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Various Artists - Dot Rock 'N' Roll

Track listing:
  1. The Fool - Sanford Clark 2:47
  2. Chicken Shack - Leroy Van Dyke 1:54
  3. Step It Up And Go - Mac Wiseman 1:46
  4. You're Late Miss Kate - Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats 2:13
  5. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus 2:27
  6. It Ain't Me - Ray Campi 2:19
  7. Playboy - Bop Denton 1:59
  8. Ballroom Baby - Dick Lory 2:05
  9. I Like This Kind Of Music - Jimmy Ringo 2:42
  10. Pucker Paint - Danny Wolfe 2:10
  11. Big Door - Gene Brown 2:28
  12. Trapped Love - Keith Courvale 2:04
  13. Johnny, Johnny, Johnny - Kay Cee Jones 2:22
  14. You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming - Robin Luke 1:57
  15. It's All Over - Niki Sullivan 1:45
  16. Oh, My Baby's Gone - Ray Sharpe 2:08
  17. Let's Flat Git It - Danny Wolfe 1:52
  18. Stop! Let Me Off The Bus - Snooky Lanson 2:01
  19. Oh Yeah - Tommy Danton 2:06
  20. Baby You've Had It - Joyce Paul 1:52
  21. Skinnie Minnie - Bop Denton 1:35
  22. Call Me Shorty - Mickey Gilley 2:09
  23. That's The Way I Feel - Ray Sharpe 1:54
  24. Carry On - Jimmy Newman 2:13
  25. Jiggerbuggin' - The Five Bops 2:25
  26. Modern Romance - Sanford Clarke 2:02
  27. You Heard Me Knocking - Billy Adams 2:47
  28. Henrietta - Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats 2:41

Notes


The Dot label recorded all kinds of pop in the 1950s; this 28-track compilation focuses on their hardest rocking sides, most of which are rockabilly or rockabilly-related. Dot didn't really have a "house" sound, and what you get here is a trail mix of obscure '50s, mostly White rock & roll, with only a couple of big hits (Sanford Clark's "The Fool" and Nervous Norvus' insane novelty, "Transfusion"). A number of these rarities will have considerable appeal to collectors, like the non-hits by one-hit wonders Robin Luke and Ray Sharpe; the raunchy White Little Richard sounds of Jimmie Dee's "Henrietta" (which was a small hit); a single by Ray Campi (who really didn't become well-known until he became a rockabilly revival artist decades later); a solo outing by ex-Cricket Niki Sullivan; a 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis-clone number by future country star Mickey Gilley; and a rockabilly cut by Mac Wiseman of the Foggy Mountain Boys. It's solid fodder for the most part, though rather middle-of-the-pack as far as vintage rockabilly goes.