Rockin' on the Radio

• Artist: Sid King & the Five Strings
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• Release Date: March 19, 1996
• Total Time: 43:12
• Type: Compilation (best of), Live
• Genre: Country

Review

Sixteen tracks broadcast live on Texas radio stations in 1954 and 1955. With muffled (though listenable) fidelity, this is more of a historical document than a sampling of King at his best; it also finds him and his group much more grounded in hot Western swing (complete with steel guitar) than rock & roll. As an archival glimpse of the first stirrings of hillbilly turning into rockabilly, though, it's not bad. The group runs through the country boogies and ballads with zesty, unpolished flair, and edge close to rockabilly with their covers of "That's All Right," "Maybellene," and "Flip, Flop & Fly." ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Rock the Joint	Harry "Fats" Crafton, Doc Bagby	Sid King	(2:06)
Little Willie Boogie	Sid King	Sid King	(2:18)
If Tears Could Cry		Sid King	(3:29)
In the Jailhouse Now	Jimmie Rodgers	Sid King	(3:33)
Slowly	Webb Pierce, Tommy Hill	Sid King	(4:22)
Who Put the Turtle in Myrtle's Girdle	Blackie Crawford	Sid King	(2:47)
That's All Right	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Sid King	(2:35)
Five String Hoedown	Poe	Sid King	(2:06)
That's All Right	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Sid King	(1:42)
Rock My Soul		Sid King	(2:49)
Maybellene	Chuck Berry	Sid King	(3:52)
Wildwood Flower	A.P. Carter	Sid King	(2:14)
There She Goes	Eddie Miller, Durwood Haddock, W.S. Stevenson	Sid King	(3:00)
Making Believe	Jimmy Work	Sid King	(3:16)
Flip Flop and Fly	Chuck Calhoun, Lou Willie Turner	Sid King	(2:28)
Five String Hoedown		Sid King	(:35)

Credits

Don Button (Design), Sid King (Vocals), Melvin Robinson (Vocals), Garaud Mactaggart (Liner Notes), David Gibsone (Cover Design), Billy King (Guitar), Melvin Robinson (Guitar (Steel)), David L. White (Drums), David L. White (Vocals), Sid King (Guitar)