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More Hollywood Rock 'n' Roll

Various Artists
1 disc

1. She Just Tears Me Up - Wynn Stewart
2. Down on the Farm - Al Downing
3. So Tough - Kuf-Linx
4. Three Months to Kill - Huelyn Duvall
5. Kee Ro Ryin' - Johnny & Jonie
6. Jungle Hop - Kip Tyler
7. Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul - Patsy Cline
8. Shiver - Dave Burgess
9. Uncle Tom Got Caught - Wynn Stewart
10. Oh Babe! - Big Al Downing
11. Come On - Wynn Stewart
12. Go Little Go Cat - Four Teens
13. Spark Plug - Four Teens
14. Didn't It Rock - Jim 'N' Rod
15. Bad Dad - Gene Davis
16. Great Day in the Morning - Four Teens
17. Life Begins at Four O'Clock - Bobby Milano
18. Shiverin' and Shakin' - Dean Beard
19. Egad, Charlie Brown - Dean Beard
20. Eyeballin' - Kuf-Linx
21. You Can Say That Again - Four Teens
22. Double Talkin' Baby - Bobby Milano
23. Machine Gun - The Rip Tides
24. Hey Little Car Hop - George Weston
25. Sneakin' - George Weston
26. Boo-Be-Ah-Be - Kimball Coburn
27. Annie's Not an Orphan Anymore - Rochell & the Candles
28. Rock Roma Rock It - Scatman Crothers
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 494
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Performers include: Wynn Stewart, Big Al Downing, Johnny & Jonie, Huelyn Duvall, Kip Tyler, Patsy Cline, Dean Beard, The Four Teens, Bobby Milano, George Weston.
Contains 28 tracks.
Personnel: Bobby Poe (vocals); Vernon Sandusky (guitar); Joe Brawley (drums).
Gene Autry's Challenge label didn't have a lot of big hits, but it sure released a hell of a lot of rock & roll records of all kinds in the late '50s and early '60s. Twenty-eight of them are here, including rockabilly, instrumentals, vocal groups, and a little more. None of them were significant hits, and they didn't necessarily deserve to be. It's average early rock, appealing more to the collector who wants to hear almost everything than to the learned student looking for genuinely overlooked important music. There are some interesting odds and ends sprinkled amidst the Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent imitations. Big Al Downing pounds some mighty fierce piano on "Down on the Farm," Patsy Cline (the only well-known singer on the disc) checks in with one of her infrequent rockabilly attempts ("Gotta Lotta Rhythm in My Soul"), and the Rip Tides' "Machine Gun" is a tough Bo Diddleyish instrumental. Kip Tyler's "Jungle Hop" has early appearances by saxophonist Steve Douglas and pianist Larry Knechtel, both of whom would be among the most celebrated L.A. session musicians of the 1960s. Weirdest of all is a rock & roll novelty by actor Scatman Crothers, "Rock Roma Rock It." ~ Richie Unterberger