Battle 1947 Singles
Battle 1948 Singles
Battle 1949 Singles
Battle 1950 Singles
Battle 1951 Singles
Battle 1952 Singles
Battle 1953 Singles
Battle 1954 Singles
Battle 1955 Singles
Battle 1956 Singles
Battle 1957 Singles
Battle 1958 Singles
Battle 1959 Singles
Battle 1960 Singles
Battle 1961 Singles
Battle 1962 Singles
Battle 1963 Singles
Battle 1964 Singles
Battle Album Tracks
Battle All Elvis
Battle Christmas Champs
Battle Classic Country
Battle Dazzling Duets
Battle Dynamic Debuts
Battle Fabulous Femmes
Battle Flipsides
Battle Leiber & Stoller
Battle Pop Singles
Battle Singles 1948–1963 with Year Battle Ranking #1 – 40
Battle Singles 1948–1963 with Year Battle Ranking #41 – 80
Battle Strictly Instrumental
Battle Unreleased
Battle Vocal Groups
Battle Vocal Groups Encore

I don't see
Battle Amusing Novelties :)

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On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 14:59:28 +0000, RWC wrote:

Battle 1947 Singles
Battle 1948 Singles
Battle 1949 Singles
Battle 1950 Singles
Battle 1951 Singles
Battle 1952 Singles
Battle 1953 Singles
Battle 1954 Singles
Battle 1955 Singles
Battle 1956 Singles
Battle 1957 Singles
Battle 1958 Singles
Battle 1959 Singles
Battle 1960 Singles
Battle 1961 Singles
Battle 1962 Singles
Battle 1963 Singles
Battle 1964 Singles
Battle Album Tracks
Battle All Elvis
Battle Christmas Champs
Battle Classic Country
Battle Dazzling Duets
Battle Dynamic Debuts
Battle Fabulous Femmes
Battle Flipsides
Battle Leiber & Stoller
Battle Pop Singles
Battle Singles 1948–1963 with Year Battle Ranking #1 – 40
Battle Singles 1948–1963 with Year Battle Ranking #41 – 80
Battle Strictly Instrumental
Battle Unreleased
Battle Vocal Groups
Battle Vocal Groups Encore

I don't see
Battle Amusing Novelties :)

The battle that is REALLY missing is "The Rockabilly Battle" that I
always wanted to do but which sadly never materialised

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On 7/21/2024 8:27 AM, Roger wrote:

On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 14:59:28 +0000, RWC wrote:

Battle 1947 Singles
Battle 1948 Singles
Battle 1949 Singles
Battle 1950 Singles
Battle 1951 Singles
Battle 1952 Singles
Battle 1953 Singles
Battle 1954 Singles
Battle 1955 Singles
Battle 1956 Singles
Battle 1957 Singles
Battle 1958 Singles
Battle 1959 Singles
Battle 1960 Singles
Battle 1961 Singles
Battle 1962 Singles
Battle 1963 Singles
Battle 1964 Singles
Battle Album Tracks
Battle All Elvis
Battle Christmas Champs
Battle Classic Country
Battle Dazzling Duets
Battle Dynamic Debuts
Battle Fabulous Femmes
Battle Flipsides
Battle Leiber & Stoller
Battle Pop Singles
Battle Singles 1948–1963 with Year Battle Ranking #1 – 40
Battle Singles 1948–1963 with Year Battle Ranking #41 – 80
Battle Strictly Instrumental
Battle Unreleased
Battle Vocal Groups
Battle Vocal Groups Encore

I don't see
Battle Amusing Novelties :)

The battle that is REALLY missing is "The Rockabilly Battle" that I
always wanted to do but which sadly never materialised

I realize we're all aging, but it's not too late to do it now, is it ?

--
Steve Mc

DNA to SBC to respond

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On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 15:27:34 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 14:59:28 +0000, RWC wrote:

Battle 1947 Singles
...

I don't see
Battle Amusing Novelties :)

The battle that is REALLY missing is "The Rockabilly Battle" that I
always wanted to do but which sadly never materialised.

