2  Merry Christmas Baby

3  Silent Night

4  Rock & Roll Christmas

5  It´s Christmas Eve

6  Blue Christmas

7  Red Lights

8  White Christmas

9  Christmas Time

10 Run Run Rudolph 

11 Santa Claus Is Back In Town

12 Go Tell It On The Mountain

13 Goodbye Santa

14 I´ll Be Home For Christmas

15 Another Rock & Roll Christmas

16 Merry Christmas Baby

17 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Munichs oldest Rockabilly band gets in the Christmas Mood and rocks together with The Queen Of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson on some songs. A great combination

The Continentals are a German rock 'n' roll band whose music and sound is rooted in the styles of rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, surf, blues and country rock.

Founded in Munich in January 1980, the group is one of the German neo-rockabilly bands and rock 'n' roll revival bands of the early 1980s. The Continentals have released eleven albums to date and still perform live nationally and internationally.

The Continentals played their first gigs in the Schwabing music clubs of their home town Munich. This was followed by concerts in Germany, France, former Yugoslavia, Russia, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark and the Netherlands. In addition, there were studio recordings, radio recordings and various appearances on German television as well as participation in cinema and television films.

Despite varying influences and numerous changes in the line-up, the band around singer and founding member Mike Roth remained true to their style. The roots can be heard on the albums as well as live. While the band was originally involved with the classic Kings of Rock 'n' Roll such as Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins, the Stray Cats, Shakin' Stevens, Robert Gordon as well as British neo-rockabilly bands or psychobilly bands like Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers, Matchbox and the Meteors joined the band in the early 80s. During the years 1989 to 1991, when the Continentals albums Pink Cadillac and Oh Baby Doll were recorded, the band discovered country rockers such as the Kentucky Headhunters or rocker Dave Edmunds. Since the album Heartbeat (1998) a touch of Texas Blues, as played by the Vaughan brothers and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, is clearly noticeable. As the album progressed, Chris Isaak, Link Wray, The Mavericks, Dwight Yoakam and thus the soundtracks of Quentin Tarantino movies increasingly played a role in the Continentals' musical development. Since 2005, the band's repertoire has drawn on songs from the 50s, 60s and their own compositions - supplemented by stylistically arranged covers from the musical modern era (from Billy Idol to Deep Purple - to Depeche Mode and U2 songs).

The Continentals won first prize at the Buddy Holly Song Contest 1996 in Hamburg and second place at the Country Music Awards (CMA) 2009 in the category Country Rock in Pullman City. The band toured several times as support band for the US stars Wanda Jackson, Frankie Ford, Buddy Knox, Janis Martin and Vince Everett. The Continentals played as openers for the Spider Murphy Gang, Bill Haley's Comets, Buddy Hollys Crickets, The Rattles and Tony Sheridan.

Interpret1 :CONTINENTALS
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BSSCD 25120

1  Everyday

2  The House Is Rockin´ 

3  Hey Girl

4  Don´t Worry Baby

5  Satellite

6  Saturday Night At The Duck Pond

7  The Way I Walk

8  Heartbeat

9  Lovestruck Baby

10 Something´s Gonna Happen

11 Love Letters

12 Much Too Much

13 Do What You Did

14 Driving Wheel

15 Tell me

16 Suspicious Minds

17 Rave On

Munichs oldest Rockabilly band won the first prize at the Buddy Holly song contest from the Buddy Holly Musical in Hamburg. Here´s the matching CD,

The Continentals are a German rock 'n' roll band whose music and sound is rooted in the styles of rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, surf, blues and country rock.

Founded in Munich in January 1980, the group is one of the German neo-rockabilly bands and rock 'n' roll revival bands of the early 1980s. The Continentals have released eleven albums to date and still perform live nationally and internationally.

The Continentals played their first gigs in the Schwabing music clubs of their home town Munich. This was followed by concerts in Germany, France, former Yugoslavia, Russia, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark and the Netherlands. In addition, there were studio recordings, radio recordings and various appearances on German television as well as participation in cinema and television films.

Despite varying influences and numerous changes in the line-up, the band around singer and founding member Mike Roth remained true to their style. The roots can be heard on the albums as well as live. While the band was originally involved with the classic Kings of Rock 'n' Roll such as Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins, the Stray Cats, Shakin' Stevens, Robert Gordon as well as British neo-rockabilly bands or psychobilly bands like Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers, Matchbox and the Meteors joined the band in the early 80s. During the years 1989 to 1991, when the Continentals albums Pink Cadillac and Oh Baby Doll were recorded, the band discovered country rockers such as the Kentucky Headhunters or rocker Dave Edmunds. Since the album Heartbeat (1998) a touch of Texas Blues, as played by the Vaughan brothers and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, is clearly noticeable. As the album progressed, Chris Isaak, Link Wray, The Mavericks, Dwight Yoakam and thus the soundtracks of Quentin Tarantino movies increasingly played a role in the Continentals' musical development. Since 2005, the band's repertoire has drawn on songs from the 50s, 60s and their own compositions - supplemented by stylistically arranged covers from the musical modern era (from Billy Idol to Deep Purple - to Depeche Mode and U2 songs).

