VA - It's Saturday Night! Starday-Dixie Rockabilly 1955-1961 (2012)

It s Saturday Night!, an exciting collection of rockabilly recordings from the same label. Starday Records was launched in Beaumont, Texas, in the early 1950s, with perfect timing to catch the first wave of the rockabilly tsunami that would sweep the Southern states of America between 1954 and 1958…and the Texas teenagers with their distinctive cat music were just as ready to rock as those being captured by Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Tennessee. A cult label for rockabilly collectors worldwide - if not the holy grail of all rockabilly record labels - Starday embraced the new teenage music enthusiastically, introducing the likes of Sonny Fisher and Sleepy LaBeef, as well as revitalising the careers of veterans such as Link Davis, Bill Mack and Leon Payne. In addition, household-names-in-waiting such as George Jones, Big Bopper and Link Wray would also cut their teeth with the little Texas label. Following the 1970s rockabilly revival, even more of these artists were to become internationally famous with their renown being directly attributable to their time with Starday/Dixie; Fisher, LaBeef, Rudy Grayzell, Glenn Barber and Joe Poovey, all enjoyed extended musical careers courtesy of their insatiable European fans, while those that were unable to tour became absent heroes whose 1950s recordings could still fill dance floors decades after they were laid down.

It's Saturday Night!: Starday - Dixie Rockabilly 1955-1961 presents over one hundred examples of these enduring sounds; arguably the most exciting rockabilly tracks you will ever hear and, certainly, the most impressive set of tracks recorded by any Southern indie label except legendary Sun Records (and there are many record collectors who would argue that that statement is still four words too long!)

Tracklist
001. Sonny Fisher - Rockin' Daddy
002. Sonny Fisher - Hold Me Baby
003. Fred Crawford - Can't Live With 'Em (Can't Live Without 'Em)
004. Bill Mack - Kitty Kat
005. Sonny Fisher - Sneaky Pete
006. Link Davis - Sixteen Chicks
007. Bill Mack - Fat Woman
008. Sonny Fisher - Hey Mamma
009. Thumper Jones - Rock It
010. Sonny Fisher - Rockin' and a Rollin'
011. Rudy _Tutti_ Grayzell - Duck Tail
012. Sonny Fisher - I Can't Lose
013. Thumper Jones - How Come It
014. Link Davis - Grasshopper Rock
015. Rudy _Tutti_ Grayzell - You're Gone
016. Rock Rogers - Little Rock Rock
017. Sonny Fisher - Pink and Black
018. Fred Crawford - Rock Candy Rock
019. Glenn Barber - Feeling No Pain
020. Rock Rogers - That Ain't It
021. Bill Mack - Cat Just Got in Town
022. Rocky Bill Ford - Mad Dog in Town
023. Glenn Barber - Shadow My Baby
024. Link Davis - Trucker from Tennessee
025. Amos Como - Hole in the Wall
026. Rocky Bill Ford - Have You Seen Mabel
027. Bob Doss - Don't Be Gone Long
028. Link Davis - Don't Big Shot Me
029. The Imperials - Jig-Ga-Lee-Ga
030. Jimmy Johnson - Woman Love
031. Jerry Hanson - I'm Doing All Right
032. Hoyt Scoggins - Tennessee Rock
033. Arnold Parker - Find a New Woman
034. Lucky Wray - Got Another Baby
035. Jimmy Johnson - All Dressed Up
036. Hal Harris - Jitterbop Baby
037. Sleepy LaBeff - I'm Through
038. Bill Mack - It's Saturday Night
039. Slim Watts - Tu-La-Lou
040. Sleepy LaBeff - Little Bit More
041. Hal Harris - I Don't Know When
042. Cliff Blakley - Want to Be With You
043. Sleepy Jeffers - Pretending Is a Game
044. Sleepy LaBeff - I Ain't Gonna Take It
045. Rudy _Tutti_ Grayzell - Let's Get Wild
046. Cecil Bowman - Blues Around My Door
047. Cliff Blakley - Get Off My Toe
048. The Echoes - You Gotta Pay
049. Lattie Moore - Why Did You Lie to Me
050. Carl Trantham - Deedle Deedle Dum
051. Cliff Blakley - High Steppin'
052. Frankie Miller - True Blue
053. Bill Browning - Don't Push-Don't Shove
054. Truitt Forse - Doggone Dame
055. Truitt Forse - Chicken Bop
056. Link Wray - Teenage Cutie
057. Buddy Shaw - Don't Sweep That Dirt On Me
058. Lou Walker - Rock and Roll (Tennessee Style)
059. Rocking Martin - All Because of You
060. Larry Nolen - King of the Ducktail Cats
061. Lloyd McCollough - Half My Fault
062. Al Runyon - Baby Please Come Home
063. Lou Walker - Little Bitty Man
064. Fuzzy Whitener - Sugar Buggar
065. Alden Holloway - Loving Is My Business
066. Hal Payne - Honky Tonk Stomp
067. Sleepy LaBeff - All the Time
068. Jape Richardson - Crazy Blues
069. The Raindrops - I Don't Want a Sweetheart
070. Benny Joy - Steady With Betty
071. Doug Bragg - Pretty Little Thing
072. Derrell Felts - The Weepers
073. The Playboys - Three Little Wishes
074. Benny Joy - Spin the Bottle
075. Pat & Dee - Gee Whiz
076. Derrell Felts - Playmates
077. Ken Hammock - Blue Guitar Jump
078. Pat & Dee - Don't Tease Me
079. Bill & Carroll - Feel So Good
080. Eddie Skelton - Keep It Swinging
081. Dee Johnson - Just Look, Don't Touch
082. Mel Price - Little Dog Blues
083. Groove Joe Poovey - Ten Long Fingers
084. Art Ontario - It Must Be Me
085. Alden Holloway - Swinging the Rock
086. Jay Gallegher - Crazy Legs
087. Orangie Ray Hubbard - Sweet Love
088. Joe Poovey - Careful Baby
089. J.C. Sawyer - Goin' Steppin'
090. The Rhythmakers - Dizzy
091. Alden Holloway - Blast Off
092. Joe Poovey - Move Around
093. Tommy Nelson - Honey Moon Blues
094. Ray Hudson - The Blues Walked Away
095. The Williams Brothers - Ali-Baba
096. The Pioneers - Queen from Bowling Green
097. Tommy Nelson - Hobo Bop
098. Bill Willis - Boogie Woogie All Night
099. Eddie Reynolds - Wrangler
100. The Rhythmakers - Rockin' N' My Sweet Baby's Arms
101. Howard Mayberry - This Just Can't Be Puppy Love
102. CONNIE DYCUS - I Could Shoot Myself
103. The Gentry Brothers - Swanky