CD - VA - Frank Guida Presents The Norfolk VA Rock And Roll Sound

Tracks
Barbara Redd - Dancing Teardrops, The Sheiks - Why Should I Dance, Church Street Five - A Night With Daddy G, Gary U S Bonds - Satan Go Away, Jimmy Soul - Go 'Way Christina, Francios And The Anglos - Mimi, Lynn Earlington - My Last Phone Call, Daddy "G" And The Church Street Five - Sing A Song Children, The Rockmasters - Raining Teardrops, Linda Carter - Just You And I (Up The Aisle ), Garland Owens - I Want To Know If You Love Me, The Azaleas - Hey Little Boy, Jimmy Soul - My Baby Loves To Bowl, Garland Owens - Hula Wobble Shake, George Payton - In My Room, The Rockmasters - Get Yo'self Married, Maddie Gavin Andthe Baddy Singers - It's Praying Time, The Azaleas - Hands Off, Raven Wildroot - I Love You So, Margie Day - Crazy Over You, The Soul Cop - I Keep Coming Back For More, Lilly Russell - Paper Doll, The Five Sheiks - Give Me Another Chance, Gary U S Bonds - New Orleans.
Norfolk, Virginia, Is A Major East Coast Port With The World's Largest Naval Base. Its Thriving Nightlife Helped Produce Such Great Stars As Ruth Brown, Gene Vincent And The Griffin Brothers And Also Many Of The Artists That Frank Guida Recorded Between The 50s And 60s For His Legrand Group Of Labels. The Norfolk Via Rock'n'roll Sound Assembles 24 Sides Recorded By Guida, Among Them Ultra-Rare Recordings By (Gary) U.S. Bonds, Jimmy Soul And A Cross-Section Of Exciting Local Talent. Guida Created A Revolutionary Sound Which Was A Synthesis Of An Individual Recording Technique, Unorthodox Arrangements And A Legrand Records House Band Style. He Had 14 Billboard Chart Hits With It Between 1960 -63 Including 10 By Gary U.S. Bonds (Among Them The No.L Hit Quarter To Three). The Booklet Accompanying This Cd Includes Fabulous Photographs And Notes By Norfolk Echo Co-Editor Brian Walsh. Compilation Is By Walter De Venne.