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Mitchell, Guy - The Roving Kind (CD) CD 1
01 Look At That Girl Guy Mitchell
02 She Wears Red Feathers Guy Mitchell
03 Walkin' And Wond'rin' Guy Mitchell
04 Train Of Love Guy Mitchell
05 Chicka Boom Guy Mitchell
06 There's A Pawnshop On The Corner Guy Mitchell
07 Roving Kind Guy Mitchell
08 My Heart Cries For You Guy Mitchell
09 That's A Why Guy Mitchell
10 Always Room At Our House Guy Mitchell
11 Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle Guy Mitchell
12 Jenny Kissed Me Guy Mitchell
13 Who Knows Love Guy Mitchell
14 Wise Man Or Fool Guy Mitchell
15 Gently Johnny Guy Mitchell
16 Sweetheart Of Yesterday Guy Mitchell
17 Little Kiss Goodnight Guy Mitchell
18 Unless Guy Mitchell
19 You're Not In My Arms Tonight Guy Mitchell
20 Giddy-Ap! Guy Mitchell
21 Beggar In Love Guy Mitchell
22 Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie Guy Mitchell
23 My Truly Truly Fair Guy Mitchell
24 I Want You For A Sunbeam Guy Mitchell
25 Why Should I Go Home Guy Mitchell
Guy Mitchell Guy Mitchell (born Albert Cernik in Detroit in 1927) certainly belongs on this... more
"Guy Mitchell"

Guy Mitchell

Guy Mitchell (born Albert Cernik in Detroit in 1927) certainly belongs on this collection. A popster of the first magnitude, his life story and career in music from 1950-1960 are documented on Bear Family's Heartaches ByThe Number (BCD 15454). Mitchell's career was crafted and shaped to perfection by the folks in charge at Columbia Records: Mitch Miller and Ray Coniff. His sessions were tightly choreographed, from the choice of songs to the sound of his vocals and the backing style. Good natured, upbeat, sing-along music for a ‘50s, lobotomized, Father Knows Best culture. The formula was never so obvious as Mitchell's take on Marty Robbins' Singing The Blues. Somehow Mitchell and leader Ray Coniff found good-natured joy in what began life as a tale of woe. In Mitchell's hands the song unaccountably brought a smile to your face.

The track we have selected is one of his rare missteps. In March 1957 the word 'rockabilly' was everywhere, spurred into the public's consciousness by the success of Elvis Presley and a host of others in his wake. Other than getting the title right, the song understands little of what the genre was all about. The band features five guitar players, including New York stalwarts Billy Mure and Al Caiola. No matter. To listen to this song, you'd think rockabilly was some kind of demented dance craze. It's not clear what Elvis or Gene Vincent have to do with do-see-do, fee-dlee-dee, or mountain juice, but that's what's being sold here with a good-natured sing-along feeling. To its credit, the track is fine for dancing. As they used to say on 'American Bandstand,' "It's got a good beat and you could dance to it."

The dilemma posed by this track is something we encountered on 'They Tried To Rock: The Hillbillies' as well (BCD 17359, 17406). A lot of these folks were singing about people who rocked. They sometimes had a quaint, outsider's view of what was going on in the inner circle. They depended on clichés and mythology to inform their lyrics. Guy Mitchell coarsened his voice but that's about all he could do here, short of refusing to sing. Purists might argue, "The song never should have been recorded. It was a piece of junk and somebody should have known better." Pragmatists could quote Luigi Creatore: "A good record is one that sells." This one went to #10 on the charts and stayed there for 17 weeks. In any case, Marty Robbins was furious at Mitch Miller for bringing in popsters to cover his country hits. Would Marty have recorded this song?

Here's a rule of thumb: rockabilly songs don't usually use (or need to use) the word 'rockabilly.' Of the thousands of songs in the tape archives at Sun Records, only one comes to mind that used the word and, wisely, Sam Phillips didn't issue it.

Guy Mitchell Heartaches By The Number
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Tracklist
Mitchell, Guy - The Roving Kind (CD) CD 1
01 Look At That Girl
02 She Wears Red Feathers
03 Walkin' And Wond'rin'
04 Train Of Love
05 Chicka Boom
06 There's A Pawnshop On The Corner
07 Roving Kind
08 My Heart Cries For You
09 That's A Why
10 Always Room At Our House
11 Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle
12 Jenny Kissed Me
13 Who Knows Love
14 Wise Man Or Fool
15 Gently Johnny
16 Sweetheart Of Yesterday
17 Little Kiss Goodnight
18 Unless
19 You're Not In My Arms Tonight
20 Giddy-Ap!
21 Beggar In Love
22 Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie
23 My Truly Truly Fair
24 I Want You For A Sunbeam
25 Why Should I Go Home