Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 6

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1997
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Rock

Review

As this series progresses, there's a higher proportion of obscure material involved. This is both good and bad: it's good to find worthy minor hits that have largely missed the CD revolution, but some of them didn't make it above the '80s on the charts for good reason. Nonetheless, there are some real goodies here, whether hard to find or not: the Del Vikings' "Come Go with Me," and Bobby Freeman's "Do You Want to Dance," the El Dorados' "At My Front Door," the Rivingtons' "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow," and Joe Bennett's "Black Slacks." Among the rarities, the most interesting items are John Fred's "Shirley" (recorded almost ten years before "Judy in Disguise"), Ronald & Ruby's original version of "Lollipop" (surpassed commercially by the Chordettes' rendition), the Quotations' "Imagination" (top-flight doo wop), and Bunker Hill's "Hide and Go Seek" (described in the liners as "like a gospel holler in a squash court"). Pick find: the Pentagons' "I Wonder," which sounds like a great lost Drifters hit from the early '60s. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Shirley		John Fred & His Playboy Band	(1:56)
Come Go with Me	Clarence E. Quick, Clarence E. Quick	The Del Vikings	(2:42)
Black Slacks	Joe Bennett, Jimmy Denton	Joe Bennett	(2:07)
Lollipop	Beverly "Ruby" Ross, Julius Edward Dixon	Ronald & Ruby	(1:53)
Ten Commandments of Love	Marshall Paul	Harvey & The Moonglows	(3:42)
Love Bug Crawl	Bill Foshee, James Bullington	Jimmy Edwards	(2:03)
Do You Want to Dance	Bobby Freeman	Bobby Freeman	(2:36)
Hard Times (The Slop)	Noble "Thin Man" Watts	Noble "Thin Man" Watts	(2:44)
Imagination	Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen	The Quotations	(2:14)
I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong to Me) [Stereo][Version]		The Pentagons	(2:25)
At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)	John Moore, Ewart Abner	The El Dorados	(2:38)
You're So Fine	Willie Schofield, Lance Finney, Bob West	The Falcons	(2:30)
Tall Cool One	Kent Morrill, Rick Dangel, John Greek	The Wailers	(2:27)
The Shape I'm In [Stereo][Version]	Otis Blackwell, Lee Cathy	Johnny Restivo	(2:05)
Little Star	Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa	The Elegants	(2:43)
Lover Please [Stereo][Version]	Billy Swan	Clyde McPhatter	(2:00)
Charlena		Sevilles	(2:52)
Pledging My Love	Don Robey, Ferdinand Washington	Johnny Ace	(2:32)
Itchy Twitchy Feeling	Jimmy Oliver	Bobby Hendricks	(2:31)
Priscilla	Otis Blackwell, Eddie Cooley	Eddie Cooley & The Dimples	(2:32)
Hold Back the Tears	C. Harris	The Delacardos	(2:05)
You Can Make It If You Try	Ted Jarrett	Gene Allison	(2:10)
Real Wild Child	David Owens, Johnny O'Keefe		(2:22)
Quarter to Four Stomp		The Stompers	(2:09)
Don't You Just Know It	Huey "Piano" Smith, Johnny Vincent	Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns	(2:33)
I'm Walkin'	Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino	Rick Nelson	(2:01)
I Love an Angel		Little Bill & the Bluenotes	(2:52)
Short Shorts	Tom Austin, Bob Gaudio	The Royal Teens	(2:38)
Hide and Go Seek (Pt. 1)		Bunker Hill	(2:26)
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow [Stereo][Version]	Carl White, Al Frazier, Sonny Harris, Sonny Harris, Turner Wilson	The Rivingtons	(2:22)

Credits

Johnny Ace (Performer), The Del Vikings (Performer), Clyde McPhatter (Performer), The Pentagons (Performer), The Rivingtons (Performer), The Royal Teens (Performer), The Elegants (Performer), Gene Allison (Performer), Joe Bennett (Performer), John Fred (Performer), Johnny Restivo (Performer), The El Dorados (Performer), Noble "Thin Man" Watts (Performer), The Wailers (Performer), Jimmy Edwards (Performer), Bobby Freeman (Performer), Rick Nelson (Performer), The Stompers (Performer), Jon Broven (Compilation), Jon Broven (Sequencing), Jon Broven (Photo Courtesy), Harvey & The Moonglows (Performer), Bobby Hendricks (Performer), Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns (Performer), The Quotations (Performer), Ronald & Ruby (Performer), Eddie Cooley & The Dimples (Performer), Rob Finnis (Liner Notes), Rob Finnis (Compilation), Rob Finnis (Sequencing), Rob Finnis (Photo Courtesy), Trevor Churchill (Compilation), Trevor Churchill (Research), Trevor Churchill (Photo Courtesy), Duncan Cowell (Post Production), Philip Lloyd-Smee (Package Design), Bunker Hill (Performer), Little Bill & the Bluenotes (Performer)