Sun Records Originals: We Wanna Boogie

by Sonny Burgess

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1.	We Wanna Boogie (Remastered 2022) 02:24	buy track
2.	My Babe 02:04	buy track
3.	Tomorrow Never Comes 02:17	buy track
4.	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It 02:16	buy track
5.	Smoochin' Jill 01:58	buy track
6.	Fannie Brown 02:20	buy track
7.	Mr. Blues 02:39	buy track
8.	Feelin' Good 02:18	buy track
9.	Daddy Blues 03:00	buy track
10.	Gone 02:11	buy track
11.	Find My Baby For Me 02:10	buy track
12.	One Night With You 03:09	buy track
13.	So Glad You're Mine 02:13	buy track
14.	Oh Mama 02:44	buy track
15.	The Prisoner's Song (Wings Of An Angel) 03:03	buy track
16.	Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (All My Sins Are Taken Away) 01:51	buy track
17.	Ain't Got A Thing 02:05	buy track
18.	Truckin' Down The Avenue 01:50	buy track
19.	My Little Town Baby 02:02	buy track
20.	Goin' Home 02:59	buy track

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Blending jump blues, R&B style horns, rock piano, and explosive early electric guitar riffs, Sonny Burgess concocted a rockabilly blend at Sun Records in the 1950s that would reverberate through the rock world for decades to follow. Hear the seeds of rock he planted that historian Colin Escott called “punk before punk, trash before trash” on this collection of his Sun-era recordings, Sun Records Originals: We Wanna Boogie, featuring the bluesy groover “Mr. Blues,” returning to streaming.

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released February 17, 2023

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Sonny Burgess Newport, Arkansas

Albert Austin “Sonny” Burgess was best known as one of the original rock and roll recording artists for Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, and as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He and his band, the Pacers, made a hit of his first recording, “Red Headed Woman,” and the flip side, “We Wanna Boogie,” both of which Burgess wrote. ... more

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