The Continentals won first prize at the Buddy Holly Song Contest 1996 in Hamburg and second place at the Country Music Awards (CMA) 2009 in the category Country Rock in Pullman City. The band toured several times as support band for the US stars Wanda Jackson, Frankie Ford, Buddy Knox, Janis Martin and Vince Everett. The Continentals played as openers for the Spider Murphy Gang, Bill Haley's Comets, Buddy Hollys Crickets, The Rattles and Tony Sheridan.

Interpret1 :EDDIE COOLEY
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BCK 27130

1  studio talk

2  Priscilla

3  Got A Little Woman

4  Driftwood

5  A Spark Met A Flame

6  Hey You

7  Pull Mon Pull

8  Juicy Fruit    unreleased

9  The Wildest Time    unreleased

10 Betty Lou    unreleased

11 Let´s Carve Our Names    unreleased

12 Harry And Carry     unreleased

13 Be My Steady      unreleased

14 Leona

15 Priscilla     unreleased

16 Fever

17 Lay It On

Bonus songs: Eddie Cooley with Friends

18 All Shook Up   (Otis Blackwel)

19 Tweedle Dee   (Winfield Scott)

20 Send For Me   (Ollie Jones)

21 Jim Dandy   (Lincoln Chase)

22 The Angels Listen In   (Billy Dawn)

23 When I Saw You   (Billy Dawn)

24 Hot Biscuits And Sweet Marie    (Lincoln Chase)

25 Come On Come On   (Ollie Jones)

26 Music And Fire    (Otis Blackwell)

27 Some Cold Night Now    (Winfield Scott)

Edward James Cooley (April 15, 1933 – April 15, 2020) was an American R&B singer and songwriter, who co-wrote the much-recorded song "Fever." He also had a US pop hit in 1956 with "Priscilla," credited to Eddie Cooley and the Dimples.

Cooley was born in Atlanta, Georgia, later moving to New York City, where he befriended singer and songwriter Otis Blackwell. Around 1955 he contacted Blackwell with an idea for a song he had written, "Fever." According to Blackwell, Cooley said to him: "Man, I got an idea for a song called 'Fever,' but I can´t finish it." Blackwell finished writing the song, and it was recorded by Little Willie John, becoming an R&B #1 hit in 1956, and later being recorded by Peggy Lee, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Beyoncé, and many others.

Cooley and Blackwell continued to collaborate on songs for musicians on the King label, including The 5 Royales and Joe Tex. Later in 1956, Cooley presented a song, "Priscilla," to singer Boyd Bennett, who turned it down. A demo version reached Teddy Reig of Royal Roost Records, and he arranged for Cooley to record it with a backing trio of girl singers, The Dimples – Beverly Coates, Carolyn Coates and Barbara Sanders – who Blackwell had discovered. The record was "something of an anomaly: a black man performing in a rockabilly style. It was promoted by DJ Alan Freed, and after first becoming successful on the east coast rose up the national charts, reaching #20 on the Billboard pop chart in November 1956. Although Cooley was not primarily a singer, he promoted it by touring.

Eddie Cooley and the Dimples recorded several further singles for the Royal Roost label, but none were successful. He then returned to songwriting, and his songs were recorded by the female R&B singer Tiny Topsy ("Aw! Shucks, Baby"), and by Buzz Clifford and Conway Twitty. In 1959, he made his last recordings, for Herb Abramson's Triumph label, but again they were unsuccessful. In the early 1960s, after Blackwell had had continued success as a songwriter for Elvis Presley, in particular, he approached Cooley to contribute tracks to the album We Wrote 'Em, We Sing 'Em. Cooley performed "Fever" and "Lay It On" on the album, released by MGM in 1961.

He died at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Mississippi on April 15, 2020, his 87th birthday.  He we have collected his complete recorded work.

Interpret1 :GENE "BO" DAVIS
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BCK 27143

1  Cruisin´ For A bruisin

2  Tomorrow´s Heartaches

3  Satan´s Daughter

4  Ride

5  Itsy Witsy Bitsy me  (Instr.)

6  Let´s Coast Awhile

7  Drownin´ All my Sorrows

8  Latch On

9  Full Time Baby

10 Take It And Git   (unreleased)

11 Curfew

12 No Rockin´ And Rollin´ 

13 Thanks

14 I´ve Had It I´m Through

15 Facts Of Life

16 Bad Dad   (unreleased)

17 Let´s Have A Party

18 Matchbox

19 Rockin´ Blues   (Instr.)

20 Muleskinner Blues

21 I´ve Got Five Dollars And It´s Saturday Night   (with Faron Young, Collins Kids & Glen Campbell)

22 Take A Good Look

23 I´ll Tell her Tomorrow

24 Easy Come Easy Go

25 My Usual Way

26 Hobo Boy

27 When he Let´s Her Forget

28 Haulin´ Steel

29 Fiddle Rag

30 Oh Those Texas Woman

This is the first ever compilation of Gene Davis who has laid down some

great rockabilly & country tracks plus who led a band that is still spoken

about on the west coast of America in almost reverential tones. He

recorded some great boppin hillbilly songs for King Records in the mid

1950s, before he moved to California and started playing rockabilly.

