1) LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO (Hank Ballard)
Hank Ballard was an American R&B legend. Together with his band The Midnighters, Hank had umpteen US chart successes, but he was always best known as the writer of the multi-million selling Chubby Checker hit "The Twist". The song was also recorded under the title "Do You Know How To Twist". Hank died at the age of 66 in March 2003. This is our personal favourite song of his.

2) FLYIN' SAUCER ROCK & ROLL (Billy Lee Riley)
Billy Lee Riley was a classic rockabilly artist, but never reached the heights of his stablemate Jerry Lee Lewis. Riley was convinced that Sam Phillips concentrated all his energies on Jerry Lee and that his career suffered as a result. He did however make some classic cuts for Sun including "Red Hot" and this legendary song in 1957.

3) UH HUH OH YEAH (Tracy Pendarvis)
Many considered Tracy to be a unique talent in the Elvis mould, but with so many artists 'climbing on the bandwagon' he somewhat missed the boat. Born on February 8th 1936, Tracy died on January 25th 1997. This song was recorded at Sun in 1958, but for some reason unissued.

4) DRINKIN' SCOTCH (Gene Simmons)
A slightly 'tongue in cheek' little track that we were nervous about recording, as we'd never quite done anything in this vein. This guy is not to be confused with the Kiss frontman of the same name. The song also goes under the title "Drinkin' Wine" and was released in 1958. Gene Simmons began his career with Sun but really broke through on Hi Records with a song called "Haunted House".

5) NOTHIN' SHAKIN' (But The Leaves On The Trees) (Linda Gail Lewis)
Originally written and recorded by Eddie Fontaine and later covered by The Beatles during their early years. The young Wife of Jerry Lee recorded the song for Sun in 1963 but it remained unreleased.

6) APRON STRINGS (Curtis Hoback)
This song was apparently turned down by Elvis Presley, but recorded by Cliff Richard and was the B-side of Livin' Doll. Curtis Hoback who did the 'warts & all' Sun original (which was unissued) was born in Humboldt,Tennessee in 1926 and died in 1988.

7) LOVIN' UP A STORM (Jerry Lee Lewis)
A wonderful piece of rock 'n' roll originally recorded by the Killer for Sun in 1959. Strangely the song was not a huge success in chart terms, peaking at No.28 in the UK and failing to make the US Top 20.

8) FIND MY BABY FOR ME (Sonny Burgess)
Sonny was,and is regarded as one of the great white American R&B singers. His unique, energy filled, raucous early Sun recordings have stood the test of time and have a remarkable freshness to this day. Sam Phillips believed that Burgess should have become one of the true greats, but "never quite got the breaks". This song amazingly was not released by Sun after it was recorded in 1957.

9) CLAUDETTE (Roy Orbison)
The Big O wrote the song for his first Wife Claudette Frady. He recorded the original for Sun in 1957, but at the time had become disillusioned with the material he had been asked to record for the label. He gave the song away to the Everly Brothers, for whom it became a massive success as the B-side of All I Have To Do Is Dream.

10) URANIUM ROCK (Warren Smith)
Another unsung hero! Warren Smith is a true legend in the eyes of diehard Rockabilly fans. He had the voice and the looks, but fell into dispute with Sun after his first hit "Rock 'n' Roll Ruby". After a string of minor successes -including this track in 1958- Smith moved to California and scored a series of country hits with the newly found Liberty Records.

11) BOBALOO (Bill Johnson)
Bobaloo was recorded in January 1960, and was the only session Johnson did for Sun. Also featured on the session was one St. Clair Pinkey who went on to team up with the Godfather of soul James Brown as his bandleader.

12) PUT ME DOWN (Jesse Lee Turner)
Jesse was from Bowling, Texas and had family in the music business. He got a job as Jerry Lee Lewis' driver. On one occasion the great man was late, so Jesse and Jerry Lee's Sister recorded some songs together. Put Me Down was Jesse's first cut for Sun in '57, and was also recorded by The Killer himself.

13) WHO WILL THE NEXT FOOL BE (Charlie Rich)
Charlie Rich was a talented artist who could move effortlessly from Country to Jazz to Blues to Rock. This gem of a song was a high spot in a long and distinguished career. Huge international success followed Rich's Sun career, most notably the Country classics "The Most Beautiful Girl" and "Behind Closed Doors".

14) I BETCHA GONNA LIKE IT (Jeb Stuart)
Jeb Stuart shared the same name as a notorious American Major General who razed the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania to the ground during the civil war. Soul man Jeb recorded 4 songs for the Phillips label (Sam Phillips' Sun subsidiary), this being the first single. Stuart (real name: Charles Jones) had a long and fruitful musical career. After leaving Phillips Jeb recorded "A Whole Lot Of Tears" for the Pure Gold label, the song is regarded as a deep soul classic. His career continued into the 70's & 80's recording for the Esquire International label.

15) TWEEDLE DEE (Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore & Bill Black)
There is a feeling amongst many artists that Elvis songs are sacrosanct, and we are no exception. However we were keen to do at least one song by the great man. Elvis' Sun career began with the release of his first single "That's All Right" on July 19th, 1954. Later that year he appeared on the legendary radio show 'Louisiana Hayride' and immediately afterwards signed a contract to perform weekly on the show for one year. The show was nicknamed 'The Cradle of the Stars' and the King's impact was immense. Tweedle Dee was recorded live on the show on January 15th 1955, and even a poor quality recording could not disguise the magical vocal energy of Elvis. The song was also recorded by the likes of Laverne Baker, Frankie Vaughn and Little Jimmy Osmond.

16) MY BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT (Carl McVoy/Sonny Burgess)
Although the Sonny Burgess version was the better known McVoy was the first artist to record this song for Sun in 1957. McVoy's Sun career was a curious one as he recorded 14 titles over 6 sessions for the label, which were all shelved. The only song released by Sun, "You Are My Sunshine" was originally recorded in Nashville for Hi Records.

17) DO WHAT I DO (Slim Rhodes Band)
Rhodes had a long standing relationship with Sam Phillips right from the early 50's. When the look and Sound of Elvis had become big business Rhodes brought in a young singer named Sandy Brooks who co-wrote Do What I Do with Rhodes. Recorded in 1956 the song (possibly due to it's lyrical limitations) was unreleased.

Everyone who pre-orders this amazing new album will be entered in to a prize draw.

One lucky customer will be picked at total random to accompany the band and the production team to Sun Studio's Memphis - yes the home of rock and roll. To see Showaddywaddy record in that legendary studio.

Please note this is only applicable on orders received before February 1st 2008

The winners must have a full passport and have no restrictions on entering the USA.

The managment's decision will be final.

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