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Chanteur Rockabilly
US né John Leon Joseph Pavlik, le 25
Mai 1938 à Detroit
(Michigan). Johnny Powers a débuté en enregistrant un single à ses propres frais
pour le label Fortune Records. En 1957, Johnny signe chez Fox Records puis en
1959 avec la Sun Records, sans succès. Il a aussi enregistré pour Hi Q, Tee Pee, Olympic, Fox et Roller Coaster.
Johnny Powers est décédé le 16 Janvier 2023.
Rockabilly
artist Johnny Powers' story is one of the more intriguing the genre has to offer.
Born John Leon Joseph Pavlik in 1938 in East Detroit, MI, he was the oldest of
five children. The family later moved to the small town of Utica, MI, north of
Detroit, where he was raised. Pavlik was exposed to music from an early age by
members of his father's family, which included several amateur and
semi-professional musicians who played weddings and local dances. It was country
music, however, that first drew Pavlik into music on a personal level; he
discovered Lonnie Barron, a veteran
country singer with a show on local radio and would listen and try to play along
with a guitar that he'd bought for $2.50 from a neighbor. He later got some
helpful instruction from Marvin Maynard, a professional musician who lived in
Utica. In 1954, at age 16, Pavlik joined Jimmy Williams and the Drifters, a
local country band that played at a local venue called Bill's Barn and got a
featured radio spot on a radio station out of Marine City, MI. He also played on
one single cut by the band, but it wasn't long before rock & roll attracted
Pavlik. It was Jack Scott's single, "Baby
She's Gone," that drew him into rock & roll.
Courtesy of Jimmy Williams' brother Russ, Pavlik discovered
Elvis Presley when he was still a
Memphis-based phenomenon, and his current single was "Milk Cow Blues Boogie,"
which really interested him, as a country song with a rock & roll beat. Soon he
was adding the beat to his own country songs, and in 1957, Johnny Powers, as he
was now known, got an audition with Fortune Records in Detroit. He paid $100 for
his own session to record a pair of songs, "Honey, Let's Go to a Rock and Roll
Show" b/w "Your Love" on the Hi-Q label. A black deejay named Ernie Durham
played his record on WJLB, and Johnny Powers was one of the few white artists
who would play the record hops that Durham sponsored. He later put together a
band, Johnny Powers & His Rockets, with his friend Marvin Maynard on bass, Clark
Locker on the drums, and Stan Getz on guitar. Powers jumped to the Fox label in
1958, getting a pair of regional hits with "Rock Rock" and "Long Blond Hair."
The group got steady work cutting demos, some of which have surfaced as bootleg
releases in recent years. Among his strongest work from this period were a pair
of originals, "Mama Rock" and "Indeed I Do," cut for Leedon. On both, he sounds
like the young, wild Elvis Presley that
just arrived at RCA, and the group sings uncannily like
the Jordanaires on the latter track.
Things began to happen faster for Johnny Powers when his manager, Tommy Moers,
got him a contract with Sun Records in 1959, heralded with the release of "With
Your Love, With Your Kiss" b/w "Be Mine early that year. A second single
followed, but Powers was dropped by Sun in 1960. He later became the first white
artist signed to Motown Records, but with the passing of the '60s into the '70s,
Power's career found him on the other side of the studio glass, producing hits
with Tim Tam & the Turn-Ons' "Wait A Minute" and Jack Kittel's oddball country
sickie "Psycho." Still active today, Johnny Powers is proof positive of rock's
ability to produce a true survivor who also is a true believer in the strength
that lies within the music itself.
Johnny Powers died on January 16, 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Powers_(musician)
https://myspace.com/johnnypowersnewspark
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Producer
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll
Long Blond Hair, Red Rose Lips
(1957)
ROCK ROCK
(1957)
WITH YOUR LOVE, WITH YOUR KISSES
(1959)
Be
Mine All Mine (1959)
ME AND MY RHYTHM GUITAR
(19??)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 1957 | SP FOX GB-916/7 (US) | . | Johnny POWERS
with The BAND OF STAN GETZ & TOM CATS -
Long Blond Hair , Red Rose Lips
/ Rock
Rock
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| 08/1957 | SP FORTUNE 199 (US) | . | Johnny POWERS & His
ROCKETS -
Honey
Let's Go (To A Rock And Roll Show)
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Your
Love
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| 1957 | SP Leedon Ls-514 (AUS) | . | Johnny "Scat" BROWN -
Indeed I Do /
Mama Rock
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| 1957 | SP Leedon Ls-518 (AUS) |
Mama Rock
(Johnny "Scat"
BROWN) / Little Star (Moon
Rockets) |
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| 1958 | SP Leedon Ls-514 (AUS) | . | Johnny "Scat" BROWN - Indeed I Do / Splish, Splash |
| 1958 | SP Leedon Ls-008 (AUS) | . | Johnny "Scat" BROWN - Purple People Eater / Witch Doctor |
| 09/1959 | SP SUN 327 (US) | . |
With Your Love, With Your Kisses
/
Be
Mine All Mine
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| 1961 | SP TEE PEE 398 (US) | . | You're Me To Blame
/
Seventeen
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| 196? | SP DRIFTER 101 (US) | . | Teardrops And Memories / Rainbow Heart |
| 02/1970 | SP HI-Q 5044 (US) | . | Rock The Universe
(Dell VAUGH
with The FORTUNE AIRES) /
Honey
Let's Go (To A Rock And Roll Show)
(Johnny
POWERS & His ROCKETS) |
| 09/1976 | SP Olympic 45-OR009 (US) |
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Johnny
Powers with Stan Getz
& Tom Cats - Rock
Rock
/
Long Blond Hair
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| 1979 | SP SUN 604 (F) | . |
Waiting
For You
/
Me And My Rhythm Guitar
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| 1978 | SP Olympic 45-011 (US) |
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Johnny Powers with Stan Getz & Tom Cats - Mean Mistreater / Treat Me Right |
| 19?? | SP SKOKIE 202 (US) | . | Echo From The Past / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
| 19?? | SP CAT 2034 (US) | . | Johnny Powers with Bob Finnigan & The Fox – Right On, Johnny / Right On, Johnny |
| 1989 | EP ROLLERCOASTER RCEP 107 (US) |
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Long Blond Hair
/
Rock
Rock
/
Mama Rock
/ Waiting For You |
| 1992 | SP NORTON 45-016 (US) |
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Johnny POWERS & The A-BONES - Mama Rock / New Spark |
