Rockabilly

Benny Joy, (real name Benjamin Eidson), was born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 5, 1935 and was an American Rockabilly artist most known for his work in the 1950s. Joy wrote and recorded many of his own compositions e.g. 'Crash The Party', 'Cold, Cold Woman', 'She Cryed For Me' and 'Dark Angel'. Recording artists like Marty Robbins, Jackie Wilson, Charlie Rich, Burl Ives, Debbie Reynolds, Johnny Rivers and Carl Smith have recorded his songs. Among Rockabilly collectors Joy's recording of 'Rollin' The Juke Box Rock' is well known. Joy's band was one of the first American rockabilly ensembles to tour Europe. Benny Joy died in 1988.

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It s Saturday Night!, an exciting collection of rockabilly recordings from the same label. Starday Records was launched in Beaumont, Texas, in the early 1950s, with perfect timing to catch the first wave of the rockabilly tsunami that would sweep the Southern states of America between 1954 and 1958…and the Texas teenagers with their distinctive cat music were just as ready to rock as those being captured by Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Tennessee. A cult label for rockabilly collectors worldwide - if not the holy grail of all rockabilly record labels - Starday embraced the new teenage music enthusiastically, introducing the likes of Sonny Fisher and Sleepy LaBeef, as well as revitalising the careers of veterans such as Link Davis, Bill Mack and Leon Payne. In addition, household-names-in-waiting such as George Jones, Big Bopper and Link Wray would also cut their teeth with the little Texas label. Following the 1970s rockabilly revival, even more of these artists were to become internationally famous with their renown being directly attributable to their time with Starday/Dixie; Fisher, LaBeef, Rudy Grayzell, Glenn Barber and Joe Poovey, all enjoyed extended musical careers courtesy of their insatiable European fans, while those that were unable to tour became absent heroes whose 1950s recordings could still fill dance floors decades after they were laid down.

Slap That Bass! is a 4cd box set that is full of the finest finnish rockabilly and 50′s style rock’n'roll. It was compiled by Mikko Aaltonen and released by Johanna Kustannus on 17th of february. I know this might not totally fall into that “finnish pop” category, but it’s an important release nevertheless. Actually it’s worthy of those onechord’s imaginary culture awards and even though I’m not a huge rockabilly fan, Slap That Bass!

Rockabilly Rebellion is an excellent summation of Ray Campi's latter-day recordings for Rollin' Rock in the late '70s, including such cuts as "Eager Boy" and "Tore Up".

Even if you’re not a rockabilly fan, you have to give Stray Cats founder Brian Setzer credit for keeping the music alive with both his 19 piece, horn blasted ensemble and the stripped down three piece featured on this show. He’s virtually the only act in the sadly under-appreciated genre that can consistently fill larger auditoriums as he displays here, packing the Japanese rockabilly hardcores into the 600 or so capacity Namba Hatch venue in Osaka for this sizzler of a concert recorded Feb.18, 2016.