Johnny Burnette is best known as the teen idol late era rock 'n' roller, whose Top 5 hits with "Dreamin'" and "You're Sixteen" typified the lightier, poppier direction that rock 'n' roll took at the start of the '60s. However, his roots were in the country rockabilly music of the mid-50s, when he featured with his brother and songwriting partner Dorsey Burnette in The Rock 'n' Roll Trio. Although the perceived wisdom is that most rock 'n' rollers relied on Tin Pan Alley for their songs, the Burnette brothers wrote the majority of their own material, and Johnny's talent was much broader than some of his contemporaries. This collection provides a thorough trawl through all the singles he released under his own name in the USA and UK through to 1962 from his 1956 debut on the tiny Von label through his time with Coral, Freedom and then Liberty, the label where he found success with the some of the first productions by the legendary Snuff Garrett, who introduced strings into Johnny's recordings. It also includes by way of a bonus, the tracks from his EP releases in the UK and USA which did not appear on his single releases. It's a great value 62-track 2-CD set, encapsulating the entirety of his chart career prior to his tragic early death in 1964 in a boating accident

Tracklist:

You're Undecided
Go Mule Go
Tear It Up
You're Undecided 1956 Version
Oh Baby Babe
Midnight Train
The Train Kept A-Rollin'
Honey Hush
Lonesome Train On A Lonesome Track
I Just Found Out
Eager Beaver Baby
Touch Me
Butterfingers
Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee, Drinking Wine
Rock Billy Boogie
If You Want It Enough
Blues Stay Away From Me
Warm Love
My Honey
Kiss Me
I'm Restless
Me And The Bear
Gumbo
I'll Never Love Again
Sweet Baby Doll
Settin' The Woods On Fire
Kentucky Waltz
Patrick Henry
Don't Do It
Dreamin'
Cincinnati Fireball
You're Sixteen
I Beg Your Pardon
Little Boy Sad
I Go Down To The River
Pledge Of Love
Big Big World
Ballad Of The One Eyed Jacks
Girls
I've Got A Lot Of Things To Do
Honestly I Do
God, Country And My Baby
I'm Still Dreaming
The Fool
Clown Shoes
The Way I Am
The Fool Of The Year
The Poorest Boy In Town
I Wanna Thank Your Folks
The Giant
Damn The Defiant
Lonesome Waters
Tag-Along
Party Girl
Remember Me I'm The One Who Loves You
Time Is Not Enough
Please Help Me I'm Falling
Dream Lover
You're So Fine
Memories Are Made Of This
Red Sails In The Sunset
Blue Blue Morning

UPC: 824046312022
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 2.10.15
Format: CD

Johnny Burnette - Complete Us & UK Singles & Eps As & BS 1956-62 (2 CD)