Roy Hall • Roy Rocks

James Faye "Roy" Hall (May 7, 1922 - March 3, 1984), also known by his pseudonym "Sunny David", was an American rockabilly pianist and songwriter. Hall was an uncredited co-writer of the rockabilly classic "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", a song recorded by Hall himself and later popularized by Jerry Lee Lewis. Although his writing claim was initially disputed, later reissues of the song credit Hall for his role in its conception.

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Review by Bruce Eder

 Roy Hall may not be a particularly familiar name in the history of rock & roll, even if he is the songwriter responsible for one of Jerry Lee Lewis' more familiar songs "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On." Over the course of the last 50 years, Lewis' rendition of it has become ubiquitous. Listening to Hall sing his own version of the song, however, will give encourage you to think twice about that. The 2005 release of the songwriter's own recordings, collected on the disc Roy Rocks, reveals a completely different take of the song: Hall's recording of "Whole Lotta Shakin'" is spectacular. It is slower and more salacious than anything even hinted at in Lewis' version, with no echoes of the better-known singer's hallmark to be heard anywhere. And that's not where the revelatory part of this CD ends. "Diggin' the Boogie" and "Off-Beat Boogie" from 1956 (the latter was unissued until 1984) aren't far behind in what are some of the best rockabilly-style singles to come out of Decca Records in the mid-'50s. The disc opens with Hall's sides for the label and includes his somewhat more loose-limbed and appealing version of Bill Haley's hit "See You Later, Alligator," complete with a refreshingly angular solo by Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland. There's also Hall's rendition of "Blue Suede Shoes," not to mention a handful of originals that aren't bad. There's even a track -- "You Ruined My Blue Suede Shoes," co-authored with Webb Pierce and unreleased at the time -- that uses some of the same lines as Carl Perkins' "Put Your Cat Clothes On." From there, the disc jumps around between Hall's late-'50s sides and back to his earlier records from the end of the '40s, when he was doing country-boogie fronting a group called the Cohutta Mountain Boys. The astonishing aspect of all of these recordings, covering 13 years and several different backing groups, is the consistency of all of it. Hall may not be remembered as one of rock & roll's foundation stones, but he certainly deserves to be based on the recordings here.

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Revisión por Bruce Eder

 Roy Hall puede no ser un nombre particularmente familiar en la historia del rock & roll, incluso si es el compositor responsable de una de las canciones más familiares de Jerry Lee Lewis "Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On". En el transcurso de los últimos 50 años, la versión de Lewis se ha vuelto ubicua. Sin embargo, escuchar a Hall cantar su propia versión de la canción te animará a pensar dos veces al respecto. El lanzamiento en 2005 de las propias grabaciones del compositor, recopiladas en el disco Roy Rocks, revela una versión completamente diferente de la canción: la grabación de Hall de "Whole Lotta Shakin '" es espectacular. Es más lento y más elogioso que cualquier otra cosa insinuada en la versión de Lewis, sin ecos del sello distintivo del cantante más conocido para ser escuchado en ninguna parte. Y ahí no es donde termina la parte reveladora de este CD. "Diggin 'the Boogie" y "Off-Beat Boogie" de 1956 (este último estuvo sin publicar hasta 1984) no se quedan atrás en lo que son algunos de los mejores singles de estilo rockabilly que salieron de Decca Records a mediados de' Años 50. El disco se abre con los costados de Hall para la etiqueta e incluye su versión un tanto más flexible y atractiva del éxito de "See You Later, Alligator" de Bill Haley, completo con un solo angular refrescante de Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland. También está la versión de Hall de "Blue Suede Shoes", por no mencionar algunos originales que no son malos. Incluso hay una pista, "You Ruined My Blue Suede Shoes", coautora de Webb Pierce y sin estrenar en ese momento, que utiliza algunas de las mismas líneas que "Pon la ropa de tu gato" de Carl Perkins. A partir de ahí, el disco salta entre los lados de finales de los años 50 de Hall y regresa a sus registros anteriores de finales de los años 40, cuando estaba haciendo boogie de campo al frente de un grupo llamado los Cohutta Mountain Boys. El aspecto sorprendente de todas estas grabaciones, que abarca 13 años y varios grupos de respaldo diferentes, es la consistencia de todo esto. Hall no puede ser recordado como una de las piedras fundamentales del rock & roll, pero ciertamente merece estar basado en las grabaciones aquí.

Tracks:
1. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
2. Diggin' the Boogie
3. Off Beat Boogie
4. Move On
5. Three Alley Cats
6. See You Later Alligator
7. Christine
8. Blue Suede Shoes
9. All by Myself
10. Don't Stop Now
11. You Ruined My Blue Suede Shoes
12. Diry Boogie
13. She Sure Can Rock Me
14. Three Alley Cats
15. Bad Spring Motel (23 Spring Street)
16. Did Everybody Dig That Boogie
17. Go Go Little Queenie
18. One Monkey Can't Stop the Show
19. Flood of Love
20. My Girl and His Girl 

 

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