The Best Of

~ Release by Gene Vincent (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Be-Bop-A-Lula
double bass [upright bass]:
Jack Neal (on 1956-05-04)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Dickie Harrell (on 1956-05-04)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Cliff Gallup (lead guitarist for The Blue Caps) (on 1956-05-04)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Willie Williams (50s rock guitarist) (on 1956-05-04)
vocals:
Gene Vincent (on 1956-05-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (from 1956 to present)
recorded at:
Owen Bradley Studio (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-05-04)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 9) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 102)
recording of:
Be‐Bop‐a‐Lula (on 1956-05-04)
writer:
Bill “Tex” Davis and Gene Vincent
52:38
2Blue Jean Bop
recording of:
Blue Jean Bop
writer:
Hal Levy and Gene Vincent
2:24
3Lotta Lovin'
bass guitar [bass]:
Bobby Jones (rock bassist) (in 1957-06)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Johnny Meeks (in 1957-06)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Buck Owens (in 1957-06)
handclaps [hand claps] and background vocals:
Tommy Facenda (in 1957-06) and Paul Peek (in 1957-06)
vocals:
Gene Vincent (in 1957-06)
recorded at:
Capitol Tower (Hollywood, CA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1957-06)
recording of:
Lotta Lovin’ (in 1957-06)
lyricist and composer:
Bernice Bedwell
2:12
4Dance to the Bop
recording of:
Dance to the Bop
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Edge
2:16
5Baby Blue
recording of:
Baby Blue
writer:
Gene Vincent
2:31
6Rocky Road Blues
2:11
7Say Mama
2:12
8Hey Good Looking
cover recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
2:31
9Race With the Devil
recording of:
Race with the Devil
writer:
Bill “Tex” Davis and Gene Vincent
publisher:
Central Songs
2:04
10Who Slapped John
2:00
11Ain't She Sweet
cover recording of:
Ain’t She Sweet
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
2:29
12Crazy Legs
recording of:
Crazy Legs
writer:
Jerry Reed
2:11
13Everybody's Got a Date but Me
recording of:
Everybody's Got a Date but Me
2:07
14Pretty Pretty Baby
2:27
15Keep a Secret
2:05
16Now Is the Hour
2:57