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Various, The rock 'n' roll years 1956 - 1959

Name: The rock 'n' roll years 1956 - 1959
Brand: BBC Records
SKU: REN631
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 3.00 (1 reviews)

Release details

Title	The rock 'n' roll years 1956 - 1959
Artist(s):	Various
Category:	BBC - RE* (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - RE* Albums.)
Label and catalogue number:	BBC Records - REN 631
Format:	Vinyl Albums
Country:	UK
Released:	1987
Genre:	Music - Popular View all other tracks listed as Music - Popular.
Run-off codes:	REN 631 A-1-1-1-x1 DD REN 631 B-1-1-1-1 DD
Item deleted?	Yes
Distributed / printed by	EMI Records
Page views:	1237 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 4768, rank in albums is 2522.
My rating:	*****
Guest rating:	*****

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Detail			Value
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Cover condition			Near mint
Record condition			Near mint
BBC records label code			F
Number have			1
What type of seller was used			Physical shop
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Tracks

Side & track no	Track and Artist									Length
Below is a list of tracks for this release.
1956
A1	(We're gonna) Rock around the clock [De Knight / Freedman / Bill Haley]
My comments: First chart position: Oct 55 - highest position: 1
A2	Rock island line [Trad. / Arr. Donegan / Lonnie Donegan]
My comments: First chart position: Jan 56 - highest position: 8
A3	Be pop a Lula [Davis / Vincent / Gene Vincent]
My comments: First chart position: July 56 - highest position: 16
A4	The great pretender [B. Ram / The Platters]
My comments: First chart position: Sept 56 - highest position: 5
A5	Singing the Blues [M. Endsley / Guy Mitchell]
My comments: First chart position: Dec 56 - highest position: 1
1957
A6	Ain't that a shame [A. Domina / D. Bartholomew / Fats Domino]
My comments: First chart position: Jan 57 - highest position: 23
A7	6-5 special [Reine / More / Don Lang]
A8	Tutti frutti [Penniman / Labostrie / Little Richard]
My comments: First chart position: Feb 57 - highest position: 29
A9	Diana [Paul Anka]
My comments: First chart position: Aug 57 - highest position: 1
A10	That'll be the day [Allison / Holly / Petty / Buddy Holly and the Crickets]
My comments: First chart position: Sept 57 - highest position: 1
1958
B1	Great balls of fire [J. Hammer / O. Blackwell / Jerry Lee Lewis]
My comments: First chart position: Dec 57 - highest position: 1
B2	At the hop [A. Singer / J. Medora / D. White / Danny and the Juniors]
My comments: First chart position: Jan 58 - highest position: 3
B3	All I have to do is dream [B. & F. Bryant / The Everly Brothers]
My comments: First chart position: May 58 - highest position: 1
B4	When [Jack Reardon / Paul Evns / Kalin Twins]
B5	Summertime blues [Eddie Cochran]
My comments: First chart position: Nov 58 - highest position: 18
1959
B6	Donna [Ritchie Valens]
My comments: First chart position: March 59 - highest position: 29
B7	Teenager in love [Pomus / Shuman / Marty Wilde]
My comments: First chart position: July 59 - highest position: 3
B8	Lipstick on your collar [Goehring / Lewis / Connie Francis]
My comments: First chart position: July 59 - highest position: 3
B9	Livin' doll [Lionel Bart / Peter Maurice / Cliff Richard and the Shadows]
My comments: First chart position: July 59 - highest position: 1
B10	Here comes summer [Jerry Keller]
My comments: First chart position: August 59 - highest position: 1
Total length of media 0:00.

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My rating	3
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ZCN 631	The rock 'n' roll years 1956 - 1959
Further information
BBC Radio Enterprises Ltd and BBC Enterprises Ltd, predecessors of BBC Worldwide / BBC Worldwide Ltd., the BBC's commercial arm. Formed 1968 and 1979 respectively, they were a subsidiary wholly owned by the BBC and merged into BBC Worldwide in 1995. In that time, there were companies set up within or structured brands as part of the company to deal with separate parts of the business, e.g. BBC Records for recorded audio. Sometimes written as BBC Enterprise Ltd. The items shown here are from the "main" BBC Records and Tapes library covering a wide secletion of genres from themes, comedy dramas and others, depending on which format you have selected.

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