All Shook Up – Elvis Presley Lyrics
27 Aug 2008


Album: N/A
Genre: Rock & Roll
Released: March, 1957

This song was written by Elvis Presley and Otis Blackweell. It is one of the hits of this artist. Al Shook Up appears #352 into Rolling Stone’s List of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. During 1957, the song was on top the three most important charts on Billboard: Country, R&B and Pop. Elvis Presley continue being a icon and The King of Rock ‘n Roll. His other genres were the rockabilly, rhythm and blues and country rock. His premature death was due to the drug dependency and different health problems at the age of 42. His artist influences were: Hank Snow, Mississippi Slim, Ted Daffan, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills and Ernest Tubbs.
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All I Have To Do is Dream – Everly Brothers Lyrics
26 Aug 2008


Album: Everly Brothers Best
Genre:
Released: March, 1958

On the position #141 at the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time appears this famous song that it was released in 1958 into the album, Everly Brothers Best. The song has had different version, but the other one more common is by Richard Chamberlain in his album Richard Chamberlain Sings. The Everly Brothers is a band integrated for two siblings whose genres have been the rock & roll, rockabilly and country. During 50′s and 60′s, they have an incredible success with many of their songs on the Hot 100. Their last compilation was Give Me A Future in 2005 with songs in the early states of their career like: How Did We Stay Together, Maybe Tomorrow, You’re the One, Don’t Call me, I’ll Call You, Hello Amy, You Can Fly and Who’s to be the One.
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Tutti Frutti – Little Richard Lyrics
13 Aug 2008


Album: Little Richard
Genre: Rock and Roll
Released: 1955

When the song was released, it was used like model in the rest of Little Richard Songs and from many other rock and roll songs. During that time- It appears at #43 in The 500 Greates Songs of All Time List by Rolling Stones. This song had different version, one of them was made by Pat Boone who got to superpass the original one, something very common during that time due to racial problems. Other record broken for this song was becoming in the first black record which had an important amount of plays on radio stations, not only for black listeners, but also for white ones. Singer like Elvis Presley and Elton John included this song. As Richard Little as the song was inducted into the Legends and Songwriters of Hall of Fame. At 1993 Grammy Award, Little Richard received a Honorary Lifetime Achievement.
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Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley And His Comets Lyrics
7 Aug 2008


Album: Bill Haley and His Comets
Genre: Rock and Roll
Released: April, 1960

The song was the first one of this genre in being a real successful hit. The entire title was “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock Tonight”, but time later was shortened. The song was written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers better known as Jimmy De Knight. Also, Bill Haley & His Comets was an important American rock and roll band founded in 1952 that was active until the dead of his lead singer, Bill Haley, who died on February 9, 1981. Other hits in this album which reached great success were: Shake Rattle And Roll and Crazy Man Crazy. In 1988, Billboard released a compilation album with the top 10 Rock’n'Roll Hits where this song was the track number one.
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