Step It Up And Go!
Tearing Up The Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll 2-CD
Double CD collection with 54 tracks showing that the spirit of Rock 'n' Roll was alive among White Hillbilly and Black Rhythm & Blues perfromers long before Elvis Presley and Bill Haley brought the two styles together.
Featured artists include: JOE TURNER, ARTHUR CRUDUP, WYNONIE HARRIS, RED FOLEY, DELMORE BROTHERS, HARDROCK GUNTER, JOHNNY OTIS, JOHNNY ACE, BIG MAMA THORNTON, RUDY GREEN, ROSE MADDOX, BILL HALEY & THE SADDLEMEN, SONNY KNIGHT, THE RAVENS, MERRILL MOORE, ZEB TURNER, LOUIS JORDAN, CHUCK WILLIS, MOON MULLICAN, CHUCK HIGGINS, TENNESSEE ERNIE, ELLA MAE MORSE, RUTH BROWN, HANK WILLIAMS, THE TRENIERS and many others.
Track Listing:
Dig These Blues : THE FOUR CLEFS
Step It Up And Go : THE BLACK CATS & A KITTEN
Sittin' On Top Of The World : BOB WILLS
Little Bittie Gal's Blues : JOE TURNER
Ee-Bob-A-Liba : BIG JIM WYNN
Daddy's Got The Deep Elem Blues : JIMMIE REVARD
I Want My Lovin' : ARTHUR CRUDUP
Everybody's Boogie : WYNONIE HARRIS
I Gotta Have You : RED FOLEY & ROBERTA LEE
Freight Train Boogie : DELMORE BROTHERS
I've Been Your Dog : THE MOONGLOWS
Snatchin' It Back : MARGIE DAY
Honky Tonk Baby : HARDROCK GUNTER
Get Lost : THE DU-DROPPERS
Rock Me Baby : JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA
Dig'n And Datin' : GENE HENSLEE
Yes Baby : JOHNNY ACE & BIG MAMA THORNTON
All Shook Out : MOOHAH
The Way You're Treatin' Me : JIM GATLIN
It's You I Love : RUDY GREEN
Eat 'Em Up : EDDIE CARTER QUINTET
I'm A Little Red Caboose : ROSE MADDOX
Rockin' Chair On The Moon : BILL HALEY & THE SADDLEMEN
But Officer! : SONNY KNIGHT
Ol' Man River : THE RAVENS
Gee :THE CROWS
Red Light : MERRILL MOORE
Corrine Corrina : BOB WILLS
Yes Indeed! : MOM'S MABLEY & THE ORIOLES
One Sweet Letter From You : ANNIE LAURIE & PAUL GAYTEN
Jersey Rock : ZEB TURNER
Boogie Woogie Baby Of Mine : BOB BURTON
Crazy Man Crazy : RALPH MARTIERI
Ooh Look-A There Ain't She Pretty : THE TRENIER TWINS
Teardrops From My Eyes : LOUIS JORDAN
Caldonia : CHUCK WILLIS
Crawfishin' : CLARENCE GARLOW
Please Louise : WYNONIE HARRIS
I Done It : MOON MULLICAN
Motorhead Baby : CHUCK HIGGINS
False Hearted Girl : TENNESSEE ERNIE & ELLA MAE MORSE
I'll Be True : FAYE ADAMS
Oh Babe : LOUIS PRIMA
Feelin' Happy : JOE TURNER
Forty Cups Of Coffee : DANNY OVERBEA
13 Women : DICKIE THOMPSON
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie : KENNY ROBERTS
Hello Little Boy : RUTH BROWN
It Should've Been Me : RAY CHARLES
Long Gone Daddy : LOU GRAHAM
Move It On Over : HANK WILLIAMS
Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie : THE TRENIERS
Rock The Joint : BILL HALEY & THE SADDLEMEN
Rock Around The Clock : SONNY DAE & HIS KNIGHTS