Best Rock And Roll
Released in 1994, this box set compiles pivotal blues and rockabilly tracks recorded at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1950s. Founded by Sam Phillips, the label was instrumental in the early development of rock and roll, serving as the launching pad for artists like Elvis Presley, Joh...
Elvis' Golden Records is a compilation album released by RCA Victor in March 1958, featuring many of Elvis Presley's hit singles from his first two years with the label. The album includes classics such as "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender," and "Jailhouse Rock," and was certified gold by the Recording I...
Elvis' Golden Records Vol. 2 is a compilation album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in 1959. The record is a collection of hit singles originally released between 1958 and 1959, featuring popular tracks such as "A Big Hunk o' Love," "One Night," and "I Got Stun...
The Essential Elvis Presley is a compilation album released in 2007 as part of Sony BMG's "The Essential" series. The double-disc collection spans Presley's recording career from his 1950s Sun Records and RCA sessions through his later work, including hit singles such as "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound D...
*Elvis 30 #1 Hits* (stylized as *ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits*) is a compilation album by American rock and roll musician Elvis Presley, released in 2002 by RCA Records. The album consists of 30 tracks that reached number one on music charts in either the United States or the United Kingdom, spanning his caree...
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story is a British jukebox musical written by Alan Janes and first staged in 1989. It dramatizes Buddy Holly's rise as a rock-and-roll performer through scenes from his career and live renditions of songs associated with Holly and other musicians of the period. The narrative c...
Million Dollar Quartet is a jukebox musical that dramatizes a 1956 Sun Records recording session in Memphis, Tennessee, involving Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. The session was captured by Sun Records and later popularized under the name "Million Dollar Quartet." The...
Return to the Forbidden Planet is a jukebox musical written and directed by Bob Carlton, premiering in London's West End in the late 1980s. The show combines elements of Shakespeare's The Tempest with the narrative of the 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet. Set aboard a spacecraft, the produ...
Supershitty to the Max! is the debut studio album by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters, released in 1996. The band was formed by Nicke Andersson, previously known as the drummer of the death metal band Entombed, who served as the Hellacopters' guitarist and vocalist. The album blends high-energ...
Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits: 1957 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records as part of a series collecting charting rock-and-roll singles from individual calendar years. The album assembles ten tracks that appeared on Billboard's popular music charts during 1957, a pivotal year in the ma...
Lee Allen (1926–1994) was an American tenor saxophonist who became one of the most prominent session musicians in the New Orleans rhythm and blues scene. Recording extensively at producer Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio, his distinctive, heavy-toned solos were featured on landmark rock and roll and R&B...
Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits: 1955 is a music compilation album released by Rhino Records. It assembles various charting singles from 1955, capturing the early development of the rock and roll genre. The collection includes foundational tracks by notable artists of the era. It is designed for li...
Back in the USA is the second studio album by the Detroit-based rock band MC5, released in 1970 on Atlantic Records. Produced by Jon Landau, the album marked a significant departure from the extended, chaotic jams of their live debut. Instead, it delivered a stripped-down, high-energy rock and roll...
The soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biographical film "Elvis" is a compilation album that mixes archival recordings of Elvis Presley with contemporary musical contributions. It features original Presley masters alongside modern reinterpretations and new songs by pop, hip-hop, and country artists s...
Payin' the Dues is the second studio album by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters, released in 1997. The album continues the high-energy garage punk and hard rock style established by the band's debut record. It features fast-paced guitar riffs, driving rhythm sections, and raw, unpolished produc...
By the Grace of God is the fourth studio album by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters, released in 2002. The album features a continuation of the band's hard rock and garage rock sound, moving towards a more polished production style compared to their earlier work. It includes prominent tracks su...
Group Sounds is the 2001 studio album by Rocket from the Crypt, a garage punk and rock and roll band from San Diego, California formed in 1989. The album was the band's first release on Vagrant Records, following their departure from the major label Interscope. Led by guitarist and vocalist John Rei...
Veronica Varlow is an American burlesque performer who uses the stage name the Danger Dame. Her act combines neo-burlesque striptease with rock-and-roll styling and elements associated with fire performance and sideshow. She is known for theatrical, character-based shows aimed at audiences intereste...
Million Dollar Quartet Christmas is a holiday jukebox musical and a seasonal follow-up to Million Dollar Quartet, the stage work about a 1956 recording session involving Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. Colin Escott is credited as the writer, and the production uses son...
Elvis is a jukebox musical and theatrical revue based on the life and music of American singer Elvis Presley. The original West End production opened at London’s Astoria Theatre on November 28, 1977, and was devised by Jack Good and Ray Cooney. Its presentation combines performances of Presley songs...
All Shook Up is a jukebox musical with a book by Joe DiPietro and a score assembled from songs recorded by Elvis Presley. Set in the United States in 1955, it follows a group of characters whose romantic complications and mistaken identities echo Shakespeare's Twelfth Night without retelling the pla...
Head Off is a release by Swedish rock band The Hellacopters, part of the extensive catalog that established them as one of Scandinavia's most celebrated garage-influenced hard rock acts.
