Various Artists - Remember the Oldies
Released 1959
Recording and Session Information
5262 8333 Clifton Chenier The Big Wheel5274 8482 Jody Williams Lucky Lou
5313 9361 The Three Souls Night Theme
5300 8773 Paul Gayten Windy
LP 649 9570 The Three Souls Night Scene
5277 8458 Paul Gayten Nervous Boogie
5335 9346 Eddie Mc Duff Car Trouble
5291 8560 The Kendall Sisters Yea, Yea
5259 8251 Clarence "Frogman" Henry Ain't Got No Home
5290 3002 The Monotones Book Of Love
5281 8549 The Silva-Tones Chi-Wa-Wa
5327 9222 Rod Bernard This Should Go On Forever
Track Listing
| The Big Wheel | Clifton Chenier | c 1957 |
| Lucky Lou | Jody Williams | c 1957 |
| Night Theme | Scott | c 1958 |
| Windy | T. Hark | c 1958 |
| Night Scene | W. Scott | c 1958 |
| Nervous Boogie | P. Gaysen | c 1957 |
| Car Trouble | McDuff, Couch | c 1959 |
| Yea, Yea | Baker, Malejkar | c 1958 |
| Ain't Got No Home | Clarence Henry | c 1956 |
| Book Of Love | Davis, Malone, Patrick | c 1957 |
| Chi-Wa-Wa | M. Rothe | c 1959 |
| This Should Go On Forever | Rod Bernard | c 1959 |
Liner Notes
Some people say that most of the American popular music of the last few years showed no lasting power — that the hit recordings of the late Fifties were just flashes in the pan and wouldn't go on to become "standards."Don't you believe it!
The top songs of any day always continue on in the memories of those who lived and laughed and fell in love while those songs were mirroring the pace of their living.
It is because the music of the moment implants itself so firmly in the memories and daydreams of those who enjoy it the most that this album resulted. So many people have asked us to make these great all-time hits available in handsome, permanent form, and in true high fidelity, we decided to do so.
The first side of Remember The Oldies is an assemblage of some truly great instrumentals beginning with Clifton Chenier's The Big Wheel. Then comes the talking guitar of Jody Williams on the haunting Lucky Lou. The Three Souls set a midnight mood on Night Theme, a performance marked by great blues piano.
Then it's the well-known group of Paul Gayten as they play the infectious Windy in great dance tempo. The Three Souls return to play an indigo-hued blues waltz before Paul Gayten wraps it all up with the fiery Nervous Boogie.
The vocalists take over on Side Two as Eddie McDuff amusingly tells about his Car Trouble. The Kendall Sisters follow with the swinging Yea, Yea as they willingly lose a musical argument to a group of young men.
One of the big hits of any year comes next — Clarence Henry's great version of Ain't Got No Home, in which he uses his voice in different ranges with remarkable result.
From the Monotones comes another smash hit — Book of Love, then it's the Silla-Tones with Chi-Wa-Wa, a moving ballad.
To bring Remember The Oldies to a close is the pensive voice of Rod Bernard singing his biggest hit, This Should Go On Forever. And that statement is pretty apropos of the way a lot of people feel about these great recordings of the last few years — they will go on forever.
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