Rockabilly
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- The Basics
With a thunkin' bass line, a syncopated beat, and stripped-down instrumentation, rockabilly made for excellent rebel music. Sun Studios then-resident hellcat Jerry Lee Lewis showboats to the limits with his incomparable ability in "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," and Gene Vincent gets into a hot-rod showdown with Old Nick on "Race with the Devil." The roots of rock 'n' roll rebellion take hold in home turf, in our Next Steps.
$44.75 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Twenty Flight Rock Eddie Cochran 1:45 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Baby, Let's Play House (2004 Remastered) Elvis Presley 2:15 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Race with the Devil Gene Vincent 2:03 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 Suzie Q Dale Hawkins 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Put Your Cat Clothes On Carl Perkins 2:42 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Rock Around With Ollie Vee (Single Version) Buddy Holly 2:12 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Down the Line Ricky Nelson 2:33 $2.19 View In iTunes 8 Party Doll Buddy Knox 2:15 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Red Hot Billy Lee Riley 2:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Jerry Lee Lewis 2:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Bottle to the Baby Charlie Feathers 2:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Shake Baby Shake Johnny O'Keefe 2:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Ubangi Stomp Warren Smith 1:59 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Tear It Up Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio 1:53 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Bop-a-Lena Ronnie Self 2:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Rock, Pretty Mama Billy Adams 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Ooh! My Head Ritchie Valens 1:50 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 I Need a Man Barbara Pittman 2:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Rocket In My Pocket Johnny Devlin 2:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Apron Strings Cliff Richard 2:49 $2.19 View In iTunes 21 Fujiyama Mama Wanda Jackson 2:15 $2.19 View In iTunes 22 My Boy Elvis Janis Martin 2:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Rockin' Daddy Eddie Bond 2:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 24 Action Packed Ronnie Dee 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 25 Ducktail Joe Clay 2:26 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
Homegrown rockabilly star Johnny O'Keefe — the first Aussie rock 'n' roll star to tour the United States — unleashes rebel yells that would be heard around the world on "The Wild One," while America's Conway Twitty (aka Harold Jenkins — he was named after the silent film hero Harold Lloyd) rocks harder than his rhinestone-cowboy future ever indicated with "Give Me Some Love." We mould our next batch of rockabilly classics into the perfect D.A. that is Deep Cuts.
$43.06 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Flyin' Saucers Rockin' Roll Billy Lee Riley 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 2 Love Me The Phantom 1:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps 2:16 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 Honey, Don't Carl Perkins 2:50 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Let's Have a Party Wanda Jackson 2:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 6 The Wild One Johnny O'Keefe 2:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Bird Dog The Everly Brothers 2:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 That's All Right Elvis Presley 1:55 $2.19 View In iTunes 9 Whistle Bait Lorrie & Larry Collins 1:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Rock It George Jones 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Give Me Some Love Conway Twitty 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Skinny Jim Eddie Cochran 2:10 $2.19 View In iTunes 13 Come On Little Mama Ray Harris 2:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Cat Man Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps 2:18 $2.19 View In iTunes 15 Straight Skirt Johnny Devlin 2:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Don't Knock Upon My Door Billy Fury 1:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Lobo Jones Jackie Gotroe 1:56 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Midnight Shift Buddy Holly 2:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Spin The Bottle Benny Joy 2:39 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Hot Rock Johnny Carroll & The Hot Rocks 2:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Right Behind You Baby Ray Smith 2:24 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Train Kept A' Rollin' Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio 2:15 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Boppin' Bonnie Eddie Bond 2:06 $1.69 View In iTunes 24 Henrietta Jimmie Dee & The Offbeats 3:22 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Deep Cuts
Here's where we separate the hepcats from the squares. Texan Sid King (né Erwin) made the leap from Western swing to rockabilly in the mid-'50s, exemplified in "Purr, Kitty Purr." With its Duane Eddy-esque guitar and massive reverb, Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man" predates the singer's more famous, historically themed epics.
$43.75 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Luther Played the Boogie Johnny Cash 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 2 Fine Little Baby Dick Penner 2:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 One Hand Loose Charlie Feathers & The Musical Warriors 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Let's Elope Baby Janis Martin 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Barking Up the Wrong Tree Don Woody 2:18 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Dixie Fried Carl Perkins 2:24 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Be Mine, All Mine (Original) Johnny Powers (John Pavlik) 2:22 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Love Crazy Baby Kenneth Parchman 2:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Honky Tonk Man Johnny Horton 2:10 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Rock N Roll Ruby Jerry Lee Lewis 2:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Livin' Lovin' Doll Cliff Richard 2:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 12 Heartbreak Harry Alis Lesley 2:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Caveman Hop Jerry Coulston 1:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep Buddy Knox 2:24 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Uranium Rock (Original) Warren Smith 2:04 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Jungle Rock Hank Mizell 2:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 You're Humbuggin' Me (Album Version) Lefty Frizzell 2:27 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 She Said Hasil Adkins 2:48 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 You're Gone I'm Left Tyrone Schmidling 1:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Grandaddy's Rockin' Mac Curtis 2:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 I'm Gonna Move Benny Joy 2:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Turn My Back On You Billy Fury & The Four Jays 2:22 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Jumpin' from Six to Six Al Barkle 2:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 24 Purr Kitty Purr Sid King & The Five Strings 3:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 25 If You Can't Rock Me Ricky Nelson 1:53 $2.19 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
Sometime in the early '50s, east of the Pecos and south of the Mason-Dixon, the sound of a slapping bass string combined with hillbilly music, a boogie-woogie rhythm, and a confrontational attitude to produce rockabilly. The stuff of sock hops and state fairs, rockabilly had a relatively short reign at the forefront of rock consciousness, but its adherents persist to the present day. Find out why all the great bad boys of rock 'n' roll — from Iggy Pop to the Sex Pistols, who each covered artists on this list — owed their rockabilly forebears a huge debt.
