Episode #5 of ROOTS ROCK RADIO is now archived at the link below. Here's the playlist:

1. NERVOUS BOOGIE, Paul Gayten (1957)
2. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, Shirley & Lee (1956)
3. IT’S LATE, Ricky Nelson (1959)
4. GUARDIAN ANGEL, The Imaginations (1961)
5. LITTLE GIRL OF MINE, The Cleftones (1956)
6. BLUE MONDAY, Fats Domino (1956-57)
7. DIZZY MISS LIZZIE, Larry Williams (1958)
8. OOBY DOOBY, Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings (1956)
9. THINK IT OVER, Buddy Holly & The Crickets (1958)
10. BLUE MOON, The Marcels (1961)
11. LOVE ME, Elvis Presley (1956)
12. I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU, The Flamingos (1959)
13. LOOK IN MY EYES, The Chantels (1961)
14. TUTTI FRUTTI, Little Richard (1955-56)
15. TOUGH LOVER, Etta James (1956)
16. THE ABCs OF LOVE, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (1956)
17. BE-BOP-A-LULA, Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps (1956)
18. LOVIN’ UP A STORM, Jerry Lee Lewis (1959)
19. SALLY SUE BROWN, Arthur Alexander (1960)
20. JACK THE RIPPER, Link Wray (1963)
21. (Baby) HULLY GULLY, The Olympics (1959)
22. LOVE ME, The Phantom (1960)
23. CUPID, Sam Cooke (1961)
24. YOU CHEATED, The Shields (1958)
25. YOUR PROMISE TO BE MINE, The Drifters (1956)
26. BO DIDDLEY, Bo Diddley (1955)
27. SUSIE-Q, Dale Hawkins (1957)
28. COME ON, LET’S GO, Ritchie Valens (1958)
29. PEPPERMINT STICK, The Elchords (1957)
30. THE KIND OF BOY YOU CAN’T FORGET, The Raindrops (1963)
31. BAJA, The Astronauts (1963)
32. SCHOOL DAY, Chuck Berry (1957)
33. ALL MAMA’S CHILDREN, Carl Perkins (1956)
34. ROCK BOPPIN’ BABY, The Collins Kids (1958)
35. YOU PAINTED PICTURES, The Spaniels (1955)
36. DOWN THE AISLE OF LOVE, The Quin-Tones (1958)
37. WHAT IN THE WORLD’S COME OVER YOU, Jack Scott (1960)
38. GUITAR BOOGIE SHUFFLE, The Virtues (1959)
39. LINDA LU, Ray Sharpe (1959)
40. MR. BASS MAN, Johnny Cymbal (1963)
41. THE MAGIC KISS, The Keystoners (1956)
42. SKULL AND CROSSBONES, Sparkle Moore (1957)
43. THE LOCO-MOTION, Little Eva (1962)
44. PICKIN’ ON THE WRONG CHICKEN, The Five Stars (1956)
45. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE, Elvis Presley (1959)
46. MY PRAYER, The Platters (1956)
47. MOST OF ALL, The Moonglows (1955)
48. THE LONELY ONE, Duane Eddy (1959)

https://www.mixcloud.com/dean-fiora/roots-rock-radio-1950s-rock-n-roll-episode-5/

Dean wrote:

> Episode #5 of ROOTS ROCK RADIO is now archived at the link below. Here's the playlist:

> 6. BLUE MONDAY, Fats Domino (1956-57)

Originally by Smiley Lewis in 1954 but later done to perfection here by The Fat Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dx97i0y868

> 7. DIZZY MISS LIZZIE, Larry Williams (1958)

Easily Larry's best double sider b/w the better still IMO "Slow Down"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whgvQkmZWc4

> 8. OOBY DOOBY, Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings (1956)

Tho the earlier Teen Kings version (with Orbison vocal) was released
first I prefer the regular Sun issue that quickly followed

Neither of them is the original tho. That came even earlier in
December 1955 when Roy and his guys recorded it as a demo at Jim Beck
Studio in Dallas Tx. Calling themselves "The Wink Westerners" they
comprised Billy Par Ellis, Roy Orbison, James Morrow, Johnny "Peanuts"
>Wilson and Jack Kennelly

>Here is the true original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_CNrVfQpSQ

> 10. BLUE MOON, The Marcels (1961)

Only THREE American r&b vocal groups ever topped the UK charts here in the period we regularly discuss--and one of them is something of a stretch.

Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers were #1 on the NME chart for 3 weeks in July/August 1956 and The Marcels (included here) were #1 for 2 weeks with "Blue Moon" in May 1961.

The "stretch" are The Platters who were #1 for just one week in March 1959 with "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"

> 11. LOVE ME, Elvis Presley (1956)

Elvis' best ever ballad IMO courtesy Messrs Leiber & Stoller (and originally recorded for their Spark label in 1954 by Willy & Ruth)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrBw8LVgdp8

> 12. I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU, The Flamingos (1959)

Originally sung by Dick Powell in the 1934 movie "Dames" the always popular song was revived in a couple of super r&b vocal group versions in the 1950's---firstly in an excellent version by The Swallows in 1952 (an 8 on my favorites list that year) and then in the definitive version above---The Flamingos in 1959 (a surefire 10 for me)

> 14. TUTTI FRUTTI, Little Richard (1955-56)

"WHOPBOPALOOMOPALOPBAMBOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Well,do YOU know a better definition of 1950's rock 'n' roll"?

