Virtue, Frank & the Virtues: Guitar Boogie Shuffle & Other Guitar Greats 1955-1962 - COMPACT DISCS

Virtue, Frank & the Virtues: Guitar Boogie Shuffle & Other Guitar Greats 1955-1962 - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Guitar Boogie Shuffle & Other Guitar Greats 1955-1962

Artist:

Virtue, Frank & the Virtues

Label:

Jasmine Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

604988111422

Genre:

Rock

Release Date:

2022-02-18

Number of Discs:

1

Additional Details:

UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT

Originally a childhood prodigy violinist, Philadelphia-born FRANK VIRTUE took up guitar and double bass as a teenager, in the mid-1940s. His musical roots were based on the sound and style of the immediate pre-WWII Big Bands, and his earliest line-ups of THE VIRTUES, who were formed initially as THE VIRTUOSO TRIO,?reflected these influences. But by the mid-1950s they'd expanded to a quintet and were playing Big Beat and embryonic R&R, vying for popularity with local heroes Bill Haley & The Comets. In 1959 they registered a hit with "Guitar Boogie Shuffle", a revival of Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith's 1940s hit, which made the U. S. Top 10 and sold a couple of million copies. This compilation is built upon the subsequent Guitar Boogie Shuffle LP, also issued in 1959, plus assorted 45rpms issued between 1955-62, credited variously to The Virtues, Frank Virtuoso, Frank Virtuoso & His Men Of Virtue, and Jimmy Vespe (i. e. The band's lead guitarist).

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