Roots Of The Beach Boys CD

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry ~ Various Artists

2. Louie, Louie - Richard Berry ~ Various Artists

3. Do You Wanna Dance - Bobby Freeman ~ Various Artists

4. Moon Dawg! - The Gamblers ~ Various Artists

5. Hully Gully - The Hollywood Argyles ~ Various Artists

6. Riot In Cell Block Number 9 - The Robins ~ Various Artists

7. To Know Him is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears ~ Various Artists

8. Graduation Day - The Four Freshmen ~ Various Artists

9. I Don't Want To Cry Anymore - The Hi-Lo's ~ Various Artists

10. Hearts of Stone - Otis Williams & the Charms ~ Various Artists

11. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran ~ Various Artists

12. Devoted To You - The Everly Brothers ~ Various Artists

13. Bluebirds Over the Mountain - Ritchie Valens ~ Various Artists

14. Hushabye - The Mystics ~ Various Artists

15. I'm So Young - The Students ~ Various Artists

16. Deep Purple - Billy Ward & the Dominoes ~ Various Artists

17. Mountain of Love - Harold Dorman ~ Various Artists

18. Cindy Oh Cindy - Eddie Fisher ~ Various Artists

19. Summertime - George Gershwin ~ Various Artists

20. Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka ~ Various Artists

21. Things We Did Last Summer, The - Jo Stafford ~ Various Artists

22. In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins ~ Various Artists

23. Ruby Baby - The Drifters ~ Various Artists

24. Casual Look, A - Six Teens ~ Various Artists

25. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino ~ Various Artists

26. Cotton Fields - Leadbelly ~ Various Artists

27. Wreck of The) "John B", (The - The Kingston Trio ~ Various Artists

Notes & Personnel Info
	Liner Note Author: Dave Henderson.
	The Beach Boys' California sound was a joyful hybrid of Chuck Berry guitar riffs, Four Freshmen vocal harmonies, and a young man's fascination with fun and motion, which, in the case here, meant songs about cars, surfboards, and girls. That Brian Wilson and company cobbled all of this together into a soundtrack for an endless summer was either a stroke of genius or blind luck, and most likely a little of both. This set collects the originals of songs the Beach Boys either recorded or adapted, and the group's roots and influences are clear as sleigh bells. Chuck Berry is here ("Sweet Little Sixteen"), and so are the Four Freshmen ("Graduation Day"), as well as Ritchie Valens ("Bluebirds Over the Mountain") and Bobby Freeman ("Do You Wanna Dance"), and even Leadbelly ("Cotton Fields"), making this a fun playlist even without the Beach Boys angle. It's perfect for a long drive at the start of that endless summer. ~ Steve Leggett

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