Meet Me at the Hop: 33 Cruisin' Dreams / Various: Meet Me At The Hop: 33 Cruisin' Dreams (Various Artists)
Meet Me at the Hop: 33 Cruisin' Dreams / Various: Meet Me At The Hop: 33 Cruisin' Dreams (Various Artists)
Format: CD
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Artist: Meet Me at the Hop: 33 Cruisin' Dreams / Various
Label: Bear Family
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5397102176333
Genre: Rock
This lovely compilation on Bear Family could well be the alternative soundtrack to cult movies like 'American Graffiti', 'American Diner', or 'Lemon Popsicle'!'Cruising' is as much a part of America's history as Kennedy, Marilyn, Coke, and the hula-hoop.On 33 tracks from 1954-1964, the heyday of rock 'n' roll, a culturally extremely vibrant decade is rediscovered, whether as a 'soundtrack' in your car or as a musical enhancement to the next party!There are plenty of titles that were often heard on the (car) radio at the time and invite you to cruise in a stylish vintage automobile.Doo-Wop is strongly represented, including really rare recordings, especially Ding Dong by a certain Tony Orlando, played extremely fast considering it's Doo-Wop!There's plenty of teen rock with Ricky Nelson, Fabian, Troy Shondell and Darrell McCall, plus a terrific instrumental by the Viscounts.Ed Townsend, Ronnie Love and Larry Tamblyn are all part of the so-called popcorn sound, and there's even an early blues/rock trailblazer from Hank Ballard!The 16-page color booklet includes producer Marc Mittelacher's remarks on each song and many photos and illustrations, some of them rare.Imagine it's summer, with the sun up in the blue sky, cruisin' in a fancy '50s automobile with this compilation playing on the car stereo! Cruising is still prevalent in the USA today. If there wasn't a dance going on in high school, you didn't know where else to go. You took your dad's car and shuttled between the milk bar, the local diner and the drive-in movie theater. You met in streets for wild car parties, participated in illegal races, or broke into the bathhouse at night, not just to swim! If you already had your sweetheart/lover by the hand, you usually went to 'Lover's Lane' to... or to a romantic lake outside the city.
Tracks:
1.1 Barry Frank - at the Hop
1.2 Lavern Baker - Bumble Bee
1.3 The Mystics - Don't Take the Stars
1.4 The Chanters - Stars in the Skies
1.5 The Honey Bears - One Bad Stud
1.6 The Flamingos - Lovers Never Say Goodbye
1.7 The Falcons - You're So Fine
1.8 Ed Townsend - for Your Love
1.9 Little Anthony ; the Imperials - Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko Bop
1.10 Hank Ballard ; the Midnighters - Look at Little Sister
1.11 Ronnie Love ; His Orchestra - Chills and Fever
1.12 The Hi-Fives - Dorothy
1.13 The Three Pennies - Why I Am So Shy
1.14 Fabian - String Along
1.15 The Five Stars - Pickin' on the Wrong Chicken
1.16 Lewis Lymon ; the Teenchords - Your Last Chance
1.17 The Elegants - Little Star
1.18 The Danleers - a Picture of You
1.19 Janie Grant - Triangle
1.20 The Viscounts - Harlem Nocturne
1.21 Larry Tamblyn - Destiny
1.22 The Chimes - I'm in the Mood for Love
1.23 Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool
1.24 Troy Shondell - Girl After Girl
1.25 The Mystics - Hushabye
1.26 Vernon Green ; the Medallions - a Lover's Prayer
1.27 The Del Satins - Two Broken Hearts
1.28 The Videls - Mister Lonely
1.29 The Magnificent Seven - Baby Doll
1.30 The Drifters - I Count the Tears
1.31 The Earls - Remember Then
1.32 Darrell McCall - My Girl
1.33 Tony Orlando - Ding Dong
