Let the Boogie Woogie Rock'n Roll (1999)

About this title: Atlantic was one of the most important labels in the slide from R&B to rock & roll, and this anthology presents 25 tracks, most of them rare and little-known, illustrating the process. A few cuts here and there will be well known to '50s rock fans, like Ray Charles' "Mess Around," the Clovers' "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' but Trash," and Clyde McPhatter's "Let the Boogie Woogie Roll." For the most part, however, even those with a bunch of Atlantic single-artist and multi-artist collections will be missing a bunch of these sides. Atlantic paid more attention to tight arrangements and song quality ... read more

Tracks:

1. Mess Around [Nugetre]
2. Big Foot May [Paige]
3. Alarm Clock Boogie [Hegner/Turner]
4. Wine-O-Wine [Nugetre/Stone/Abram]
5. Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash [Calhoun]
6. Ee-Til-Ya-Dee [Abramson/Wayman]
7. Big Mamou Daddy [Carroll/Taylor]
8. Uh-Huh [Jackson/Wexler]
9. I'm Gonna Cross That River [DeVere/Sturgell]
10. Got the Water Boiling [Cornelius/Russell]
11. Bump Miss Susie [Toombs]
12. Let the Boogie Woogie Roll [Ertegun/Wexler]
13. My Beat Is a 125th Street
14. Rhumboogie Jive [Walls]
15. As Long as I'm Moving [Calhoun]
16. Beans and Corn Bread [Clark/Moore]
17. Why Oh Why [Leiber/Stoller/Mars]
18. Fanny Lou [Leiber/Stoller]
19. (Wake Up) Miss Rip Van Winkle [Pomus/Shuman]
20. I'm Going Crazy [Pomus/Shuman]
21. Hey Memphis [Pomus/Shuman]
22. Shuffle in the Gravel [Jessie]
23. Shooty Booty [Hunter]
24. Bip Bop Bip [Covay]
25. Rock 'N' Roll Espanole [Gillespie/Taylor]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.