$131.56 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Twenty Flight Rock Eddie Cochran 1:45 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Baby, Let's Play House (2004 Remastered) Elvis Presley 2:15 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Race with the Devil Gene Vincent 2:03 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 Suzie Q Dale Hawkins 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Put Your Cat Clothes On Carl Perkins 2:42 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Rock Around With Ollie Vee (Single Version) Buddy Holly 2:12 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Down the Line Ricky Nelson 2:33 $2.19 View In iTunes 8 Party Doll Buddy Knox 2:15 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 Red Hot Billy Lee Riley 2:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Jerry Lee Lewis 2:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Bottle to the Baby Charlie Feathers 2:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Shake Baby Shake Johnny O'Keefe 2:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Ubangi Stomp Warren Smith 1:59 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Tear It Up Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio 1:53 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Bop-a-Lena Ronnie Self 2:07 $1.69 View In iTunes 16 Rock, Pretty Mama Billy Adams 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Ooh! My Head Ritchie Valens 1:50 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 I Need a Man Barbara Pittman 2:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Rocket In My Pocket Johnny Devlin 2:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Apron Strings Cliff Richard 2:49 $2.19 View In iTunes 21 Fujiyama Mama Wanda Jackson 2:15 $2.19 View In iTunes 22 My Boy Elvis Janis Martin 2:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Rockin' Daddy Eddie Bond 2:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 24 Action Packed Ronnie Dee 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 25 Ducktail Joe Clay 2:26 $1.69 View In iTunes 26 Flyin' Saucers Rockin' Roll Billy Lee Riley 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 27 Love Me The Phantom 1:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 28 B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps 2:16 $2.19 View In iTunes 29 Honey, Don't Carl Perkins 2:50 $1.69 View In iTunes 30 Let's Have a Party Wanda Jackson 2:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 31 The Wild One Johnny O'Keefe 2:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 32 Bird Dog The Everly Brothers 2:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 33 That's All Right Elvis Presley 1:55 $2.19 View In iTunes 34 Whistle Bait Lorrie & Larry Collins 1:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 35 Rock It George Jones 2:13 $1.69 View In iTunes 36 Give Me Some Love Conway Twitty 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 37 Skinny Jim Eddie Cochran 2:10 $2.19 View In iTunes 38 Come On Little Mama Ray Harris 2:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 39 Cat Man Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps 2:18 $2.19 View In iTunes 40 Straight Skirt Johnny Devlin 2:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 41 Don't Knock Upon My Door Billy Fury 1:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 42 Lobo Jones Jackie Gotroe 1:56 $1.69 View In iTunes 43 Midnight Shift Buddy Holly 2:11 $1.69 View In iTunes 44 Spin The Bottle Benny Joy 2:39 $1.69 View In iTunes 45 Hot Rock Johnny Carroll & The Hot Rocks 2:17 $1.69 View In iTunes 46 Right Behind You Baby Ray Smith 2:24 $1.69 View In iTunes 47 Train Kept A' Rollin' Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio 2:15 $1.69 View In iTunes 48 Boppin' Bonnie Eddie Bond 2:06 $1.69 View In iTunes 49 Henrietta Jimmie Dee & The Offbeats 3:22 $1.69 View In iTunes 50 Luther Played the Boogie Johnny Cash 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 51 Fine Little Baby Dick Penner 2:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 52 One Hand Loose Charlie Feathers & The Musical Warriors 2:20 $1.69 View In iTunes 53 Let's Elope Baby Janis Martin 2:05 $1.69 View In iTunes 54 Barking Up the Wrong Tree Don Woody 2:18 $1.69 View In iTunes 55 Dixie Fried Carl Perkins 2:24 $1.69 View In iTunes 56 Be Mine, All Mine (Original) Johnny Powers (John Pavlik) 2:22 $1.69 View In iTunes 57 Love Crazy Baby Kenneth Parchman 2:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 58 Honky Tonk Man Johnny Horton 2:10 $1.69 View In iTunes 59 Rock N Roll Ruby Jerry Lee Lewis 2:00 $1.69 View In iTunes 60 Livin' Lovin' Doll Cliff Richard 2:06 $2.19 View In iTunes 61 Heartbreak Harry Alis Lesley 2:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 62 Caveman Hop Jerry Coulston 1:43 $1.69 View In iTunes 63 Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep Buddy Knox 2:24 $1.69 View In iTunes 64 Uranium Rock (Original) Warren Smith 2:04 $1.69 View In iTunes 65 Jungle Rock Hank Mizell 2:46 $1.69 View In iTunes 66 You're Humbuggin' Me (Album Version) Lefty Frizzell 2:27 $1.69 View In iTunes 67 She Said Hasil Adkins 2:48 $1.69 View In iTunes 68 You're Gone I'm Left Tyrone Schmidling 1:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 69 Grandaddy's Rockin' Mac Curtis 2:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 70 I'm Gonna Move Benny Joy 2:45 $1.69 View In iTunes 71 Turn My Back On You Billy Fury & The Four Jays 2:22 $1.69 View In iTunes 72 Jumpin' from Six to Six Al Barkle 2:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 73 Purr Kitty Purr Sid King & The Five Strings 3:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 74 If You Can't Rock Me Ricky Nelson 1:53 $2.19 View In iTunes Total: 74 Songs
