Artist: Various
Album: All American Rock 'n' Roll From Fraternity Records
Genre: Rock & Roll
Released: 1991
Fraternity Records, out of Cincinnati, was started in the early 50s by Harry Carlson, the director of a photographic studio. The first forty releases through the new imprint were mainly MOR titles, reflecting Carlson's late introduction to the music business. However by 1957 the joint had started to jump, and the wild, wild sounds of that rock'n'roll music were pounding out of the Fraternity office. A whole collection of cool cool cats cut sides for Fraternity-.-Dale Wright went top 40 in 1958 with the neat "She's Neat", Carl Dobkins Jr. rattled off two sides in Nashville with the Jordanaires, in between Decca singles, and of course Bobby Bare became Bill Parsons for the No. 2 sound of "All American Boy", featured here in an alternate take, as by the actual singer, Bobby Bare - confusing isn't it! Then again there was Sparkle Moore, representing that rarely heard breed, the wild wild woman of rock'n'roll. Two of her singles, "Rock-A-Bop" and "Killer" feature here alongside the unissued and decidedly weird "Flower Of My Heart." 20 tracks-7 previously unissued - in this good rockin' package of all American Midwest rock'n'roll.
Tracklist
01 Rock-A-Bop - Sparkle Moore With Dan Belloc And His Orchestra
02 Flower Of My Heart - Sparkle Moore With Dan Belloc And His Orchestra
03 Killer - Sparkle Moore With Dan Belloc And His Orchestra
04 She's Neat - Dale Wright with the Rock-Its
05 Take Hold Of My Hand - Carl Dobkins Jr With Lew Douglas & His Orchestra And Chorus
06 Makin' Love With My Baby - Richard Turley With The All American Boys
07 My Girl - Jesse Lee Turner With Luther Brandon & His All American Boys
08 Absolutely Nothin' - Bill Parsons
09 Try It No More - Gene Marcum
10 Preview That's Show Biz - Dale Wright
11 That's Why I'm Asking - Carl Dobkins Jr With Lew Douglas & His Orchestra And Chorus
12 Dance, Dance, Dance - Bill Parsons
13 You're The Answer - Dale Wright
14 Dis A Itty Bit! - Robin Hood Brians With Lew Douglas His Orchestra & Chorus
15 Buddies With The Blues - Bobby Bare With The All American Boys' Orchestra
16 Hand Me Down My Rockin' Shoes - Bill Parsons
17 Teardrops From My Eyes - Jimmy Jeffers And The Jokers
18 Jungle Bandstand - Bill Parsons
19 Rubber Dolly - Bill Parsons & Orville Lunsford
20 The All American Boy - Bobby Bare
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