Teenage Party [Buffalo Bop]

Overview

This 30-song collection is tied to teen life and party themes, so there's not the usual excavation of rockabilly history going on. That's the bad side; the good side is that you do get the holes filled in. Sonny Knight's "Teenage Party" is a pretty nicely polished piece of straight-ahead rock & roll, originally issued on the Go Go label (and whatever happened to these tiny labels?) before vanishing without a trace until now. Most of the rest is mostly alternately angry and sweet songs about busted love affairs and romantic ideals -- think of Buddy Holly, Bobby Fuller, the Everly Brothers, or Ricky Nelson doing this repertory and you get the picture, except that Gregg Madden ("I Want a Love That's True"), Johnny Laury ("I Go and Dream"), Andy & the Live Wires ("You've Done It Again," with a Bo Diddley-like beat), the Temptations (no, not the Motown outfit) ("Birds 'N' Bees"), Wendell Nye ("Trouble"), and Lowell Knipp ("Goofy Little Bug") never got anywhere near musical immortality. The Glaser Brothers ("I Want You") might also have given the Kalin Twins a run for their money on a bigger label than Robbins, based on what we hear here. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	12/09/1997
Label:	Buffalo Bop
UPC:	4001043550671
Rank:	205468

Tracks

1. Teenage Party  - Sonny Knight  - B. Morgan
2. I Want a Love That's True  - Gregg Madden
3. I Go and Dream  - Johnny Laury
4. I Want You  -  Glaser Brothers
5. You've Done It Again  -  Andy & the Live Wires
6. My Lovin' Arms  - Johnny Roberts
7. Birds N' Bees  -  Temptations
8. Goofy Little Bug  - Lowell Knipp
9. Summertime Blues  - Jerry Capehart  - Eddie Cochran  -  Spic & Span
10. Trouble  - Wendell Nye
11. Party Crashers  - Bert Convy  - Mark Damon
12. Mad at Love  -  Temptations
13. Too Many Times  - Doug Beehler
14. Baby Be Good  -  Glaser Brothers  - G. Martin
15. We're Happy  -  Carl & Norm
16. What Made Maggie Run  - J Biscoe  - Buddy Wayne
17. Date at Eight  - Ray King
18. Don't Wait  - Dale Thomas
19. Rough Tough Man  - Don Curtis
20. I'm in Love  - Gus Talburt
21. You're the Beat Within My Heart  - Jimmie Tennant
22. I've Got the Feeling  - Randy Fisher
23. Eye'n You Up  - Georg Darro
24. My Heart  - Villas Craig
25. Teen Queen  -  Avon & The Rave-Ons
26. I Love You  - James Moore  -  Temptations
27. Mighty Low  -  Bluenotes  - Joe Tanner
28. Beautiful Woman  - Ulysess L. Baxter
29. Enie Menie  - Rick Johnson
30. Lugene  -  Johnny & The Joys

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Georg Darro   Primary Artist
Avon & The Rave-Ons   Primary Artist
Carl & Norm   Primary Artist
Ray King   Primary Artist
Andy & the Live Wires   Primary Artist
Villas Craig   Primary Artist
Gregg Madden   Primary Artist
Johnny & The Joys   Primary Artist
Wendell Nye   Primary Artist
Johnny Laury   Primary Artist
Johnny Roberts   Primary Artist
Mark Damon   Primary Artist
Ulysess L. Baxter   Primary Artist
Spic & Span   Primary Artist
Jimmie Tennant   Primary Artist
Doug Beehler   Primary Artist
Gus Talburt   Primary Artist
The Temptations   Primary Artist
Rick Johnson   Primary Artist
Lowell Knipp   Primary Artist
The Glaser Brothers   Primary Artist
Buddy Wayne   Primary Artist
Sonny Knight   Primary Artist
Dale Thomas   Primary Artist
Randy Fisher   Primary Artist
Don Curtis   Primary Artist
The Bluenotes   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Rick Johnson   Performer
The Temptations   Performer
Bert Convy   Composer
Dale Thomas   Composer,Performer
Live Wires   Performer
B. Morgan   Composer
J Biscoe   Composer
G Martin   Composer
Jerry Capehart   Composer
Sonny Knight   Performer
The Glaser Brothers   Performer
Rev. James Moore   Composer
Eddie Cochran   Composer
Joe Tanner   Composer
The Bluenotes   Performer
Randy Fisher   Composer