American Graffiti

by Shows-a

Overview

The soundtrack to the George Lucas film about teenage life in a small California town in the early '60s was probably the best thing about the movie, featuring several dozen outstanding early rock & roll hits. There's nothing terribly obscure here -- in fact, most of these were big smashes -- but it's a good survey of rock's early days, ranging from superstars like Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and the Beach Boys to great one-shots like the Monotones, the Tempos, and Buster Brown. Drawbacks: Wolfman Jack talks over the intros of a few songs, and there are a couple tracks by early-'70s Sha Na Na-type revivalists Flash Cadillac. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	06/22/1993
Label:	Mca
UPC:	0076732800126
Rank:	2146

Tracks

Disc 1

1. (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
2. Sixteen Candles
3. Runaway
4. Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
5. That'll Be the Day
6. Fannie Mae
7. At the Hop
8. She's So Fine
9. The Stroll
10. See You in September
11. Surfin' Safari
12. (He's) The Great Imposter
13. Almost Grown
14. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
15. Little Darlin'
16. Peppermint Twist
17. Barbara Ann
18. Book of Love
19. Maybe Baby
20. Ya Ya
21. The Great Pretender

Disc 2

22. Ain't That a Shame
23. Johnny B. Goode
24. I Only Have Eyes for You
25. Get a Job
26. To the Aisle
27. Do You Wanna Dance
28. Party Doll
29. Come Go with Me
30. You're Sixteen
31. Love Potion No. 9
32. Since I Don't Have You
33. Chantilly Lace
34. Teen Angel
35. Crying in the Chapel
36. A Thousand Miles Away
37. Heart and Soul
38. Green Onions
39. Only You (And You Alone)
40. Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
41. All Summer Long

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Skyliners   Primary Artist
The Tempos   Primary Artist
The Silhouettes   Primary Artist
The Beach Boys   Primary Artist
Sonny Til & the Orioles   Primary Artist
The Big Bopper   Primary Artist
The Flamingos   Primary Artist
The Five Satins   Primary Artist
Bobby Freeman   Primary Artist
The Del Vikings   Primary Artist
Continental Kids   Primary Artist
Bill Haley & His Comets   Primary Artist
The Cleftones   Primary Artist
The Clovers   Primary Artist
Bill Haley   Primary Artist
Chuck Berry   Primary Artist
The Diamonds   Primary Artist
Fats Domino   Primary Artist
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers   Primary Artist
Joey Dee & the Starliters   Primary Artist
Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids   Primary Artist
Flash Cadillac   Primary Artist
Del Shannon   Primary Artist
Johnny Burnette   Primary Artist
Mark Dinning   Primary Artist
The Orioles   Primary Artist
The Monotones   Primary Artist
Buddy Holly   Primary Artist
Buster Brown   Primary Artist
Buddy Knox   Primary Artist
The Fleetwoods   Primary Artist
The Heartbeats   Primary Artist
Booker T. & the MG's   Primary Artist
The Crickets   Primary Artist
The Crests   Primary Artist
Lee Dorsey   Primary Artist
The Platters   Primary Artist
The Spaniels   Primary Artist
The Regents   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

The Skyliners   Performer,Composer
Billy Smith   Composer
Norman Petty   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Otto Harbach   Composer
Mike Love   Composer
The Regents   Performer
The Silhouettes   Composer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
Sharon Sheeley   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Allyson R. Khent   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
The Beach Boys   Performer
Sid Wayne   Composer
Sonny Til & the Orioles   Performer
The Big Bopper   Performer
The Flamingos   Performer
The Five Satins   Performer
Bobby Freeman   Composer,Performer
Sherman Edwards & Donald Meyer   Composer
Dick Sherman   Composer
Warren Davis   Composer
Arthur Singer   Composer
Continental Kids   Performer
Kris Moe   Composer
Buddy Know   Performer
Joseph Rock   Composer
Jeff Walker   Liner Notes
Skyline   Performer
Bill Inglot   Digital Remastering
The Cleftones   Performer
The Clovers   Performer
The Comets   Performer
Bill Haley   Performer
Clarence Lewis   Composer
Clarence E. Quick   Composer
Jiles Perry Richardson   Composer
Chuck Berry   Composer,Performer
The Diamonds   Performer
James Hudson   Composer
Jackie DeShannon   Composer
Clyde Otis   Composer
Fats Domino   Composer,Performer
Frankie Lymon   Composer,Performer
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers   Performer
Joey Dee & the Starliters   Performer
Fred Fassert   Composer
Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids   Performer
Flash Cadillac   Performer
Del Shannon   Composer,Performer
James Sheppard   Composer
Johnny Burnette   Performer
Mark Dinning   Performer
Max Crook   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Jimmy Bowen   Composer,Performer
Max Freedman   Composer
The Orioles   Performer
The Monotones   Performer
Dave White Tricker   Composer
John Casado   Design
Daniel Hersch   Digital Remastering
Waymon Glasco   Composer
David Willardson   Illustrations
Ande Rand   Composer
Stuart Wiener   Composer
George Malone   Composer
Bob Sherman   Composer
J. Michael Walker   Original Liner Notes
Silhouette   Performer
Charles Patrick   Composer
Artie Glenn   Composer
Buck Ram   Composer
Buddy Holly   Composer,Performer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
William Miller   Composer
Morgan Robinson   Composer
Morris Levy   Composer
Brian Wilson   Composer
Buster Brown   Performer
Buddy Knox   Composer,Performer
Calvin Carter   Composer
Wolfman Jack   Introduction
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
The Fleetwoods   Performer
The Heartbeats   Performer
Al Dubin   Composer
Booker T. & the MG's   Performer
Booker T. Jones   Composer
The Crests   Performer
Luther Dixon   Composer
Joey Dee   Composer,Performer
Jean Surrey   Composer
Lee Dorsey   Composer,Performer
John Madara   Composer
Lewie Steinberg   Composer
Jerry Allison   Composer
Jimmy DeKnight   Composer
Nancy Lee   Composer
Maurice Williams   Composer
The Platters   Performer
The Spaniels   Performer
The Tempos   Performer
Henry Glover   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
The Del Vikings   Performer