Billy Lee Riley - Red Hot: The Very Best Of Billy Lee Riley (Collectables)

Artist:

Riley, Billy Lee

See Also:

Richard, Little

Description:

Personnel includes: Billy Lee Riley; Jerry Lee Lewis (piano).
Though he never achieved the renown of first-generation rockabilly contemporaries like Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, Billy Lee Riley was one of the rawest, wildest, most intense rock-&-rollers to come out of the magic music factory that was Sun Studio in the 1950s. This 22-track anthology presents a comprehensive, well balanced view of Riley`s career. Naturally, the signature songs are here, like the fiery, much-covered "Red Hot" and the extraterrestrial rave-up, "Flying Saucers Rock and Roll," but there are also less iconic (though no less intriguing) cuts like Riley`s swinging, bluesy take on the Louis Jordan jump-blues hit "Open the Door Richard" and a rocking update of the spiritual standard "Down By the Riverside." All in all, it`s a first-rate introduction to Riley`s work.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Red Hot
2. Pearly Lee
3. Flying Saucers Rock and Roll
4. Baby Please Don`t Go
5. Searchin`
6. Betty & Dupree
7. Trouble Bound
8. Wouldn`t You Know
9. College Man
10. Got the Water Boiling Baby
11. I Want You Baby
12. Swannee River Rock
13. Rock With Me Baby
14. Open the Door Richard
15. No Name Girl
16. That`s Right
17. Down by the Riverside
18. Come Back Baby (One More Time)
19. Lookin` For My Baby
20. Tallahassee
21. Workin` on the River
22. Gallows Hill

Album Information

Release Date:

03/14/2006

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rockabilly

Label:

Collectables Records

Catalog Number:

6008

Original Release Year:

1999

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mixed

Guest Artist:

Jerry Lee Lewis

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