Cat. No. VV 1152: BOYD BENNETT AND HIS ROCKETS ~ SEVENTEEN. SING 1160.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
BOYD BENNETT WAS ORIGINALLY A BALLAD SINGER AND LATER WAS INVOLVED WITH WESTERN SWING BUT ALSO PLAYED DRUMS. BOYD SIGNED WITH SYD NATHAN OF KING RECORDS IN 1952 AND FORMED THE GROUP THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THE ROCKETS. INITIALLY THE BAND RECORDED IN A WESTERN VEIN UNDER THE NAME THE "SOUTHLANDERS". AS A DRUMMER BOYD WAS CALLED UPON TO PLAY ON MANY A "KING" RECORDING SESSION, HOWEVER, HE NOTICED THAT MANY YOUNG AMERICANS WERE LISTENING TO WHAT WAS THEN CALLED "RACE" MUSIC AND SO BOYD AND THE BAND CHANGED ALLEGIANCE TO THE NEW "ROCK" MUSIC. THEIR FIRST SESSION AS THE ROCKETS WAS CUT ON 4TH JANUARY 1955. THE TRACKS PUT DOWN WERE. "YOU UPSET ME BABY", "POISON IVY", "LITTLE OLE YOU-ALL" AND "SEVENTEEN".
INITIALLY SYD NATHAN REFUSED TO ALLOW THE BAND TO RECORD "SEVENTEEN" DECLARING IT WAS CRAP AND TOLD BOYD TO NEVER BRING HIM ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN. EVENTUALLY, SYD NATHAN AGREED TO ALLOW THE BAND TO RECORD THE SONG AND THE RECORD SOLD IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION COPIES. THE FONTANE SISTERS COVERED IT AND IN TURN SOLD OVER 1,700,000 COPIES. MANY OTHER ARTISTS ALSO RECORDED THE SONG. THE BAND CONTINUED TO RECORD FOR KING BUT THE ONLY OTHER CHART ENTRY THEY MANAGED WAS A COVER OF "BLUE SUEDE SHOES". IF YOU LIKE THE EARLY MUSIC OF BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS THEN THIS ALBUM IS RIGHT DOWN YOUR ALLEY. SORT OF A CROSS BETWEEN BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS AND FREDDIE BELL AND THE BELL BOYS. THE ALBUM INCLUDES SOME GREAT ROCKERS AND BOYD AND THE ROCKETS DESERVED FAR GREATER SUCCESS THAN THEY ACHIEVED.
THIS ALBUM IS A 1988 COMPILATION RELEASE ON THE "SING" LABEL (A SUBSIDIARY OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD COMPANY) OUT OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. ALL TRACKS ARE THE ORIGINAL KING RECORDINGS. BOTH THE SLEEVE AND RECORD ARE GRADED AS VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Seventeen / Click Clack / Banjo Rock And Roll / Little Ole You-All / Tennessee Rock And Roll / Hit That Jive Jack / Cool-Disk Jockey. Side 2 - My Boy Flat Top / Move / Rabbit-Eye Pink And Charcoal Black / Right Around The Corner / Blue Suede Shoes / Boogie At Midnight / High School Hop.
12" VINYL RECORD