> 19. SALLY SUE BROWN, Arthur Alexander (1960)

Debut record for Arthur Alexander in 1960 on Judd label (owned and operated by Jud Phillips the brother of Sam Phillips of Sun Records. Artist credit on the record was to "JUNE Alexander" (The "June" was short for "Junior")

> 22. LOVE ME, The Phantom (1960)

Nothing to do with the L&S "Love Me" by Elvis (see above) one Jerry Lott who wore a black mask and called himself "The Phantom" (after the famous comic character) recorded this breakneck speed cacaphony and had it accepted for record release by Pat Boone's Agoom Agooc outfit no less. Nationwide release followed on Dot with the record eventually reaching almost legendary status on the UK and European rock 'n' roll circuits leading to it being VERY heavily bootlegged in the early 70's

> 24. YOU CHEATED, The Shields (1958)

Originally by the Slades released a month before the Shields version which became a big hit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDlid2d0WQo

As well as the Shields cover there was also a Del-Vikings cover on the market too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn0THdrc9bg

> 28. COME ON, LET’S GO, Ritchie Valens (1958)

Ritchie's debut single appeared over here too on Pye International in 1958. The only difference was that instead of the "Framed" flipside as in the USA the UK issue had "Dooby Dooby Wah" as the flip. Sales on this disc were severely hit by it being held up for release for some weeks enabling the dire local Tommy Steele cover to grab most of the UK action

> 38. GUITAR BOOGIE SHUFFLE, The Virtues (1959)

Here's the UK cover version that was the hit over here. By Bert Weedon, this is the guy that also had the original "Apache" a little later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0F42lasles

> https://www.mixcloud.com/dean-fiora/roots-rock-radio-1950s-rock-n-roll-episode-5/

On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 13:22:58 +0000, soulexpress@gmail.com (Dean) wrote:

>Episode #5 of ROOTS ROCK RADIO is now archived at the link below. Here's the playlist:
>
>1. NERVOUS BOOGIE, Paul Gayten (1957)
>2. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, Shirley & Lee (1956)
>3. IT’S LATE, Ricky Nelson (1959)
>4. GUARDIAN ANGEL, The Imaginations (1961)
>5. LITTLE GIRL OF MINE, The Cleftones (1956)
>6. BLUE MONDAY, Fats Domino (1956-57)
>7. DIZZY MISS LIZZIE, Larry Williams (1958)
>8. OOBY DOOBY, Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings (1956)
>9. THINK IT OVER, Buddy Holly & The Crickets (1958)
>10. BLUE MOON, The Marcels (1961)
>11. LOVE ME, Elvis Presley (1956)
>12. I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU, The Flamingos (1959)
>13. LOOK IN MY EYES, The Chantels (1961)
>14. TUTTI FRUTTI, Little Richard (1955-56)
>15. TOUGH LOVER, Etta James (1956)
>16. THE ABCs OF LOVE, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (1956)
>17. BE-BOP-A-LULA, Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps (1956)
>18. LOVIN’ UP A STORM, Jerry Lee Lewis (1959)
>19. SALLY SUE BROWN, Arthur Alexander (1960)
>20. JACK THE RIPPER, Link Wray (1963)
>21. (Baby) HULLY GULLY, The Olympics (1959)
>22. LOVE ME, The Phantom (1960)
>23. CUPID, Sam Cooke (1961)
>24. YOU CHEATED, The Shields (1958)
>25. YOUR PROMISE TO BE MINE, The Drifters (1956)
>26. BO DIDDLEY, Bo Diddley (1955)
>27. SUSIE-Q, Dale Hawkins (1957)
>28. COME ON, LET’S GO, Ritchie Valens (1958)
>29. PEPPERMINT STICK, The Elchords (1957)
>30. THE KIND OF BOY YOU CAN’T FORGET, The Raindrops (1963)
>31. BAJA, The Astronauts (1963)
>32. SCHOOL DAY, Chuck Berry (1957)
>33. ALL MAMA’S CHILDREN, Carl Perkins (1956)
>34. ROCK BOPPIN’ BABY, The Collins Kids (1958)
>35. YOU PAINTED PICTURES, The Spaniels (1955)
>36. DOWN THE AISLE OF LOVE, The Quin-Tones (1958)
>37. WHAT IN THE WORLD’S COME OVER YOU, Jack Scott (1960)
>38. GUITAR BOOGIE SHUFFLE, The Virtues (1959)
>39. LINDA LU, Ray Sharpe (1959)
>40. MR. BASS MAN, Johnny Cymbal (1963)
>41. THE MAGIC KISS, The Keystoners (1956)
>42. SKULL AND CROSSBONES, Sparkle Moore (1957)
>43. THE LOCO-MOTION, Little Eva (1962)
>44. PICKIN’ ON THE WRONG CHICKEN, The Five Stars (1956)
>45. A BIG HUNK O’ LOVE, Elvis Presley (1959)
>46. MY PRAYER, The Platters (1956)
>47. MOST OF ALL, The Moonglows (1955)
>48. THE LONELY ONE, Duane Eddy (1959)
>
>https://www.mixcloud.com/dean-fiora/roots-rock-radio-1950s-rock-n-roll-episode-5/

the audio, of this episode in particular, as individual song files,
should be put on a cheap memory stick and handed out, each year, to
every 9th Grade student as a resource for their learning of... :-)