Track Listing

1. Tallahassee Lassie
2. Okefenokee
3. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
4. Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy
5. The Urge
6. Jump Over
7. Happy Shades Of Blue
8. Humdinger
9. My Blue Heaven
10. Muskrat Ramble
11. Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It
12. Transistor Sister
13. For Me And My Gal
14. Teen Queen Of The Week
15. Palisades Park
16. What's Gonna Happen When Summer's Done
17. If You Were A Rock And Roll Record
18. Patty Baby
19. Everybody Monkey
20. Sweet Georgia Brown
21. Charged-Up, Turned-Up Rock-N-Roll Singer
22. Abigail Beecher
23. Boston My Hometown
24. Action
25. The Dedication Song

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67122 in Music
• Brand: Cannon
• Released on: 2003-03-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Description
This definitive, 25-track collection contains all of Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannons' hits and then some. Contains digitally remastered original recordings.

Customer Reviews

Preserved In Amber - When Music Could Be "Fun"
Freddie was never Elvis, Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry, nor do I think he so intended. What he did was to make a series of radio-friendly fun records, a bit offbeat, over a very long period. Some try to dismiss him as a "novelty" record guy, but that's not true. This CD would be fun even if you were born in the 80's and have no idea who "Boom-Boom" even is. And if anybody questions his chops, play "Tallahassee Lassie" for them. Kenny Paulsen's guitar playing here is on the same edge of heavy metal as that in The Guess Who's version of Johnny Kidd's "Shakin' All Over", but Kenny's a better player. He sounds a bit like Cliff Gallup, Gene Vincent's original guitar player, and that's high praise. His intro riff is a killer, and the cut just flashes brilliance! The whole CD just illustrates the fact that "fun records" could exist then but don't now - and there's nobody like the intense Freddy Cannon to do them, either!

An American Bandstand Darling
Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon was a regular contributor to the East Coast rock and roll scene in the late 1950s and early 60s. Unlike another reviewer, I WAS alive when this happened. The driving tunes in this package are great to hear again. They are not deep and profound but are simple but exciting teenage fare from back when. "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Transistor Sister" (from the portable radio many teens carried), "Abigail Beecher", "Palisades Park" and my favorite, a 1961 hit called "Buzz Buzz A-Diddle It" are enough to warrant the purchase. Hit records all. Freddie even appeared as his younger self, as did Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis, in the movie about early rock and roll DJ Alan Freed, "American Hot Wax". (Look for Jay Leno too). I highly recommend this compilation.

Fun CD
This is a fun CD. I wasn't alive when most of these songs were released but I still find them enjoyable. Palisades Park is a great song. Highly recommended.