A Half Century of Hits

~ Release by Jerry Lee Lewis (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Rockin' My Life Away
recording of:
Rockin’ My Life Away
lyricist and composer:
Mack Vickery
3:27
2Rita May
2:44
3Don't Let Go
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Tim May (session/jazz guitarist) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar and violin:
Kenneth Lovelace (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
bass guitar:
David Parlato (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Hal Blaine (U.S. studio drummer and percussionist) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
electric guitar and resonator guitar [dobro]:
James Burton (guitarist) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
background vocals and choir vocals:
John Bahler (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07), Stan Farber (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07), Jim Haas (James Edwin Haas, lead vocal "Happy Days" theme song) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07), Ron Hicklin (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07) and Gene Morford (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
3:08
4I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
recording of:
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Throckmorton (American country singer / songwriter)
3:42
5Folsom Prison Blues
acoustic guitar:
Steve Chapman (drummer)
acoustic guitar and banjo:
Bobby Thompson (guitar & banjo player)
bass guitar:
Bobby Dyson
electric guitar:
Dave Kirby (US country singer/songwriter) and Duke Faglier
electric guitar and fiddle:
Kenneth Lovelace
electric piano and organ:
Bunky Keels
horn:
John Gobe, Terry Mead and Rex Peer
membranophone and percussion:
Jimmy Isbell (American drummer and percussionist)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1980-06 until 1980-08)
steel guitar:
Stu Basore and Russ Hicks
strings:
The Shelly Kurland Strings
background vocals and choir vocals:
The Lea Jane Singers
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1980-06 until 1980-08)
strings arranger:
Billy Strange
cover recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
3:44
6Who Will the Next Fool Be
producer:
Dayton “Bones” Howe
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Tim May (session/jazz guitarist) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
bass guitar:
David Parlato (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Hal Blaine (U.S. studio drummer and percussionist) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
resonator guitar [dobro] and solo electric guitar:
James Burton (guitarist) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
solo violin:
Kenneth Lovelace (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
background vocals and choir vocals:
John Bahler (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07), Stan Farber (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07), Jim Haas (James Edwin Haas, lead vocal "Happy Days" theme song) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07), Ron Hicklin (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07) and Gene Morford (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
conductor:
Bob Alcivar (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
strings arranger:
Bob Alcivar (from 1979-01-04 until 1979-01-07)
cover recording of:
Who Will the Next Fool Be
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
publisher:
Knox Music, Inc.
5:49
7Rockin' Little Angel
2:03
8I'd Do It All Again
2:54
9Thirty Nine and Holding
recording of:
Thirty Nine and Holding
writer:
Bill Rice and Jerry Foster (50s rockabilly/country artist, songwriter)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc.
2:58
10Rockin' Jerry Lee
2:35
11Over the Rainbow
producer:
Eddie Kilroy
acoustic guitar:
Steve Chapman (drummer)
acoustic guitar and banjo:
Bobby Thompson (guitar & banjo player)
bass guitar:
Bobby Dyson
electric guitar:
Dave Kirby (US country singer/songwriter) and Duke Faglier
electric guitar and fiddle:
Kenneth Lovelace
electric piano and organ:
Bunky Keels
horn:
John Gobe, Terry Mead and Rex Peer
membranophone and percussion:
Jimmy Isbell (American drummer and percussionist)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1980-06 until 1980-08)
steel guitar:
Stu Basore and Russ Hicks
strings:
The Shelly Kurland Strings
background vocals and choir vocals:
The Lea Jane Singers
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1980-06 until 1980-08)
strings arranger:
Billy Strange
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S E Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
3:46
12Down the Road Apiece
cover recording of:
Down the Road Apiece
lyricist and composer:
Don Raye
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:31
13Miss the Mississippi and You
recording of:
Miss the Mississippi and You
lyricist and composer:
William H. Heagney (songwriter, also known as Bill Halley)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
3:40
14Crown Victoria Custom '51
recording of:
Crown Victoria Custom '51
writer:
James Burton (guitarist), Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”), Kenneth Lovelace and Andy Paley
3:05
15It Was the Whisky Talkin' (Not Me)
3:42
16Good News Travels Fast
acoustic guitar:
Steve Chapman (drummer)
acoustic guitar and banjo:
Bobby Thompson (guitar & banjo player)
bass guitar:
Bobby Dyson
clarinet:
Denis Solee
electric guitar:
Dave Kirby (US country singer/songwriter) and Duke Faglier
electric guitar and fiddle:
Kenneth Lovelace
electric piano and organ:
Bunky Keels
membranophone and percussion:
Jimmy Isbell (American drummer and percussionist)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
steel guitar:
Stu Basore
strings:
The Shelly Kurland Strings
trombone:
Dennis Good
trumpet:
Ronald Keller and George Tidwell
background vocals and choir vocals:
The Lea Jane Singers
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
strings arranger:
Billy Strange
2:53
17One Has My Name... The Other Has My Heart
recording of:
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
writer:
Hal Blair, Eddie Dean (Country artist) and Lorene Donnelly Dean
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
2:39
18Hadacol Boogie
recording of:
Hadacol Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Bill Nettles
3:24
19Don't Stay Away ('til Love Grows Cold)
2:23
20Jerry Lee's Boogie
2:02

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ASIN:US: B000FIMFZK [info]