Johnny & The Hurricanes LP: Rare Items (LP)

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(Warwick Recordings) 16 tracks Instrumental rock’n’roll at its finest! Rare Items brings... more

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Johnny & The Hurricanes: Rare Items (LP)

(Warwick Recordings) 16 tracks

Instrumental rock’n’roll at its finest! Rare Items brings together 16 recordings by Johnny And The Hurricanes, the American group renowned for their distinctive blend of rock’n’roll, rhythm & blues and energetic instrumental arrangements. Their unmistakable sound combines driving rhythms with memorable saxophone and organ melodies. Originally released on Warwick Records in 1965, the album features tracks including “You Are My Sunshine”, “Mule Rock”, “Comin’ Home Baby”, “Hound Dog”, “The Sheik Of Araby” and “The Dribble Twist”. A lively musical journey through the instrumental sounds of the 1960s, full of vintage atmosphere and infectious rock’n’roll energy. A fascinating addition for collectors and enthusiasts of classic instrumental rock!

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Interpret: Johnny & The Hurricanes
Album titlle: Rare Items (LP)
Genre Rock
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Label WARWICK
Artikelart LP
EAN: 4000127753861
weight in Kg 0.2

Johnny & The Hurricanes - Rare Items (LP) LP 1
01	You Are My Sunshine	Johnny & The Hurricanes
02	Mule Rock	Johnny & The Hurricanes
03	Comin' Home Baby	Johnny & The Hurricanes
04	Strawberries	Johnny & The Hurricanes
05	Midnight	Johnny & The Hurricanes
06	Hound Dog	Johnny & The Hurricanes
07	Tall Blonde	Johnny & The Hurricanes
08	Priceless Possession	Johnny & The Hurricanes
09	The Sheik Of Araby	Johnny & The Hurricanes
10	Skip To My Lou	Johnny & The Hurricanes
11	Strange	Johnny & The Hurricanes
12	Like Weird	Johnny & The Hurricanes
13	Mr. Irving	Johnny & The Hurricanes
14	Autumn Mood	Johnny & The Hurricanes
15	Chuck-A-Luck	Johnny & The Hurricanes
16	The Dribble-Twist	Johnny & The Hurricanes

Johnny and the Hurricanes Originally from the Toledo, Ohio area, the band - Johnny Paris... more

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"Johnny & The Hurricanes"

Johnny and the Hurricanes

Originally from the Toledo, Ohio area, the band - Johnny Paris (tenor sax), Paul Tesluk (organ), Dave York() (guitar), Lionel 'Butch' Mattice (bass) and Don Staczek (drums) - first got together at High School and then played local hops and dances behind a vocalist at Toledo's, Pearson Park.

As instrumentalists, they were signed to a management contract early in 1959 by Irving Micahnik and Harry Balk, two Detroit entrepreneurs who placed them with Morty Craft's newly-formed Warwick label. Their first record, a frantic, exciting dance-disc titled `Crossfire', reached No. 23 in America in July, 1959, but did not feature the prominent organ-sound for which they be-came famous. Their follow-up 'Red River Rock' (an adap-tation of the traditional 'Red River Valley') reached No. 5 in America and the British Top Ten, establishing the group internationally. By this time, Bill 'Little Bo' Savitch from the Royaltones had replaced Staczek on drums — not that fans knew it in an era when group members were anonymous faces in photographs.

Two more hits, 'Reveille Rock' and `Beatnik Fly', followed on Warwick before the group switched to Big Top in New York where they continued their run with 'Rocking Goose' (which reached No. 1 in England but only No. 60 in America), `Ja-Da' and 'Down Yonder' before flopping with 'Old Smokie' and 'Minnesota Fats' in 1962. The original 1959 line-up had disbanded by 1961, and between 1962-63 the touring line-up underwent constant personnel changes with only leader Johnny Paris remaining static. While the group toured, sessionmen made the records, a precedent which had been established as early as 'Beatnik Fly' in 1959. Johnny and the Hurricanes were the archetypal Fifties instrumental group, even if they were merely a trademark for a highly marketable sound.

In all probability, the group's management profited most from the group's existence since Micahnik and Balk took writer credits (as Tom King and Ira Mack respectively) for most of their early records.

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