Hal Willis and his wife Ginger were Canadian country musicians. When they were engaged for several tours in 1956 as Elvis Presley's support act, Hal got a taste for rockabilly and began to compose and record in that style. With My Pink Cadillac and Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo he achieved two classics in this genre. He also successfully composed for other artists such as Patsy Cline, Wilburn Brothers, Charlie Walker, Jim Reeves and Bobby Helms. On the side, he recorded cover versions of current hits for budget companies or produced radio programmes for the US Army in Sam Phillips Nashville Studio. Later, in the 1960s, he finally enjoyed commercial success and he scored his greatest chart entry with The Lumberjack. This is the first ever CD collection of Hal Willis' best recordings from the 1950s and '60s, and it includes two previously unreleased songs.
