Bear Family Recordsr tribute to Jack Kerouac on the occasion of his 100th birthday in March 2022. Jack Kerouac, who along with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs formed the core cell of the Beat Generation. The beatniks, as representatives of pop literature, listened to a wide range of specific styles of music; we have compiled 52 songs and historical audio documents from 1946 to 1963.

Tracklist:

Kerouazy - Don Morrow
San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation) - Jack Kerouac
The Beat Generation - Bob McFadden ; Dor
The Beat Generation - Louis Armstrong ; His All-Stars
A Night On Bop Mountain - Chet Baker Quintet
But I Was Cool - Oscar Brown, Jr -
Readings From 'On The Road' and 'Visions Of Cody' (T - V - Broadcast) - Jack Kerouac ; Steve Allen
Beatnik Beat - Paul Gayten
Like Young - Perry Como
Like I Love You - Edd Byrnes ; Friend (Joanie Sommers)
Christopher Columbus Digs The Jive - John Drew Barrymoore
Oop-Bop Sh-Bam - Kenny Clarke ; His 52nd Street Boys
Reaching Into In - Ken Nordine
Yip Roc Heresy - Slim Gaillard ; His Middle Europeans
Laffin' Beatnik - Johnny Beeman
Oop-Pop-A-Da - Dizzy Gillespie ; His Orchestra
Mama's Place - Bing Day
The Beat Generation - Mamie Van Doren
Beat Generation - Paul Evans
Teenage Beatnik - Louis Nye
Beatnik Baby - The Bee Hives
Beatnik Daddy - Barbara Evans
Beat-Nik - Jimmy Van Eaton
On Beatniks (T - V - Broadcast) - Carl Sandburg
Cosmic Rays - Charlie Parker Quartet
Ha - Charlie Ventura ; His Orchestra
Beatnik's Wish - Patsy Raye ; The Beatniks
Professor Bop - Three Bips ; A Bop feat - Babs Gonzales
Manhattan Fable - Babs Gonzales
Hunger Is From - Ken Nordine ; The Fred Katz Group
Various - Jack Kerouac - 100 Years Of Beatitude (2-CD) CD 2
Real Crazy Cool - Big Jay McNeely
Beat Girl Main Title - The John Barry Seven
Beat For Beatniks - The John Barry Seven
The Beat Girl Song - Adam Faith ; The John Barry Seven
Cookie's Mad Pad - Edd Byrnes
Beatnik Blues - Huey 'Piano' Smith ; His Clowns
Twisted - Lambert, Hendricks ; Ross
October In The Railroad Earth - Jack Kerouac ; Steve Allen (Piano)
Parker's Mood - King Pleasure
Beatnik - The Champs
Pad - Bobby Summers
Like Rumpelstiltskin - Don Morrow
Bongo Beating Beatnik - Joe Hall ; The Corvettes
High School Drag - Philippa Fallon
Beatnik - The Royal Jokers
Benny The Beatnik - The Untouchables
Beatnik Bounce -part II - The Beats
Interview with Jack Kerouac (T - V - Broadcast) - Ben Hecht
Have Another Espresso - Shel Silverstein
Psychopathia Sexualis - Lenny Bruce
Beatnik Walk - Rune Overman
America - Allen Ginsberg

UPC: 5397102176531
Label: Bear Family
Release Date: 3.4.22
Format: CD

Jack Kerouac: 100 Years Of Beatitude / Various - Jack Kerouac: 100 Years Of Beatitude / Various (CD)