The Rock ’n’ Roll Years: Rock ’n’ Roll Legends

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 28 March 2011

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
    Bill Haley and His Comets
    2:11
  • 2
    Blue Suede Shoes
    Carl Perkins
    2:14
  • 3
    Apache
    The Shadows
    2:54
  • 4
    Tutti Frutti
    Little Richard
    2:24
  • 5
    Bye Bye Love
    The Everly Brothers
    2:23
  • 6
    I Walk the Line
    Johnny Cash
    2:44
  • 7
    Bony Moronie
    Larry Williams
    3:03
  • 8
    Ain’t That a Shame
    Fats Domino
    2:26
  • 9
    C’mon Everybody
    Eddie Cochran
    1:54
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Roll Over Beethoven
    Chuck Berry
    2:24
  • 11
    That’ll Be the Day
    Buddy Holly
    2:16
  • 12
    Bo Diddley
    Bo Diddley
    2:41
  • 13
    Chantillly Lace
    Big Bopper
    2:22
  • 14
    A White Sports Car
    Terry Dene
    2:26
  • 15
    Why Do Folls Fall in Love?
    Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
    2:17
  • 16
    Wonderful World
    Sam Cooke
    2:08
  • 17
    Cumberland Gap
    Lonnie Donegan
    1:56
  • 18
    Only You (And You Alone)
    The Platters
    2:37
  • 19
    Ain’t Got No Home
    Clarence “Frogman” Henry
    2:21
  • 20
    Cry
    Johnnie Ray
    3:00
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Johnny B Goode
    Chuck Berry
    2:39
  • 2
    Great Balls of Fire
    Jerry Lee Lewis
    1:51
  • 3
    See You Later Alligator
    Bill Haley and His Comets
    2:45
  • 4
    Summertime Blues
    Eddie Cochran
    1:55
  • 5
    Heartbeat
    Buddy Holly
    2:09
  • 6
    Blueberry Hill
    Fats Domino
    2:21
  • 7
    Dream Lover
    Bobby Darin
    2:28
  • 8
    Long Tall Sally
    Little Richard
    2:09
  • 9
    Hoots Mon!
    Lord Rockingham's XI
    2:15
  • 10
    Mr. Sandman
    The Chordettes
    2:24
  • 11
    Sh’ Boom
    The Crew-Cuts
    2:46
  • 12
    Wake Up Little Susie
    The Everly Brothers
    2:05
  • 13
    Smoke Gets in You Eyes
    The Platters
    2:39
  • 14
    Yakety Yak
    The Coasters
    1:50
  • 15
    Only the Lonely
    Roy Orbison
    2:25
  • 16
    Puppy Love
    Paul Anka
    2:41
  • 17
    Poetry in Motion
    Johnny Tillotson
    2:33
  • 18
    Just Walkin’ in the Rain
    Johnnie Ray
    2:39
  • 19
    Here Comes Summer
    Jerry Keller
    2:09
  • 20
    Do You Want to Dance
    Bobby Freeman
    2:34
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Folsom Prison Blues
    Johnny Cash
    2:47
  • 2
    Three Steps to Heaven
    Eddie Cochran
    2:23
  • 3
    A Teenager in Love
    Dion & The Belmonts
    2:32
  • 4
    At the Hop
    Danny & the Juniors
    2:31
  • 5
    The Twist
    Chubby Checker
    2:35
  • 6
    Shake, Rattle and Roll
    Bill Haley and His Comets
    2:29
  • 7
    Maybe Baby
    Buddy Holly and The Crickets
    2:01
  • 8
    Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
    Jerry Lee Lewis
    2:52
  • 9
    Ooby Doody
    Roy Orbison
    2:12
  • 10
    Earth Angel
    The Penguins
    2:56
  • 11
    Water Water
    Tommy Steele
    2:17
  • 12
    Claudette
    The Everly Brothers
    2:12
  • 13
    Chain Gang
    Sam Cooke
    2:35
  • 14
    Endless Sleep
    Marty Wilde
    2:18
  • 15
    Don’t You Rock Me Daddy‐O
    Lonnie Donegan
    1:42
  • 16
    Personality
    Lloyd Price
    2:34
  • 17
    Shakin’ All Over
    Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
    2:22
  • 18
    The Green Door
    Jim Lowe
    2:13
  • 19
    For Your Precious Love
    Jerry Butler
    2:44
  • 20
    Dance to the Bop
    Gene Vincent
    2:15
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Brand New Cadilac
    Vince Taylor
    2:37
  • 2
    Rock With the Caveman
    Tommy Steele
    1:54
  • 3
    Love Potion No. 9
    The Clovers
    1:52
  • 4
    Rip It Up
    Little Richard
    2:22
  • 5
    Rockin’ With Fes
    Professor Longhair & His New Orleans Boys
    2:02
  • 6
    Maybellene
    Chuck Berry
    2:20
  • 7
    I’m a Man
    Bo Diddley
    2:58
  • 8
    Blue Jean Bop
    Gene Vincent
    2:22
  • 9
    Bg Man
    The Four Preps
    2:21
  • 10
    Get Rhythm
    Johnny Cash
    2:14
  • 11
    It’s All in the Game
    Rommy Edwards
    2:37
  • 12
    Since I Don’t Have You
    The Skyliners
    2:37
  • 13
    Let the Good Times Roll
    Shirley & Lee
    2:24
  • 14
    Chains of Love
    Pat Boone
    2:56
  • 15
    Twilight Time
    The Platters
    2:45
  • 16
    If You Were the Only Girl in the World
    Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
    2:37
  • 17
    You Talk Too Much
    Jo Jones
    2:31
  • 18
    Venus
    Frankie Avalon
    2:20
  • 19
    On a Slow Boat to China
    Emile Ford & the Checkmates
    2:31
  • 20
    My Special Angel
    Bobby Helms
    2:58
  • CD 5
  • 1
    Tequilla
    The Champs
    2:12
  • 2
    La Bamba
    Ritchie Valens
    2:07
  • 3
    Lollipop
    The Chordettes
    2:09
  • 4
    Good Golly Miss Molly
    Little Richard
    2:10
  • 5
    Goody Goody
    Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
    2:11
  • 6
    Why?