One reason could have been that the definition of 1950s Rockabilly
is highly controversial. I perceive, going by YouTube playlists, that
Europeans and many RAB purists think that Rockabilly must sound
like it comes out of Hicksville (so to speak, or for want of better
words); this immediately disqualifies the likes of Gene Vincent and
his relatively polished sounding rock 'n' roll arrangements and
productions recorded by Capitol. Don't get me wrong, Gene Vincent
is very likely adored by most if not all Rockabilly fans but these
fans categorize him as mainstream rock 'n' roll not Rockabilly
(a sub-genre of rock 'n' roll). That 2-cd 30 track Time Life
Rockabilly Collection would be considered a bad joke by Europeans/RAB
purists - for example, they would *hate* to see any of the following
tracks in any Rockabilly Battle:

Oh, Boy! - Buddy Holly and The Crickets 02:09
Believe What You Say - Rick Nelson 02:06
Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers 02:16
Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent 02:37
The Way I Walk - Jack Scott 02:42
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran 01:59
The Fool - Sanford Clark 02:44
Black Slacks - Joe Bennett and The Sparkletones 02:04
Lonely Weekends - Charlie Rich 02:10
Lonely Blue Boy - Conway Twitty 02:16
See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley and His Comets 02:43

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On 7/22/2024 4:51 PM, RWC wrote:

.... That 2-cd 30 track Time Life

Rockabilly Collection would be considered a bad joke by Europeans/RAB purists - for example, they would *hate* to see any of the following
tracks in any Rockabilly Battle:

Oh, Boy! - Buddy Holly and The Crickets 02:09
Believe What You Say - Rick Nelson 02:06
Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers 02:16
Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent 02:37
The Way I Walk - Jack Scott 02:42
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran 01:59
The Fool - Sanford Clark 02:44
Black Slacks - Joe Bennett and The Sparkletones 02:04
Lonely Weekends - Charlie Rich 02:10
Lonely Blue Boy - Conway Twitty 02:16
See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley and His Comets 02:43

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Personally I have never understood why Carl Perkins is considered a
rockabilly artist. I suppose it's because of the instrumentation and
the country flavor (and that's all it is, a little flavor). Why would
his version of "Blue Suede Shoes" be rockabilly while Elvis's is R&R?

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On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:58:35 +0000, DianeE wrote:

Personally I have never understood why Carl Perkins is considered a rockabilly artist. I suppose it's because of the instrumentation and
the country flavor (and that's all it is, a little flavor). Why would
his version of "Blue Suede Shoes" be rockabilly while Elvis's is R&R?

The slap bass, the two guitar breaks, much more country influence than
the Elvis version, which has next to none. RCA has guys running his
sessions there who had much more mainstream production values than Sam
Phillips ever did at Sun. For me, nothing that Elvis recorded at RCA was rockabilly. Roger disagrees and thinks "My Baby Left Me" is rockabilly (
and maybe others). For me it's just the Sun stuff including ones that
did not come out until RCA, like "Just Because."

Perkins is not only considered rockabilly, he's pretty much the epitome
of rockabilly, although that all changed when he also left Sun for a
major label in 1958. They pushed him more towards mainstream rock and
roll initially, and in the 60s he started doing country and even more
pop things. He eventually started to make rockabilly again in the 70s
and beyond.

The big 4 of rockabilly is Elvis on Sun, Perkins, The Burnette Trio, and Charlie Feathers. That is reflected on my DDD Greatest Rockabilly Songs
list. Those 4 acts have 9 of the top 10 songs.

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-rbilly-x.html

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On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 2:36:38 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:58:35 +0000, DianeE wrote:

Personally I have never understood why Carl Perkins is considered a
rockabilly artist. I suppose it's because of the instrumentation and
the country flavor (and that's all it is, a little flavor). Why would
his version of "Blue Suede Shoes" be rockabilly while Elvis's is R&R?

The slap bass, the two guitar breaks, much more country influence than
the Elvis version, which has next to none. RCA has guys running his
sessions there who had much more mainstream production values than Sam Phillips ever did at Sun. For me, nothing that Elvis recorded at RCA was rockabilly. Roger disagrees and thinks "My Baby Left Me" is rockabilly (
and maybe others)

I d4efinitely think this (and thus still sadly disagree :)

The big 4 of rockabilly is Elvis on Sun, Perkins, The Burnette Trio, and Charlie Feathers.

We can however agree here :)

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