Description
Bernie Keith’s Two Minute Heroes
42 Tracks on one CD
Back in the late 50s/early 60s, many R&R/Pop records were short on playing time, often two minutes or less. The shortest U.S. Number 1 record was Stay, by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (in 1960), at one minute thirty-seven seconds. These compilations, inspired by a suggestion from DJ Bernie ‘Rock’n’Roll Heaven’ Keith, feature three-and-a-half dozen ‘Sub-Two Minute Wonders’ – forty-two killer tracks which get the business done in two minutes or less. There’s a bit of everything here; hits, misses and some that got away. The tracks include artists such as Elvis, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Del Shannon, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, the Everlys, Bobby Darin, Duane Eddy, Ricky Nelson, The Coasters, Jack Scott
and many more.
EDDIE COCHRAN C’MON EVERYBODY / BUDDY HOLLY RAVE ON / ELVIS PRESLEY FOLLOW THAT DREAM / JOHNNY CASH YOU DREAMER YOU / JACK SCOTT BABY BABY / RAY CHARLES HIT THE ROAD JACK / THE VENTURES RAM BUNK SHUSH / FREDDY CANNON PALISADES PARK / JIMMY JONES HANDY MAN / DEL SHANNON SO LONG BABY / DUANE EDDY SOME KINDA EARTHQUAKE / THE CRICKETS THINK IT OVER / JERRY LEE LEWIS LOVIN’ UP A STORM / CHUCK BERRY LET IT ROCK / JOHNNY BURNETTE & THE ROCK’N ROLL TRIO TEAR IT UP / RICKY NELSON IF YOU CAN’T ROCK ME / THE PHANTOM LOVE ME / JODY REYNOLDS FIRE OF LOVE J/ OHNNY & THE HURRICANES ROCKIN’ GOOSE / NAT KENDRICK & THE SWANS (Do The) MASHED POTATOES (part 1) / JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS PEPPERMINT TWIST (part 1) / THE EVERLY BROTHERS HOW CAN I MEET HER / DICKEY LEE I SAW LINDA YESTERDAY / GENE PITNEY (I Wanna) LOVE MY LIFE AWAY / THE CLOVERS LOVE POTION NUMBER 9 / THE COASTERS I’M A HOG FOR YOU / CLYDE MCPHATTER LOVER PLEASE / CONNIE FRANCIS ROBOT MAN / STEVE LAWRENCE PRETTY BLUE EYES / BOBBY VEE TEARDROPS FALL LIKE RAIN / THE BROWNS FEATURING JIM EDWARD BROWN TEEN-EX / CONNIE STEVENS SIXTEEN REASONS / JOHN D LOUDERMILK LANGUAGE OF LOVE / THE BEACH BOYS MOON DAWG / FABIAN COME ON AND GET ME / THE TOKENS TONIGHT I FELL IN LOVE / MAURICE WILLIAMS & THE ZODIACS STAY / BOBBY DARIN PLAIN JANE / B BUMBLE & THE STINGERS NUT ROCKER / THE SHIRELLES TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT / BRENDA LEE SAVE ALL YOUR LOVIN’ FOR ME / FATS DOMINO WALKIN’ TO NEW ORLEANS
