Rare Rockin 50's Rock and Roll on show #158
Benton Owsley
Hello everyone,
Rock-it Radio show #158 has just been released. It is a presentation
of Rare 50's Rockers from the era that gave birth
to rock and roll!!! It is a typical mix of Rockabilly, Doo Wop and
R&B that the Rock-it strives for and here is the playlist.
1. Goshmody Whatabody-- Glen Goza & Damongos 1956
2. Music to mey Ear -- Speck and Doyle (The Wright Bros.) 1956
3. Stingy Little Thing -- Hank Ballard & Midnighters 1960
4. You're barking up the wrong tree -- Don Woody 1957
5. Tryin to get to you -- Johnny Carroll 1956
6. Love you -- The Vocaleers 1954
7. Poor Jenny -- Everly Brothers 1959
8. Bird Dog -- Everly Brothers 1958
9. Knocked out joint on Mars -- Buck Trail 1957
10. Rockin' on a UFO -- Billy Lee Riley 1999
11. Put me Down -- Jesse Lee Turner 1958
12. '59 Volvo -- The Medallions 1959
13. Hot Dog -- Elvis Presley 1957
14. Little Bitty Pretty One -- Frankie Lymon 1960
15. Tell me Why -- The Rob Roys 1957
16. Dance with me -- The El Torros 1957
17. Fannie Mae is back -- Buster Brown 1958
18. Wolf Call -- Mark Anthony 1957
19. No One in my heart but you -- The Thirtythrees 1958
20. Satellite -- The Rocks 1957
To get to the show just go to our archives page at:
http://www.palmsradio.com/rockittext.htm and click to show #158.
Real Player G2 is required to hear our shows but you can download
it for free at http://www.real.com
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Rock-it Contests
Congratulations to Tony Hayward from Victoria, Australia who is our
most recent winner and wins a Rock-it Radio T-Shirt with the station
logo on the front of the Rockin' Cat. You must be a listener club
member to compete in our contests.
The first listener club member that can tell me who was the First
Person to record "Whole Lotta Shakin' goin on"?
Hint: It was 2 years before Jerry Lee Lewis made a hit out of it --
and it was on the U.S. Decca Record label.
The first listener club member that can tell me who it was will
receive a free CD of Volume #3 of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
which was just released the first week of this month and you
can check it out at http://www.rockabillyhall.com
Just e mail us your answer to the studio here at:
Rocki...@earthlink.net
If you are not a Rock-it Radio listener club member it's easy enough
to join and it keeps you in the know of what's going on here at the
Rock-it, and it's free! Just go to the top of our website at
http://www.rockitradio.net and at the top by the Listbot button
enter your e mail address, click the listbot button follow the
instructions and you are in!
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Rockabilly International Meet and Greet and
Viva Las Vegas 2000 begins
Next Week
Unfortunately, due to just too much work myself and Jammin' Jan will
not be attending this year. However, we do have our Rock-it Radio
correspondent Melissa Arenz go to both events and if you are there and
see a gal wearing a Rock-it Radio t-shirt chances are it's her --
Make sure you introduce yourself and say Howdy! And we will see
all of the Rockabilly crowd there in 2001!
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Links of the week
A couple of sites have come forward and we have swapped links and
think you might find them interesting and tell them of course
Rock-it Radio sent yah!
1. Of course anything Rockabilly has to be the Rockabilly hall of fame --
http://www.rockabillyhall.com
2. The Famous Sun Recording Studio -- http://www.sunstudio.com
3. A site of International Doo Wop interest is -- The Spanish
Doo Wop site -- http://www.spanishdoowopfan.com
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We are dying to get some more requests and dedications in here !!!
Remember to e mail us at:
rocki...@earthlink.net
All the Rockin' best,
Bennie Dingo
Rock-it radio
e mail: Rocki...@earthlink.net
URL: http://www.rockitradio.net
and the new Rock-it Radio bio page at:
http://www.palmsradio.com/bio.htm
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