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  • Re: ROOTS ROCK RADIO: (What I would have played on) Feb. 16th

    From Roger@21:1/5 to Dean on Mon Feb 17 11:09:11 2025
    On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 0:07:30 +0000, Dean wrote:

    I had planned to keep ROOTS ROCK RADIO going through February 23rd, but pulled the plug early due to a combination of health issues and winter weather. This was the playlist I put together for the show that would
    have aired today.

    1. REBEL ‘ROUSER, Duane Eddy

    Here's where "Rebel Rouser" sits in my 1958 Top 10 instrumentals

    1. REBEL-‘ROUSER – DUANE EDDY
    2. RUMBLE – LINK WRAY & HIS RAYMEN
    3. TEQUILA – THE CHAMPS
    4. CANNON BALL – DUANE EDDY
    5. GUITAR BOOGIE SHUFFLE – THE VIRTUES
    6. MANHATTAN SPIRITUAL – REG OWEN
    7. RAMROD – DUANE EDDY
    8. MOOVIN’ AND GROOVIN’ – DUANE EDDY
    9. THUNDERBIRD – SONNY BURGESS
    10. PETER GUNN – HENRY MANCINI

    2. SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL, Bill Haley & His Comets

    Perhaps the GREATEST cover version of all time?? Certainly the only
    cover I can think of where both original version AND cover both rate a
    10!! No,strike that one---where the original merits an 11 if that is
    possible :)

    3. BO DIDDLEY, Bo Diddley

    One of the greatest contenders for best ever debut single

    10. LONESOME TRAIN, The Johnny Brunette Trio

    Here's the Trio "performing" this one in the "Rock,Rock,Rock!" movie

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-jXTkXWM90

    12. DREAM LOVER, Bobby Darin

    A #1 record over here in UK and one of his best IMO.Always a big fave of
    mine

    15. SORRY (I Ran All the Way Home), The Impalas

    Think I still have a copy of the original as simply "I Ran All The Way
    Home"

    19. LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR, Connie Francis

    One of the best guitar breaks on ANY record courtesy Mr George Barnes

    22. HOUND DOG, Elvis Presley

    Unbelievably kept off the #1 spot on the NME chart here by Frankie Laine
    and "A Woman In Love" the turgid tune from the big "Guys And Dolls"
    movie

    25. CRYING IN THE RAIN, The Everly Brothers

    The Everly Brothers on one of Carole King's best songs. A marriage made
    in heaven!!

    28. OUT OF LIMITS, The Marketts

    Original copies of this titled as "Outer Limits" as per the sci-fi TV
    show

    31. GO WILD LITTLE SADIE, Jack Scott

    For a long time this was the hardest to find of the later Jack Scott
    records
    until somebody booted it in the 70's

    33. IT’S GONNA WORK OUT FINE, Ike & Tina Turner

    Originally recorded in 1960 by Mickey & Sylvia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIuYv45qGq8

    The YT poster sounds like a nice enough guy. You'd like him

    35. LAVENDER BLUE, Sammy Turner

    Never understood the appeal of this one nor its high chart placing.I
    really
    disliked it

    42. RED HOT, Billy Lee Riley

    Best ever version of the original Billy "The Kid" Emerson song

    45. A TEENAGER IN LOVE, Dion & The Belmonts

    Most of the sales over here were siphoned off by an inferior Marty Wilde
    cover
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHrlqQb_VO0

    As if that wasn't bad enough Marty proceeded to do EXACTLY the same
    thing again to them with his "No One Knows"

    46. POOR LITTLE FOOL, Ricky Nelson

    Ricky's first really big hit here in UK--#4 in NME in October 1958 but
    wasn't his biggest here--that was "Hello Mary Lou" #3 in July 1961

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Roger on Mon Feb 17 16:06:13 2025
    On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:09:11 +0000, Roger wrote:

    On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 0:07:30 +0000, Dean wrote:

    I had planned to keep ROOTS ROCK RADIO going through February 23rd, but
    pulled the plug early due to a combination of health issues and winter
    weather. This was the playlist I put together for the show that would
    have aired today.


    2. SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL, Bill Haley & His Comets

    Perhaps the GREATEST cover version of all time?? Certainly the only
    cover I can think of where both original version AND cover both rate a
    10!! No,strike that one---where the original merits an 11 if that is
    possible :)

    Not sure that it's truly a cover as it did not chart until over 3 months
    after the Turner version charted. Actually, there are a few that I rate
    higher if these are classified as covers:

    Slippin' And Slidin' - Little Richard
    Move Baby Move - Larry Harrison
    Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Roy Hall

    And I also have "All Shook Up" by Elvis one notch below Haley's record.
    Do you consider all 4 of the aforementioned to be covers?


    3. BO DIDDLEY, Bo Diddley

    One of the greatest contenders for best ever debut single

    The easy winner if you consider a "single" to be the 2 sides included.


    31. GO WILD LITTLE SADIE, Jack Scott

    For a long time this was the hardest to find of the later Jack Scott
    records until somebody booted it in the 70's

    It's not really "later," but I guess you said that because of the 2 ABC singles.


    45. A TEENAGER IN LOVE, Dion & The Belmonts

    Most of the sales over here were siphoned off by an inferior Marty Wilde cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHrlqQb_VO0

    As if that wasn't bad enough Marty proceeded to do EXACTLY the same
    thing again to them with his "No One Knows"

    You've got the chronology backwards. "No One Knows" came first although
    neither version charted over there.

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  • From Roger@21:1/5 to RWC on Mon Feb 17 18:09:15 2025
    On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:40:16 +0000, RWC wrote:

    On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:09:11 +0000, [email protected] (Roger)
    wrote:

    45. A TEENAGER IN LOVE, Dion & The Belmonts

    Most of the sales over here were siphoned off by an inferior Marty Wilde >>cover.

    In reality a superior cover in the minds of most Brit teens...

    It's understandable that a 13 year-old with a black mindset might
    prefer Frankie's version in 1959, and/or later when they are a joyful
    79 in 2025.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHrlqQb_VO0

    Who's Frankie?

    And I cared not one single jot what was in the minds of most Brit teens
    in 1959 and care just as little what is in those same people minds now

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  • From RWC@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 17 12:40:16 2025
    On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:09:11 +0000, [email protected] (Roger)
    wrote:

    45. A TEENAGER IN LOVE, Dion & The Belmonts

    Most of the sales over here were siphoned off by an inferior Marty Wilde >cover.

    In reality a superior cover in the minds of most Brit teens...

    It's understandable that a 13 year-old with a black mindset might
    prefer Frankie's version in 1959, and/or later when they are a joyful
    79 in 2025.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHrlqQb_VO0

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