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The Legends Collection: Rock 'n' Roll Teenagers

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AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett

This is a two-disc budget collection with an interesting mix of early-'60s rock & roll artists, pretty much running the gamut from Carl Perkins to the Shangri-Las. Everything could have fit on one disc, though.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Sample		Title/Composer	Performer	Time
		1	Listen to Me Buddy Holly / Norman Petty	Buddy Holly	2:20
		2	Honey Don't Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	3:44
		3	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Sunny David / Dave Williams	Jerry Lee Lewis	4:23
		4	Tutti Frutti Dorothy LaBostrie / Joe Lubin / Little Richard	Little Richard	2:24
		5	Ain't That a Shame Dave Bartholomew / Fats Domino	Fats Domino	2:31
		6	Ooby Dooby Wade Moore / Wayde Lee Moore / Roy Orbison / Alan Penner / Dick Penner	Roy Orbison	2:14
		7	That's All Right Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Elvis Presley	1:35
		8	Wake Up Little Susie Boudleaux Bryant / Felice Bryant	The Everly Brothers	2:35
		9	Under the Boardwalk Arthur Resnick / Kenny Young	The Drifters	2:35
		10	Wonderful Land	Jet Black	2:19
		11	Remember (Walking in the Sand) George "Shadow" Morton	The Shangri-Las	2:12
		12	Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight Calvin Carter / James Hudson	The Spaniels	2:42

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Sample		Title/Composer	Performer	Time
		1	Great Balls of Fire Otis Blackwell / Jack Hammer	Jerry Lee Lewis	1:53
		2	Leader of the Pack Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich / George "Shadow" Morton	The Shangri-Las	2:50
		3	Red River Rock Tom King / Lonnie Mack / Fred Mendelsohn	Johnny & the Hurricanes	2:13
		4	Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	2:14
		5	Peggy Sue Jerry Allison / Buddy Holly / Norman Petty	Buddy Holly	2:30
		6	Just Like Eddie Geoff Goddard	Heinz	2:48
		7	Hello Mary Lou Gene Pitney	Rick Nelson	2:18
		8	Blueberry Hill Al Lewis / Vincent Rose / Larry Stock	Fats Domino	2:41
		9	The Great Pretender Buck Ram	The Platters	3:15
		10	(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock Jimmy DeKnight / Max Freedman	Bill Haley	2:11
		11	School Days Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	3:26
		12	Claudette Roy Orbison	Roy Orbison	1:58
		13	Long Tall Sally Robert "Bumps" Blackwell / Enotris Johnson / Richard Penniman	Little Richard	2:10
		14	Apache	The Man of Mystery	3:00

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