    Frankie Avalon
    2:36
  • 7
    High School Confidential
    Jerry Lee Lewis
    2:29
  • 8
    Please Don’t Touch
    Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
    1:49
  • 9
    Oh! Carol
    Neil Sedaka
    2:16
  • 10
    Silhouettes
    The Diamonds
    2:43
  • 11
    Man of Mystery
    The Shadows
    2:01
  • 12
    Singing the Blues
    Tommy Steele
    2:23
  • 13
    What Do You Want
    Adam Faith
    1:36
  • 14
    Ain’t Misbehavin’
    Tommy Bruce
    2:07
  • 15
    The Great Pretender
    The Platters
    2:39
  • 16
    Beatnik Fly
    Johnny and the Hurricanes
    2:08
  • 17
    Baby Talk
    Jan & Dean
    2:24
  • 18
    I’m in Love Again
    Fats Domino
    1:54
  • 19
    Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby
    Carl Perkins
    2:13
  • 20
    Susie‐O
    Dale Hawkins
    2:19
  • CD 6
  • 1
    School Days
    Chuck Berry
    2:42
  • 2
    Peggy Sue
    Buddy Holly
    2:29
  • 3
    Maybe Tomorrow
    Billy Fury
    2:12
  • 4
    Party Doll
    Buddy Knox
    2:10
  • 5
    Lipstick on Your Collar
    Connie Francis
    2:15
  • 6
    Only Sixteen
    Craig Douglas
    2:09
  • 7
    Twenty Flight Rock
    Eddie Cochran
    1:43
  • 8
    Be Bop a Lula
    Gene Vincent
    2:34
  • 9
    Lucille
    Little Richard
    2:24
  • 10
    Rock Island Line
    Lonnie Donegan
    2:28
  • 11
    Calendar Girl
    Neil Sedaka
    2:37
  • 12
    Teen Beat
    Sandy Nelson
    2:24
  • 13
    Good Rockin’ Tonight
    Wynonie Harris All Stars
    2:45
  • 14
    The Happy Organ
    Dave “Baby” Cortez
    2:05
  • 15
    Teenage Crush
    Tommy Sands
    2:23
  • 16
    Finger Poppin’ Time
    Hank Ballard
    1:50
  • 17
    Poor Me
    Adam Faith
    1:46
  • 18
    It’s Only Make Believe
    Conway Twitty
    2:13
  • 19
    Butterfly
    Charlie Gracie
    2:23
  • 20
    Little Bitty Pretty One
    Thurston Harris
    2:24
  • CD 7
  • 1
    Oh Boy
    Buddy Holly
    2:07
  • 2
    Hula Love
    Buddy Knox
    2:20
  • 3
    A Rockin’ Good Way
    Dinah Washington & Her Trio
    2:27
  • 4
    Tallahassee Lassie
    Freddy Cannon
    2:33
  • 5
    Sixty Minute Man
    Billy Ward and His Dominoes
    2:30
  • 6
    Teen Angel
    Mark Dinning
    2:39
  • 7
    Put Your Head on My Shoulder
    Paul Anka
    2:38
  • 8
    Bird Dog
    The Everly Brothers
    2:16
  • 9
    Who’s Sorry Now?
    Connie Francis
    2:19
  • 10
    What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?
