Rockabilly Legend

~ Release by Warren Smith (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Tracks 18 and 23 are the same recording.

Annotation last modified on 2020-04-26 16:37 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Rock ’n’ Roll Ruby
bass:
Jan Ledbetter (on 1956-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Bernero (on 1956-02-05)
guitar:
Buddy Holobaugh (on 1956-02-05) and Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (on 1956-02-05)
piano:
Smokey Joe Baugh ("Smokey Joe") (on 1956-02-05)
steel guitar:
Stan Kesler (US session musician, composer and producer) (on 1956-02-05)
vocals:
Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (on 1956-02-05)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-02-05)
recording of:
Rock and Roll Ruby (on 1956-02-05)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:50
2I’d Rather Be Safe Than Sorry
edit of:
I’d Rather Be Safe Than Sorry by Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist)
2:43
3Black Jack David
3:10
4Ubangi Stomp
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1956-08)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Bernero (in 1956-08)
guitar:
Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (in 1956-08) and Brad Suggs (in 1956-08)
piano:
Smokey Joe ("Smokey Joe") (in 1956-08)
vocals:
Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (in 1956-08)
recording of:
Ubangi Stomp (in 1956-08)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Underwood
publisher:
Jason Clement Music and Hi Lo Music (from 1956 to present)
sub-publisher:
Artemis Muziekuitgeverij B V and Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
1:58
5Tell Me Who
recording of:
Tell Me Who
writer:
Stan Kesler (US session musician, composer and producer) and Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist)
42:07
6Tonight Will Be the Last Night
1:56
7The Darkest Cloud
2:00
8So Long, I’m Gone
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Bernero
guitar:
Al Hopson and Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist)
piano:
Jimmy Wilson (rockabilly piano)
vocals:
Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
So Long I’m Gone
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
writer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:11
9Who Took My Baby
2:31
10Miss Froggie
2:25
11Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
guitar:
Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (in 1957)
vocals:
Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (in 1957)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun (US label founded in 1952) (in 1957)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1957)
recording of:
Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Lillian May and Willie B. Thompson,
publisher:
Unart Music Corp.
2:39
12Stop the World
2:08
13Got Love If You Want It
2:09
14I Fell in Love
2:41
15Dear John (studio talk + master)
edit of:
Dear John (version 1: rehearsal & take) by Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist)
2:41
16Hank Snow Medley (alternate 4)
2:04
17Do I Love You
2:42
18Uranium Rock
2:02
19Goodbye Mr. Love
2:38
20Sweet Sweet Girl (false start + master)
3:27
21I Couldn’t Take the Chance
2:03
22I Like Your Kind of Love
1:54
23Uranium Rock (alternate take)
2:02
24Goodbye Mr. Love (alternate take)
2:18
25Stop the World
1:59
26Rock ’n’ Roll Ruby (alternate take)
2:39
27So Long I’m Gone (alternate take no.2)
3:05
28Old Lonesome Feeling (incomplete take)
0:56
29My Hanging Day
2:22
30Sweet Sweet Girl (alternate take)
2:20