Playlist - 12/28/2014 - 1950s Rockabilly and Atomic Platters

Hi Folks.

This show was shortened to one hour by a spurts preemption, so we concentrated on two topics, both supported by excellent compilations from the folks at Bear Family.

Fred Kirby

The first part of the show was 1950s rockabilly from the classic Four Star record label.  Some sources date rock & roll to the mid-1950s with Bill Haley or Elvis Presley, but over the years, and especially today, we have heard on Red Rooster Party music dated from 1945 that sure sounds like rock & roll.

Following that segment we transitioned to songs and public service announcements related to the hysteria prevalent following the revelation of atomic weapons in 1945.  The topic appears to have been in continuous thought from Fred Kirby's first song about it in 1945 just days after Hiroshima through the early 1960s, and we heard a good sampling through that period.


We'll be back next Sunday, spurts preemption notwithstanding, so join us then.

Jim & Marti

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Year

• Sammy Masters / Pink Cadillac / That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 26 Rockabilly From the Vault of Four Star Records / Bear Family  / 1956
• Arkie Shibley / Hot Rod Race / That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 26 Rockabilly From the Vault of Four Star Records / Bear Family  / 1950
• The Miller Brothers (voc. Jimmy McGraw) / Loco Choo Choo / That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 26 Rockabilly From the Vault of Four Star Records / Bear Family  / 1956
• Maddox Brothers & Rose (voc. Don Maddox) / New Step It Up And Go / That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 26 Rockabilly From the Vault of Four Star Records / Bear Family  / 1951
• Frank Simon / Sugar Plum Boogie / That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 26 Rockabilly From the Vault of Four Star Records / Bear Family  / 1953
• Jimmy Wolford / Teeny Weeny Man / That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 26 Rockabilly From the Vault of Four Star Records / Bear Family  / 1958
• T. Texas Tyler / Shake 'Em Up Rock / That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 26 Rockabilly From the Vault of Four Star Records / Bear Family  / 1958
• Charlie Ryan / Hot Rod Lincoln / That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 26 Rockabilly From the Vault of Four Star Records / Bear Family  / 1959
• CONELRAD / Radio Alert 'Real Thing' (WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY) / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1950s
• Peter Scott Peters / Fallout Shelter / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1961
• Slim Gailard / Atomic Cocktail / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1946
• The Buchanan Brothers / Atomic Power / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1946
• Sam Hinton / Old Man Atom / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1950
• The Five Stars / Atomic Bomb Baby / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1957
• Connie Francis / Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, For Survival Tomorrow / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1959
• Karl & Harty / When The Atom Bomb Fell / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1946
• Johnny Cash / Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1959
• The Louvin Brothers / The Great Atomic Power / Atomic Platters / Bear Family / 1952
• Fred Kirby / When That Hell Bomb Falls / Atomic Power / Bear Family / 1950