THERE WAS NEVER A TIME WHERE THE OBSESSION WITH MOTOR VEHICLES WAS MORE INTENSE THAN 1950’S AMERICA. THIS WEEK, IN A SLIGHTLY EXTENDED VERSION WE HAVE A FANTASTIC ROCKIN’ SOUNDTRACK FROM THE 50’S & 60’S (WITH A COUPLE A SWERVE BALLS!) TO CELEBRATE THIS. STARTING WITH WHAT MANY WOULD ARGUE WAS THE FIRST EVER ROCK ’N’ ROLL RECORD-
JACKIE BRENSTON & A 19 YEAR OLD IKE TURNER & THE DELTA CATS (OR RHYTHM KINGS) WITH ‘ROCKET 88’…BUT ALSO A LOOK OUT FOR THE JIMMY LIGGINS TUNE, CADILLAC BOOGIE……VROOM VROOM……OR THE BIG JOE TURNER WITH PETE JOHNSON, ROCKET BOOGIE 88……VROOM VROOM…
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AS MOST 50’S/CAR ENTHUSIASTS WILL KNOW, THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A COUPLE OF FIRST RATE CAR COMPS,SO BY AN LARGE I’VE TRIED TO AVOID EM, AN HOPEFULLY AVOIDED ANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD!
ORIGINALLY ENTITLED ‘DADDY LOVES HIS AUTOMOBILE, MUMMY DOES TOO’.
YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO CHECK OUT THE ‘RIO ROCK’ FOR SOME MORE ROCKIN’ ROLLIN’ TREATS……
1 JACKIE BRENSTON & HIS DELTA CATS-ROCKET ’88
2 BAKER KNIGHT-BRING MY CADILLAC BACK
3 SONNY BURGESS-THUNDERBIRD
4 THE MAR-KEYS-HOT ROD
5 RUSTY DRAPER-PINK CADILLAC
6 VERNON GREEN & THE MEDALLIONS-COUPE DE VILLE BABY
7 JOYCE GREEN-BLACK CADILLAC
8 WILLIAM ‘THUNDERBIRD’WALKER BAND-THUNDERBIRD
9 THE KINKS-CADILLAC
10 PATTI PAGE-ROUTE 66
11 CHUCK BERRY-JAGUAR AND THUNDERBIRD
12 ROY BROWN-CADILLAC BABY
13 THE CASUALAIRS-THUNDERBIRD
14 HAL WILLIS-MY PINK CADILLAC
15 THE JOHN BARRY ORCHESTRA-HIGHWAY 101
16 BILLY CARROLL-BIG GREEN CAR
17 BOBBY KINGDOM-BRAND NEW AUTOMOBILE
18 SLICK SLAVIN-SPEED CRAZY
19 BO DIDDLEY-COPS & ROBBERS
20 BIG JOE TURNER-ROCKET BOOGIE ’88
21 BROWNIE MCGHEE-AUTO MECHANIC BLUES
22 HOYT STEVENS-55 CHEVY
23 ANDRE WILLIAMS-CADILLAC JACK
24 THE JOHN BARRY ORCHESTRA-CAR CHASE/NIGHT CHASE
25 RENE HALL ORCHESTRA-THUNDERBIRD
26 VERNON GREEN & THE MEDALLIONS-PUSH BUTTON AUTOMOBILE
27 NIGHT RIDERS-WOMEN AND CADILLACS
28 RED PRYSOCK-WHAT’S THE WORD? THUNDERBIRD!
29 BEA BAKER-I WANT A LAVENDER CADILLAC
30 THE TRENIERS-GET OUT THE CAR
31 JIMMY LIGGINS-CADILLAC BOOGIE
32 GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS-PINK THUNDERBIRD
33 NELSON RIDDLE & HIS ORCHESTRA-ROUTE 66 THEME
34 STORMY HERMAN& HIS MIDNIGHT RAMBLERS-CADILLAC FEVER
THANX.