Rock Baby Rock It: 1955-1960

by Johnny Carroll

Overview

Johnny Carroll's 1956 recording of "Wild Wild Women," with its lean rockabilly arrangement and exciting vocal performance that owes little debt to Elvis Presley, is one of the greatest early rock & roll singles. Unfortunately, the record wasn't a hit and Carroll bounced from label to label without much success, making a little rockabilly and several Gene Vincent-style rockers along the way. Rock Baby Rock It: 1955-1960 is a complete summary of Carroll's early career, beginning with a generous helping of hot but rough demos made in 1955 and continuing through his complete recordings for Decca, Warner Bros., and Sun Records. The collection wraps up with a novelty single recorded by his backing band, the Spinners; a pair of indie label waxings; and the four songs Carroll performed in the 1957 film Rock, Baby, Rock It. The half-dozen Decca recordings, including "Wild Wild Women," are the essential cuts and have been anthologized elsewhere, but exemplary rockers are scattered throughout the track list. It is a shame that Decca didn't record Carroll more, but the work he did in those two days has given him a reputation among rockabilly aficionados that has only grown. ~ Greg Adams

Product Details

Release Date:	04/16/1996
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127159281
Rank:	95661

Tracks

1. Hearts Of Stone
2. Why Cry
3. Love Is A Merry Go Round
4. Stingy Thing
5. Crazy Little Mama
6. Sexy Ways
7. Cut Out
8. You Two Timed Me Two Times Too Often
9. You Made Me Love You
10. Hot Rock
11. Rock 'n' Roll Ruby
12. Wild Wild Women
13. Corrina Corrina
14. Crazy Crazy Lovin'
15. Trying To Get To You
16. That's The Way I Love
17. I'll Wait
18. Rock Baby Rock It
19. Swing
20. The Bandstand Doll
21. Sugar
22. Lost Without You
23. Rag Mop
24. Little Otis
25. Trudy
26. Run Come See
27. Sally Ann
28. The Run Come See
29. Crazy Crazy Lovin'
30. Wild Wild Women
31. You Made Me Love You
32. Rockin' Maybelle
33. Sugar Baby

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnny Carroll   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Bill Hennen   Piano
Royce McAffe   Drums
Jay Salem   Guitar
Grady Martin   Guitar
George Jones   Drums
Grady Owen   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Dude Cohn   Drums
Billy Buntin   Bass
Howard Reed   Guitar
Juvez Gomez   Drums
Marvin Montgomery   Mandolin
Owen Bradley   Piano
Artie Glenn   Bass
Harold Bradley   Guitar

Technical Credits

Bob Jones   Metal Transfers,Reissue Producer,Mastering,Transfers
David Travis   Photography,Illustrations,Tape Research
Charlie Singleton   Composer
Eddy Ray   Composer
Stanley Turrentine   Composer
Shelby Singleton   Composer
Paul Cohen   Producer
J. Mayo Williams   Composer
Ewart Abner   Composer
Charlie Daniels   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
Mark Radice   Composer
Robin Zander   Composer
Rose Marie McCoy   Composer
Richard Weize   Discography,Reissue Producer,Discographical Information
Bill Millar   Biographical Notes,Biographical Information
Gady Maag   Photography,Illustrations
Sven T. Uhrmann   Artwork
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Howard Reed   Composer
Johnny Carroll   Composer
James V. Monaco   Composer
Charlie McCoy   Composer
John Hicks   Producer
Joseph McCarthy   Composer
Rick Nielsen   Composer
Rudy Jackson   Composer
Bun E. Carlos   Composer
Adam Komorowski   Discography,Discographical Information
Howard Crockett   Composer
Hank Ballard   Composer
Dave Travis   Photography,Illustrations,Tape Research
Bo Chatmon   Composer