Description
DESCRIPTION
Born in Texas, Buddy Knox formed a group The Rhythm Orchids and when they were performing on the same radio show as Roy Orbison, Orbison suggested that Knox should go to Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico, to make a record - the same studio where the early Buddy Holly & The Crickets' hits were made. His recording of his song "Party Doll" came out on the local Triple-D label and eventually found it's way to Roulette Records, who took it over and released it to have a US No. 1 and UK No. 29 in early 1957, and over the next couple of years he had several more hits. This 44-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of his singles on the Roulette and Liberty labels from this era, plus the tracks not otherwise featured on singles from the Roulette albums "Buddy Knox" and "Buddy Knox & Jimmy Bowen", and the Liberty album "Golden Hits". It features all his eleven career hits in the pop and UK charts, including "Party Doll" and the US No. 9 "Hula Love". This collection offers just about as comprehensive an overview of this primary era of his career as a chart artist as can be achieved, and best-known as he is for producing one of the iconic teen rock 'n' roll hits of the early rock 'n roll years, this gives an insight into the broader spectrum of his music.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Party Doll
2 My Baby's Gone
3 Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep
4 Don't Make Me Cry
5 Hula Love
6 Devil Woman
7 Swingin' Daddy
8 Whenever I'm Lonely
9 Somebody Touched Me
10 C'mon Baby
11 Teasable, Pleasable You
12 That's Why I Cry
13 I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
14 To Be with You
15 Taste of the Blues
16 I Ain't Sharin' Sharon
17 Long Lonely Nights
18 Storm Clouds
19 Lovey Dovey
20 I Got You
21 Ling-Ting-Tong
22 The Kisses (They're All Mine)
- Disc 2 -
1 All By Myself
2 Three Eyed Man
3 Chi-Hua-Hua
4 Open (Your Lovin' Arms)
5 She's Gone
6 Now There's Only Me
7 Dear Abby
8 Three Way Love Affair
9 Rock House
10 Rock-A-Billy Walk
11 Mary Lou
12 Maybelline
13 'Cause I'm in Love
14 Rock Around the Clock
15 All for You
16 The Girl with the Golden Hair
17 You'll Be Glad
18 Party Doll
19 Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep
20 Hula Love
21 Somebody Touched Me
22 Slippin' and Slidin'