Under the name of Bo Davis he recorded some great rockabilly songs

backed by legendary Eddie Cochran. More rocking recordings like

“Curfew” , “No Rockin & Rollin” followed and soon he was discovered

by Buck Ram to appear with his band in some movies like “Carnival

Rock” and “Rock All Night” under the name of The Blockbusters. The

talented singer and guitar player Gene Davis soon became the house

band for the famous LA club The Palomino backing many big names.

His band over the years included several soon to be stars. This album

includes all of his rocking sides, some country boppers, some duets

with Chuck Miles, Faron Young,The Collins Kids, Glen Campbell, Eddie Cochran

and finishes with his only chart success “Oh Those Texas Woman”.

Interpret1 :LEE DENSON
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BCK 27115
 

1  The South Gonna Rise Again

2  Heart Of A Fool

3  The Pied Piper

4 Red Hot Rockin´ Blues

5  Love Twister

6  It Took Too Long

7  Rock Daddy Rock

8  Red Hot Rockin´ Ralley

9  Twang

10 A Tree In The Meadow

11 Devil Doll

12 High School Hop

13 New Shoes

14 Climb Love Mountain

15 Who Tickled The Sphinx

16 Teen Age World

17 The South Gonna Rise Again  (demo)

18 Missisippi Bridge

19 Sixteen States

20 The Miracle Of The Rosary

21 A Mom And Dad For Christmas

Bonus songs

22 Heart Of A Fool  (Jerry Capeheart with Eddie Cochran)

23 The Miracle Of The Rosary   (Elvis)

Rockabilly Killers from the guy who taught Elvis to play the guitar, boxed with Johnny & Dorsey Burnette and had Eddie Cochran as a guitar player, before becoming a preacher.

Interpret1 :VINCE EVERETT
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BCK 27111
 

1  Love Me

2  Such A Night

3  Don´t Go

4  I Ain´t Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog No More

5  Sugar Beat

6  Livi  High

7  Sweet Flavours

8  Baby Let´s Play House

9  Box Of Candy

10 Big Brother

11 To Have To Hold And Let Go

12 Come-Onna My House

13 I´m Snowed

14 To Love Is To Gamble

15 Glitter And Gleam

The complete recordings by Vince Everett (a name Elvis used in his movie Jailhouse Rock) who had one of the finest Elvis sound alike voices in the 1950s. Some of the songs were produced by Elvis producer Felton Jarvis and some of his musicians. But he´s much more than just an Elvis voice.

Interpret1 :BILL HALEY
Art : CD
Label : HYDRA
Artikel Nr. : #BCK 27120

1  Yodel Your Blues Away           Bill Haley

2  Four Leafe Clover Blues         Bill Haley

3  Too Many Parties Too Many Pals        Bill Haley & Tex King

4  The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along      Bill Haley

5  Do You Think It´s Fair      Pancake Pete Newman

6  Blue Ranger        Shorty Long & Pee Wee Miller

7  Jukebox Cannonball        Ray Whitley

8  That´s What She Wrote        Jesse Rogers

9  Just Say So          Elmer Newman

10 Ten Gallon Stetson        Ray Whitley

11 Within This Broken Heart Of Mine      Ray Whitley

12 I´m Gonna Straddle My Saddle     Polly Jenkins

13 You Can´t Be A Millionair         Willis Meyers

14 Behind The Eight Ball       Bill Haley

15 My Palomino And I           Bill Haley

16 My Sweet Little Girl from Nevada       Bill Haley

17 Rose Of The Alamo       Murray Sisters

18 Why Do I Cry Over You     Ray Whitley

19 Blue Tail Fly        Billy Wilson

20 Red Wing   (Instr.)      Rusty Keefer

21 I´m Gonna Dry Up My Tears        Shorty Long & Jack Day

22 Jesse James       Whitey & Hogan

23 Mary The Prairy And I         Jimmy Collett

24 Ragtime Cowboy Joe        Larry Wayne

25 Song Of The Timberlands      Broadway Buckaroos

26 My heart Says Giddy Up       Shorty Warren

27 Foolish Questions           Bill Haley

28 Candy Kisses                  Bill Haley

29 Tennessee Border          Bill Haley & Barney Barnard

Part 2 in our series Bill Haley & Friends brings you an overview on the "Cowboy" label from Philadelphia, PA. Bill Haley recorded here for his friend, manager and labelowner Jack Howard some of his earliest songs between 1948 and 1949. Other artists on this compilation have more or less close connections to the early musical life of Bill Haley including first cover songs of Haley compositions. If you wanna hear what the Daddy Of Rock & Roll did before he "founded" a new musical style , you´re in the right place. The album was even nominated for a Grammy in the category "Historical Recordings".