Respectable+ Original R&B/Country Versions

[RWC]

Imagine if "Rock Around The Clock" had never been recorded by anyone
else; I'd like to think you'd enjoy the Sonny Dae version...

Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=J61wRKVq26k,nw93LhhgP0o,MgZLUGFWiVM,fZemDs0sR9s,6WL-SNDHyVo,wiR4hZrJ3JI,6Fttp1_yNSw,W_x8iXEnjRM,GHfzSNlS8pM,tTuAIJBpAT8,yoHDrzw-RPg,m6_gnAMpL_U,TfAx554-dbk,lkm6meSGp00,BRH3qYTPgiM,

01. Sonny Dae And His Knights - Rock Around The Clock
02. Louis Jordan - Keep A Knockin'
03. Guy Mitchell - Singing The
04. Bernard Hardison - Too
05. Little Willie John - Fever
06. Lowell Fulson - Three O'clock Blues
07. Rex Griffin - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
08. Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush
09. Ric Cartey - Young Love
10. Prisonaires - Just Walking In The Rain
11. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
12. Jimmy Preston - Rock The Joint
13. Billy Emerson - Red Hot
14. Jimmy Johnson - Woman Love
15. Hank Snow - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I

I wanted to include "Rave On" by Sonny West, but this recording
is not available on US YouTube - there are two+ copies on UK TouTube.

[Roger]

Post by RWC
Imagine if "Rock Around The Clock" had never been recorded by anyone
else; I'd like to think you'd enjoy the Sonny Dae version...
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=J61wRKVq26k,nw93LhhgP0o,MgZLUGFWiVM,fZemDs0sR9s,6WL-SNDHyVo,wiR4hZrJ3JI,6Fttp1_yNSw,W_x8iXEnjRM,GHfzSNlS8pM,tTuAIJBpAT8,yoHDrzw-RPg,m6_gnAMpL_U,TfAx554-dbk,lkm6meSGp00,BRH3qYTPgiM,
03. Guy Mitchell - Singing The

I presume "Blues" is the missing word here but....

Guy Mitchell isn't the original version ---Marty Robbins recorded and
released it earlier and is usually presented as the original but that
may not be the case since we met and talked to Marty at a country show
and he told us that that Melvin Endsley provided a demo to him which if
that was really the case then Endsley himself may well have the original

[RWC]

Post by Roger

Post by RWC
Imagine if "Rock Around The Clock" had never been recorded by anyone
else; I'd like to think you'd enjoy the Sonny Dae version...
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=J61wRKVq26k,nw93LhhgP0o,MgZLUGFWiVM,fZemDs0sR9s,6WL-SNDHyVo,wiR4hZrJ3JI,6Fttp1_yNSw,W_x8iXEnjRM,GHfzSNlS8pM,tTuAIJBpAT8,yoHDrzw-RPg,m6_gnAMpL_U,TfAx554-dbk,lkm6meSGp00,BRH3qYTPgiM,
03. Guy Mitchell - Singing The

I presume "Blues" is the missing word here but....
Guy Mitchell isn't the original version ---Marty Robbins recorded and
released it earlier and is usually presented as the original but that
may not be the case since we met and talked to Marty at a country show
and he told us that that Melvin Endsley provided a demo to him which if
that was really the case then Endsley himself may well have the original

Thanks. It seems there never was an Endsley release of "Singing The
Blues" so Marty Robbins' recording on Nov 3, 1955 is indeed the
original. The later Guy Mitchell recording was released in Oct 1956
and incredibly spent ten weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Pop chart.

The Marty Robbins original version, recorded at the Bradley Studios in
Nashville, made it to #1 on the Billboard C&W Best Sellers chart for
an incredible 13 weeks in late 1956 and early 1957.

I, personally, slightly prefer the Marty Robbins version.

[Dean]

This is a good CD compilation:

https://www.discogs.com/release/6743725-Various-The-Black-and-White-Roots-of-Rock-and-Roll?srsltid=AfmBOoqz2Gj76Vfmb2_8ZwA2b4ozixBUmtXp0XRzkVNgc7r2XfwEho9p

[RWC]

Post by Dean
https://www.discogs.com/release/6743725-Various-The-Black-and-White-Roots-of-Rock-and-Roll?srsltid=AfmBOoqz2Gj76Vfmb2_8ZwA2b4ozixBUmtXp0XRzkVNgc7r2XfwEho9p

Dean, on behalf of all followers of this newsgroup, thanks.

(I just happen to have acquired this collection in Apr 2013 :)

[Roger]

Post by RWC
Imagine if "Rock Around The Clock" had never been recorded by anyone
else; I'd like to think you'd enjoy the Sonny Dae version...
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=J61wRKVq26k,nw93LhhgP0o,MgZLUGFWiVM,fZemDs0sR9s,6WL-SNDHyVo,wiR4hZrJ3JI,6Fttp1_yNSw,W_x8iXEnjRM,GHfzSNlS8pM,tTuAIJBpAT8,yoHDrzw-RPg,m6_gnAMpL_U,TfAx554-dbk,lkm6meSGp00,BRH3qYTPgiM,
01. Sonny Dae And His Knights - Rock Around The Clock
02. Louis Jordan - Keep A Knockin'
03. Guy Mitchell - Singing The
04. Bernard Hardison - Too
05. Little Willie John - Fever
06. Lowell Fulson - Three O'clock Blues
07. Rex Griffin - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
08. Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush
09. Ric Cartey - Young Love
10. Prisonaires - Just Walking In The Rain
11. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
12. Jimmy Preston - Rock The Joint
13. Billy Emerson - Red Hot
14. Jimmy Johnson - Woman Love
15. Hank Snow - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
I wanted to include "Rave On" by Sonny West, but this recording
is not available on US YouTube - there are two+ copies on UK TouTube.

Try this one

YT indicated "no issues" with this one but that may just apply to UK
US viewers might want to hurry on this one as it may get blocked again
there shortly

[RWC]

Post by Roger

Post by RWC
I wanted to include "Rave On" by Sonny West, but this recording
is not available on US YouTube - there are two+ copies on UK TouTube.

Try this one
http://youtu.be/KN2TQIiJ4FI
YT indicated "no issues" with this one but that may just apply to UK
US viewers might want to hurry on this one as it may get blocked again
there shortly

Thanks