Cat. No. RCCD 3013: HARDROCK GUNTER & THE RHYTHM ROCKETS ~ GONNA ROCK'N'ROLL, GONNA DANCE ALL NIGHT. ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3013. (IMPORT).

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HARDROCK GUNTER WAS A SINGER, SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST WHOSE MUSIC AT THE TURN OF THE 1950s PREFIGURED ROCK’N’ROLL AND ROCKABILLY. IN 1950 HE RECORDED “BIRMINGHAM BOUNCE” FOR THE BAMA LABEL WHICH WAS RECORDED BY MANY OTHER ARTISTS WITH THE MOST SUCCESSFUL VERSION BY RED FOLEY. GUNTER’S VERSION HAS BECOME REGARDED AS A CONTENDER FOR THE FIRST ROCK AND ROLL RECORD PREDATING “ROCKET 88” BY A YEAR. HIS FOLLOW-UP “GONNA DANCE ALL NIGHT” IS ONE OF THE FIRST RECORDS TO FEATURE THE ACTUAL WORDS “ROCK’N’ROLL”. OVERALL THIS CD FEATURES A GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF COUNTRY, HILLBILLY BOP AND ROCKABILLY. EXCELLENT ****

TRACK LISTING: Birmingham Bounce (1950) / Lonesome Blues / (Gonna Rock’N’Roll) Gonna Dance All Night (1950) / How Can I Believe That You Love Me / My Bucket’s Been Fixed / Rifle Belt And Bayonet / Maybe Baby You’ll Be True / Birmingham Bounce (1958) / Boppin’ To Granfathers’ Clock / Beggars Can’t Be Choosers / It Can’t Be Right / Rock-A-Bop Baby / Whoo! I Mean Whee! / We Three / Juke Box Help Me Find My Baby / Fiddle Bop / Hardrock Rocks The Moon / Bloodshot Eyes / Take Away Your Rosy Lips / You’ve Got The Right Key But The Wrong Key Hole / Mountain Dew / I’ll Go Chasin’ Women / Spring Has Sprung / Tico-Tico / Go Low Boogie / Bonaparte’s Retreat / Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy / Dad Gave My Hog Away / Guitar On The Mountain / Fallen Angel / (Gonna Rock’N’Roll Gonna Dance All Night (1958).

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