Otis Blackwell - Songs & Recordings Of Otis Blackwell 1952-62 (CD)

Otis Blackwell was one of those unsung but highly significant behind-the-scenes figures who played an important role in the careers of some major rock 'n' roll artists as well as influencing the direction that popular music took during those dynamic formative years. He was initially an R&B singer and songwriter in the early 1950s, making the classic record "Daddy Rolling Stone", but found his metier as a brilliantly innovative songwriter whose work was recorded by artists across the pop spectrum, his big hit songs including "All Shook Up", "Don't Be Cruel", "Paralyzed" and "Return To Sender" for Elvis Presley, "Great Balls of Fire" and "Breathless" for Jerry Lee Lewis, "Handy Man" for Jimmy Jones and "Fever" for Peggy Lee, among many others. This great-value 62-track 2-CD set provides a fascinating cross-section of his career, comprising selected recordings under his own name for the RCA, Groove, Jay-Dee & Atlantic labels, plus recordings by other artists of his songs featuring 24 chart entries, including those mentioned above. Among the artists included are Pat Boone, Clyde McPhatter, Dee Clark, Lavern Baker, The Five Keys, Ben E. King, Cliff Richard, Bobby Darin, Charlie Gracie and Johnnie Ray, as well as an early incarnation of The Four Seasons as The Four Lovers. It offers an enlightening and entertaining insight into the work of a hugely talented pop practitioner who has not received the attention which his music deserves

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Wake Up Fool
2. Please Help Me Find My Way Home
3. The Fool That I Be
4. Number 000
5. Oh! What A Babe
6. Here I Am
7. Daddy Rolling Stone
8. Tears! Tears! Tears!
9. You're My Love
10. Bartender Fill It Up Again
11. On That Power Line
12. Don't You Know How I Love You
13. I'm Standing At The Doorway
14. Nobody Met The Train
15. My Josephine
16. Ain't Got No Time
17. Go Away Mr. Blues
18. I'm Comin' Back Baby
19. You Move Me Baby
20. My Poor Broken Heart
21. Oh What A Wonderful Time
22. Let The Daddy Hold You
23. Make Ready For Love
24. You're the Apple of My Eye
25. Don't Be Cruel
26. Paralyzed
27. My Pigeon's Gone
28. Priscilla
29. All Shook Up
30. Great Balls of Fire

Disc: 2

1. I Sit In My Window
2. Cool Baby
3. Breathless
4. Fever
5. Up Until Now
6. For My Good Fortune
7. I'm Out To Getcha
8. No Regrets
9. Told Myself A Lie
10. Just Keep It Up
11. Let's Talk About Us
12. Slow Motion
13. Hey Little Girl
14. The Shape I'm In
15. Handy Man
16. You're Just Wasting Your Time
17. Good News
18. Listen To Your Heart
19. Don't Be Cruel
20. Livin' Lovin' Wreck
21. Shadows Of Love
22. Pardon Me
23. Nine Times Out Of Ten
24. Defenceless
25. Brace Yourself
26. Make Me Know It
27. You're Just The One To Do It
28. Twistin' Fever
29. I Feel Good All Over
30. Twistin' Fever
31. All The Way Home
32. Return To Sender