All just stolen? - 180 Original versions of popular thrift pop songs

Since there is pop music, there are also cover versions. Here it is at last: The near-perfect compilation of oldies songs in their original versions, as the fan has always wished for !. Insgamt 180 original songs, one of which were inspired, among other things Elvis, The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Bill Haley & His Comets, Harry Belafonte or The Rolling Stones.

The 10 CD box set with the hits of the world stars such as Benny Goodman, Nat King Col, Burl Ives, Buddy Holly or Muddy Waters brings here a few surprises. For example, when you hear how that time popular German hit by Lolita Seemann your home is the sea (Petula Clark Sailor) or Wolfgang Sauer Believe me (Frankie Laine Answer Me) were sound in English and in England or the United States to successful hits , Conversely, there have been numerous eingedeutschte hit Sheb Wooley Purple People Eater (Bill Ramsey Wumba Tumba Schokoladeneisverkäufer) or Boots Randolph Percolator (Trude Herr I do not want chocolate), whose international Originalfassung often until today remained unknown.

The list of names of those performers whose songs have been covered by the famous pop idols and rock'n'roll bands is long: Who knows Sonny Dae & His Knights? But almost every oldies fan knows their song Rock Around The Clock - just in the thrift version of Bill Haley & His Comets. Another example provide for example Ben Bernie & His Orchestra Roosevelt Hotel: The titles Ain`t She Sweet 1927 coverte the Beatles in 1964th

But many cases were only a few months between original publication and the gecoverten Version: The Twist Hank Ballard & The Midnighters (1959) was in 1960 in the Chubby Checker version to No. 1 hit. Johnny Duncan Hello Mary Lou (1960) made Ricky Nelson 1961 global Top Ten hit. Bobby Charles's Later Alligator (1956), however, was in the same year by Bill Haley & His Comets with See you later, alligator for chart success, as well as Elvis Presley's version of Carl Perkins song Blue Suede Shoes. Also legendary are the hits of black musicians such as Little Richard's Tutti Frutti, which were modeled as in this case, from Pat Boone and Elvis Presley for a white audience.

Thus a surprise lined up on the next. Among them are countless charts striker, jerker and the earwigs have to 1960s, as in the original version know the least so far, let alone heard 1940 already. For example, Hank Williams Jambalaya, Tommy Roe Sheila in the original version, Jim Lowe Green Door, Al Bowlly Red Sails In The Sunset, Dale Hawkins Suzie Q or Edric Connor & His Caribbeans Day Dah Light, which later as banana boat song by Harry Belafonte became a Top Ten hit.

All ten pieces of silver stuck in stable cardboard sleeves, on the back both the original title and artist, year of publication and the game length and cover versions and chart positions were edited extensively. As is usual when Oldie experts Documents / membrane, the individual historical songs were once again carefully digitized.

Conclusion: lovers of oldies do not come at this time and again over anew surprising CD collection. Back To The Roots for connoisseurs!