Rocket 88: The Original Rock ’n’ Roll Pioneers

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rocket 88
baritone saxophone:
Jackie Brenston (on 1951-03-03)
bass guitar:
Jesse Knight (on 1951-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Willie Sims (on 1951-03-03)
guitar:
Willie Kizart (on 1951-03-03)
piano:
Ike Turner (on 1951-03-03)
tenor saxophone:
Raymond Hill (on 1951-03-03)
vocals:
Jackie Brenston (on 1951-03-03)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1991)
recording of:
Rocket “88”
lyricist and composer:
Jackie Brenston (until 1951-03-03)
Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats feat. Ike Turner42:50
2Saturday Night Fish Fry
recording of:
Saturday Night Fish Fry
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Ellis Walsh
publisher:
Cherio Corp. and Ocheri Publishing Corp.
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five4:30
3The Fat Man
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
United Artists (in 1949)
recording of:
The Fat Man (on 1949-12-10)
lyricist and composer:
Antoine Dominique Domino and Dave Bartholomew
Fats Domino42:36
4Sixty Minute Man
recording of:
Sixty Minute Man
lyricist and composer:
Rose Marks (until 1951) and Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist) (until 1951)
Billy Ward and The Dominoes3.52:30
5Mardi Gras in New Orleans
recording of:
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
Professor Longhair & His New Orleans Boys2:25
6Get Rich Quick
Little Richard2:14
7The Train Kept On a’Rollin’
recording of:
The Train Kept a Rollin’ (in 1951)
writer:
Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay and Lois Mann
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated), Fort Knox Music Co, Quartet Music Inc. and Trio Music, Inc. (publisher)
part of:
Twins (1988)
Tiny Bradshaw and His Orchestra52:44
8Baby Please Don’t Go
cover recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
The Orioles2:23
9Tabarin
The Hollywood Flames2:47
10Jesus Gave Me Water
recording of:
Jesus Gave Me Water
writer:
Lucie E. Campbell (Music director of the US National Baptist Convention)
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers2:29
11Teardrops From My Eyes
orchestra:
Budd Johnson Orchestra (in 1950-09)
recording of:
Teardrops From My Eyes (in 1950-09)
lyricist and composer:
Rudolph Toombs
publisher:
Rightsong Music Inc. and Simon House
Ruth Brown with Budd Johnsons Orchestra2:53
12Flamingo
cover recording of:
Flamingo
lyricist:
Edmund Anderson
composer:
Ted Grouya
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Grouya Publishing Int.
Earl Bostic2:39
13Ring‐a‐Ding Doo
Little Esther Phillips & Mel Walker with The Johnny Otis Orchestra2:55
14Drinkin’ Wine Spo‐Dee‐O‐Dee
recording of:
Drinkin’ Wine, Spo‐Dee‐O‐Dee
writer:
Stick McGhee and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
Stick McGhee and His Buddies3:16
15Rollin’ and Tumblin’: Part 1
recording of:
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Morganfeld arrangement)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
M. Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Watertoons (BMI-affiliated - publisher associated with Muddy Waters) and Watertoons Music
version of:
Roll and Tumble Blues
Muddy Waters with Ernest "Big" Crawford2:58
16That Ain’t the Way to Do It
recording of:
That Ain’t the Way to Do It
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:19
17Blues Stay Away From Me
producer:
Henry Glover
double bass:
Louie Innis (on 1949-05-05)
electric guitar:
Zeke Turner (on 1949-05-05)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (on 1949-05-05)
harmonica:
Lonnie Glosson (on 1949-05-05) and Wayne Raney (on 1949-05-05)
tenor guitar:
Rabon Delmore (on 1949-05-05)
vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1949-05-05), Rabon Delmore (on 1949-05-05) and Wayne Raney (on 1949-05-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Gusto Records, Inc. (fka King Records, Inc.) (in 1979)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1949-05-05)
recording of:
Blues Stay Away From Me (on 1949-05-05)
lyricist:
Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore and Wayne Raney
composer:
Henry Glover
publisher:
Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Lois, Lois Publishing and Trio Music (publisher)
The Delmore Brothers2:49
18I’m Movin’ On
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1950-03-28)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1950-03-28)
fiddle:
Tommy Vaden (US country fiddler) (on 1950-03-28)
guitar:
Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Jack Shook (on 1950-03-28)
steel guitar:
Joe Talbot (Steel guitar player and music industry executive) (on 1950-03-28)
vocals:
Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28)
recording of:
I’m Moving On (on 1950-03-28)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Snow
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys2:50
19Rootie Tootie
recording of:
Rootie Tootie
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys2:42
20Sundown Boogie
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
recording of:
Sundown Boogie (in 1951)
writer:
Bill Haley and Jesse Rogers
Bill Haley & the Saddlemen2:28
21Birmingham Bounce
Hardrock Gunter and The Pebbles1:52
22How High the Moon
cover recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Les Paul & Mary Ford2:05
23Cry
performer:
The Four Lads
Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads3:02
24Rock‐A‐Bye Baby
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1951-09-27)
baritone saxophone:
Alexander Nelson (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-09-27)
bass:
Chuck Badie (US jazz/R&B bassist) (on 1951-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Wilbert Smith (on 1951-09-27)
piano:
Charlie Nelson (Pianist) (on 1951-09-27)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Fontennette (on 1951-09-27)
trumpet:
Teddy Riley (1950s US R&B trumpeter) (on 1951-09-27)
vocals:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (on 1951-09-27)
Roy Brown2:35
25Every Night About This Time
recording of:
Every Night About This Time (in 1950-09)
lyricist and composer:
Antoine Dominique Domino and Dave Bartholomew
Fats Domino42:07
26Everybody Get Together
The Treniers3:02
27Rock the Joint
recording of:
Rock the Joint (in 1949-05)
writer:
Harry Bagby, Harry Crafton and Wendell 'Don' Keane
Jimmy Preston and His Prestonians2:36