Rock The Joint! The Original Essex Recordings 1951-1954

~ Release by Bill Haley and His Comets (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
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1Rocket '88'
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (on 1951-06-14)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (on 1951-06-14)
guitar:
Bill Haley (on 1951-06-14)
piano:
Johnny Grande (on 1951-06-14)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (on 1951-06-14)
vocals:
Bill Haley (on 1951-06-14)
cover recording of:
Rocket “88” (on 1951-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Jackie Brenston (until 1951-03-03)
2:33
2Tearstains on My Heart
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (on 1951-06-14)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (on 1951-06-14)
guitar:
Bill Haley (on 1951-06-14)
piano:
Johnny Grande (on 1951-06-14)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (on 1951-06-14)
vocals:
Bill Haley (on 1951-06-14)
recording of:
Tearstains on My Heart (on 1951-06-14)
writer:
Harry Broomall and Bill Haley
2:53
3Green Tree Boogie
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Bob Scaltrito (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
recording of:
Green Tree Boogie (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Haley
2:49
4Jukebox Cannonball
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
violin:
Rusty Keefer (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
cover recording of:
Jukebox Cannonball (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
Jesse Rogers
2:18
5Sundown Boogie
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
recording of:
Sundown Boogie (in 1951)
writer:
Bill Haley and Jesse Rogers
2:30
6Icy Heart
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
cover recording of:
Icy Heart (in 1951)
writer:
Maier Berk and Morty Berk
2:56
7Rock the Joint
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
cover recording of:
Rock the Joint (in 1951)
writer:
Harry Bagby, Harry Crafton and Wendell 'Don' Keane
2:15
8Dance With a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking)
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
cover recording of:
Dance With a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking) (in 1951)
writer:
Jimmy Eaton (songwriter), Mickey Leader and Terry Shand (jazz pianist/composer)
2:31
9Rockin' Chair on the Moon
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
recording of:
Rockin' Chair on the Moon (in 1951)
writer:
Harry Broomall and Bill Haley
2:52
10Stop Beatin' Around the Mulberry Bush
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
cover recording of:
Stop Beatin' Around the Mulberry Bush (in 1951)
writer:
Clay Boland and Bickley Reichner
2:25
11Real Rock Drive
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1951)
electric guitar:
Danny Cedrone (in 1951)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1951)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1951)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1951)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1951)
recording of:
Real Rock Drive (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Haley
2:19
12Crazy Man, Crazy
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
recording of:
Crazy Man, Crazy (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Haley
2:39
13What'cha Gonna Do
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
recording of:
What'cha Gonna Do (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Haley
2:30
14Pat-a-Cake
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
recording of:
Pat-a-Cake (in 1953)
writer:
Bill Haley and William F. 'Billy' Williamson
2:20
15Fractured
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
recording of:
Fractured (in 1953)
writer:
Bill Haley and Marshall Lytle
2:11
16Live It Up
baritone saxophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
recording of:
Live It Up (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Haley
2:52
17Farewell, So Long, Goodbye
baritone saxophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
recording of:
Farewell, So Long, Goodbye (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Haley
2:20
18I'll Be True
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
recording of:
I'll Be True (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
William McLemore (guitarist active ca. 1940)
2:06
19Ten Little Indians
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
recording of:
Ten Little Indians (in 1953)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bill Haley
version of:
Ten Little Indians
1:56
20Chattanooga Choo Choo
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Billy Gussak (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
cover recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo (in 1953)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), WC Music Corp., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
2:14
21Straightjacket (instrumental with vocal chorus)
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
electric guitar:
Art Ryerson (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
membranophone:
Dick Richards (Dick Boccelli) (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
tenor saxophone:
Joey D'Ambrosio (in 1953)
background vocals and choir vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
recording of:
Straightjacket (in 1953)
composer:
Bill Haley
2:49
22Yes Indeed
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
cover recording of:
Yes Indeed (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Sy Oliver
2:24
23Yes Indeed (2nd version)
double bass:
Marshall Lytle (in 1953)
guitar:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
piano:
Johnny Grande (in 1953)
steel guitar:
William F. 'Billy' Williamson (in 1953)
vocals:
Bill Haley (in 1953)
cover recording of:
Yes Indeed (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Sy Oliver
2:19
24Down Deep In My Heart
3:31