Johnny Carroll (View Discography)

Release Info

Johnny Carroll's 1956 recording of "Wild Wild Women," with its lean rockabilly arrangement and exciting vocal performance that owes little debt to Elvis Presley, is one of the greatest early rock & roll singles. Unfortunately, the record wasn't a hit and Carroll bounced from label to label without much success, making a little rockabilly and several Gene Vincent-style rockers along the way. Rock Baby Rock It: 1955-1960 is a complete summary of Carroll's early career, beginning with a generous helping of hot but rough demos made in 1955 and continuing through his complete recordings for Decca, Warner Bros., and Sun Records. The collection wraps up with a novelty single recorded by his backing band, the Spinners; a pair of indie label waxings; and the four songs Carroll performed in the 1957 film Rock, Baby, Rock It. The half-dozen Decca recordings, including "Wild Wild Women," are the essential cuts and have been anthologized elsewhere, but exemplary rockers are scattered throughout the track list. It is a shame that Decca didn't record Carroll more, but the work he did in those two days has given him a reputation among rockabilly aficionados that has only grown. ~ Greg Adams

Tracks

1. Hearts Of Stone
2. Why Cry
3. Love Is A Merry Go Round
4. Stingy Thing
5. Crazy Little Mama
6. Sexy Ways
7. Cut Out
8. You Two Timed Me Two Times Too Often
9. You Made Me Love You
10. Hot Rock
11. Rock 'n' Roll Ruby
12. Wild Wild Women
13. Corrina Corrina
14. Crazy Crazy Lovin'
15. Trying To Get To You
16. That's The Way I Love
17. I'll Wait
18. Rock Baby Rock It
19. Swing
20. The Bandstand Doll
21. Sugar
22. Lost Without You
23. Rag Mop
24. Little Otis
25. Trudy
26. Run Come See
27. Sally Ann
28. The Run Come See
29. Crazy Crazy Lovin'
30. Wild Wild Women
31. You Made Me Love You
32. Rockin' Maybelle
33. Sugar Baby