    Emile Ford & the Checkmates
    2:05
  • 11
    Colette
    Billy Fury
    1:51
  • 12
    Bad Boy
    Marty Wilde
    2:20
  • 13
    Running Bear
    Johnny Preston
    2:36
  • 14
    (Baby) Hully Gully
    The Olympics
    2:05
  • 15
    Walk Don’t Run
    The Ventures
    2:05
  • 16
    Come Softly to Me
    The Fleetwoods
    2:19
  • 17
    Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)
    Ricky Nelson
    2:50
  • 18
    When
    Kalin
    2:26
  • 19
    Giddy Up a Ding Dong
    Freddie Bell & the Bell Boys
    2:00
  • 20
    Unchained Melody
    Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
    2:39
  • CD 8
  • 1
    I Want to Walk You Home
    Fats Domino
    2:23
  • 2
    Somethin’ Else
    Eddie Cochran
    2:04
  • 3
    Stupid Cupid
    Connie Francis
    2:13
  • 4
    Rock ’n’ Roll Music
    Chuck Berry
    2:31
  • 5
    Poor Little Fool
    Ricky Nelson
    2:31
  • 6
    Tell Laura I Love Her
    Ricky Valance
    2:39
  • 7
    Purple People Eater
    Sheb Wooley
    2:14
  • 8
    Ballad of a Teenage Queen
    Johnny Cash
    2:11
  • 9
    Red River Rock
    Johnny and the Hurricanes
    2:10
  • 10
    Rock‐a‐Billy
    Guy Mitchell
    2:13
  • 11
    Because They’re Young
    Duane Eddy
    2:01
  • 12
    Devil Doll
    Roy Orbison
    2:08
  • 13
    Honky Tonk (Part 2)
    Bill Doggett
    2:35
  • 14
    Let’s Have a Party
    Wanda Jackson
    2:10
  • 15
    Gonna Get Along Without You Now
    Patience & Prudence
    1:55
  • 16
    Love Letters in the Sand
    Pat Boone
    2:15
  • 17
    Stagger Lee
    Lloyd Price
    2:22
  • 18
    See You in September
    The Tempos
    1:59
  • 19
    Words of Love
    Buddy Holly
    1:54
  • 20
    Sea of Love
    Phil Phillips
    2:24
  • CD 9
  • 1
    Save the Last Dance for Me
    The Drifters
    2:35
  • 2
    Dizzy Miss Lizzy
    Larry Williams
    2:12
  • 3
    To Know Him Is to Love Him
    The Teddy Bears
    2:22
  • 4
    Harbour Lights
    The Platters
    3:10
  • 5
    You Send Me
    Sam Cooke
    2:44
  • 6
    New Orleans
    Gary “U.S.” Bonds
    2:48
  • 7
    Sweet Little Sixteen
    Chuck Berry
    3:01
  • 8
    Stay
    Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
    1:39
  • 9
    You Got What It Takes
    Mary Johnson
    2:37
  • 10
    Tears on My Pillow
    Little Anthony & the Imperials
    2:14
  • 11
    Space Guitar
    Johnny “Guitar” Watson
    2:37
  • 12
    Reveille Rock
    Johnny and the Hurricanes
    2:22
  • 13
    I’m Not a Juvenile Deliquent
    Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
    2:33
  • 14
    Sittin’ on the Balcony
    Eddie Cochran
    1:58
  • 15
    White Silver Sands
    Bill Black’s Combo
    2:33
  • 16
    Dynamite
    Brenda Lee
    2:03
  • 17
    Donna
    Ritchie Valens
    2:26
  • 18
    Never Be Anyone Else but You
    Ricky Nelson
    2:15
  • 19
    Raunchy
    Bill Justis & His Orchestra
    2:21
  • 20
    Goin’ Steady
    Tommy Sands
    2:36
  • CD 10
  • 1
    Money
    Barrett Strong
    2:37
  • 2
    The Hucklebuck
    Chubby Checker
    2:32
  • 3
    Rockin’ Gooose
    Johnny and the Hurricanes
    1:48
  • 4
    The Battle of New Orleans
    Johnny Horton
    2:32
  • 5
    There’s a Moon Out Tonight
    The Capris
    2:13
  • 6
    Diana
    Paul Anka
    2:24
  • 7
    Whole Lotta Woman
    Marvin Rainwater
    2:35
  • 8
    The Girl Can’t Help It
    Little Richard
    2:31
  • 9
    You’re Sixteen
    Johnny Brunette
    1:57
  • 10
    Baby, Baby
    Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
    2:05
  • 11
    Rebel Rouser
    Duane Eddy
    2:22
  • 12
    Oh Lonesome Me
    Don Gibson
    2:30
  • 13
    Wonderful Girl
    Dion & The Belmonts
    2:37
  • 14
    Rubber Ball
    Bobby Vee
    2:31
  • 15
    Putting On the Style
    Lonnie Donegan
    3:33
  • 16
    Young Love
    Tab Hunter
    2:17
  • 17
    Baby It’s You
    The Spaniels
    2:31
  • 18
    Come Go With Me
    The Del‐Vikings
    2:34
  • 19
    Little Darlin’
    The Diamonds
    2:08
  • 20
    Charlie Brown
    The Coasters
    2:21

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