Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Birth of Rock and Roll
producer:
Chips Moman
recording of:
Birth of Rock and Roll
writer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) and Greg Perkins
Carl Perkins4:26
2Sixteen Candles
producer:
Chips Moman
cover recording of:
16 Candles
writer:
Luther Dixon and Allyson R. Khent
publisher:
January Music Corp.
Jerry Lee Lewis3:50
3Class of ’55
producer:
Chips Moman
cover recording of:
Class of '55
writer:
Bobby Emmons and Chips Moman
Carl Perkins3:01
4Waymore’s BluesCarl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash2:28
5We Remember the King
producer:
Chips Moman
cover recording of:
We Remember the King
lyricist and composer:
Paul Kennerley (English singer-songwriter, musician, record producer)
Johnny Cash3:05
6Coming HomeRoy Orbison4:03
7Rock and Roll (Fais‐Do‐Do)
producer:
Chips Moman
cover recording of:
Rock and Roll (Fais-Do-Do)
lyricist and composer:
Micheal Smotherman
Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash3:21
8Keep My Motor Running
producer:
Chips Moman
cover recording of:
Keep Your Motor Running
writer:
Randy Bachman (Canadian guitarist, singer & songwriter)
Jerry Lee Lewis2:55
9I Will Rock and Roll With You
producer:
Chips Moman
cover recording of:
I Will Rock and Roll With You
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
Johnny Cash2:05
10Big Train (From Memphis)
producer:
Chips Moman
other vocals:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter), Johnny Cash (country music legend), Jack Clement, Dave Edmunds, Rebecca Evans (soprano), John Fogerty, Naomi Judd, Wynonna Judd, The Judds, Jerry Lee Lewis (Rock & Roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”), Chips Moman, Rick Nelson (backing vocalist), Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records), Marty Stuart and Toni Wine
cover recording of:
Big Train (From Memphis)
lyricist and composer:
John Fogerty
publisher:
Wenaha Music Company (in 1984)
Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash7:58

Credits

Release

printed in:Germany
art direction and design:Chuck Cooper
photography:Dave Darnell
assistant engineer:Andy Black (engineer)
Howard Irving (engineer)
engineer:David Cherry
Chips Moman
horn arranger and strings arranger:Mike Leech
mastering:Denny Purcell
bass:Mike Leech
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader)
drums (drum set):Gene Chrisman
Buddy Harman
W.S. Holland
guitar:Johnny Cash (country music legend)
Jack Clement
J. R. Cobb
Kenneth Lovelace
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
Marty Stuart
Bob Wootton
Reggie Young (guitarist and songwriter)
horn:Ace Cannon
Jack Hale, Jr.
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/trombone (Memphis Horns/Mar-Keys))
Bob Lewin
keyboard:Bobby Emmons
Jerry Lee Lewis (Rock & Roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
Bobby Wood (American pianist, keyboard player and songwriter)
strings:The Memphis Strings
synclavier:Bobby Emmons
background vocals:Jack Clement
Dan Penn
Toni Wine
Bobby Wood (American pianist, keyboard player and songwriter)
manufactured by and marketed by:PolyGram Records
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1986)
recorded at:American Sound Studio ((Defunct) Memphis, TN - American North) in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
mastered at:Georgetown Masters in Nashville, Tennessee, United States