| 1995 | CD SCHOOLKIDS SKR1101 (US) (limited edition) |
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Rattled (Johnny Powers) / Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go (Johnny POWERS & George CLINTON) |
| 2008 | SP Geisha ? (JAP) |
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Johnny Powers & Jungle Tigers – Live In Tokyo - Long Blond Hair / Whole Lotta Shakin' On |
| 12/2015 | SP EL TORO ET 15.045 (S) |
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Johnny POWERS & FRIENDS - MICHIGAN ROCKERS
-
Long Blond Hair
(Johnny Powers) /
Mama Rock
(Johnny Powers) /
I Wanta Go Steady With You
(Dick
Amstrong)
/
Lazy Bonnie
(The
four Imperials) |
| 11/2017 | SP THIRD MAN TMR 362 (US) | . |
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Unissued Tracks
| 1957 | Unissued - (Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#38)) | Indeed I Do [alt. vers.] |
| 1957 | Unissued - (Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#37)) | Tell Me That You Care |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Norton CD 229 (#9) / Norton LP 229 (#9) / Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#7) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#7)) | Be-Bop-A-Lula |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Charly CD 8137 (#28) / Lucky CD 812 (#5) / Norton CD 229 (#10) / Norton LP 229 (#10) / Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#4) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#24)) | Don't Go Away |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#46)) | Endless Love |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#13) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#32)) | I Need Your Lovin' Baby |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#17) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#36)) | I'll Take That Chance |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Magnum Force LP 056 (#9) / Norton CD 229 (#22) / Norton LP 229 (#20) / Olympic LP 4 (#4) / Rock-It/Olympic LP 1001 (#10) / Rockhouse LP 8411 (#9) / Rockhouse CD 9319 (#26) / Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#5) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#5)) |
I'm Walkin'
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| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Bison Bop LP 2000 (#1) / Buffalo Bop LP 2000 (#1) / Collector CD 4425 (#15) / Mustang CD 9 (#28) / Norton CD 229 (#5) / Norton LP 229 (#5) / Olympic LP 3 (#13) / Presto CD 7 (#57) / Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#8) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#8) / Rollercoaster CD 3054 (#20)) |
Mean
Mistreater
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| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#47)) | My Love, My Life |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Norton CD 229 (#14) / Norton LP 229 (#13) / Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#14) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#14)) | Oh So Far Away |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Norton CD 229 (#4) / Norton LP 229 (#4) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#19)) | Someone's Gonna Hurt You |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Bison Bop LP 2001 (#1) / Buffalo Bop LP 2001 (#1) / Collector CD 4425 (#16) / Norton CD 229 (#12) / Norton LP 229 (#11) / Olympic LP 3 (#5) / Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#6) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#6)) |
Treat Me
Right
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| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Charly CD 8318 (#5) / Norton CD 229 (#15) / Norton LP 229 (#14) / Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#5) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#9) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#25) / SAAR CD [RR1] (#9)) | Trouble |
| 1958/59 | Unissued - (Disky CD 05 (#49) / Disky CD 5203 (#49) / Norton CD 229 (#6) / Norton LP 229 (#6) / Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#3) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#13) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#23)) |
Waitin' For You [vers. 1]
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| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Charly CD 8137 (#29) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#30)) | But Now That It's Over |
| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Norton CD 229 (#19) / Norton LP 229 (#18) / Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#6) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#26)) | Don't Lie To Me |
| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#15) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#34)) | Everybody Says I'm A Lucky Guy |
| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#14) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#33)) | I Got A Girl Who Knows How To Live |
| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#9) / Sun (England) LP 1029 (#15)) | I'm Evil |
| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Bear Family CD 16210 (#22) / Charly CD 36 (#17) / Charly CD 8099 (#23) / Disky CD 06 (#44) / Dressed To Kill/BMG CD 66 (#29) / J!mco CD 89194 (#20) / Norton CD 229 (#21) / Norton LP 229 (#19) / Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#12) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#12) / SAAR CD (#20) / Select CD 586 (#19) / Sun (England) LP 1031 (#8)) |
Me And My Rhythm Guitar
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| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Norton CD 229 (#11) / Norton LP 229 (#15)) | Waitin' For You [vers. 2] |
| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Norton CD 229 (#16) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#43)) | Waitin' For You [vers. 3] |
| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Norton CD 229 (#20) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#45)) | Waitin' For You [vers. 4] |
| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Norton CD 229 (#23)) | Waitin' For You [vers. 5] |
| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Bear Family CD 16311 (#13) / Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#13) / Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#7) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#27) / Sun (England) LP 1031 (#9)) |
Waiting
For You
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| 19?? | SUN unissued - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#8) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#28)) | Won't You Please, Pretty Baby |
| 19?? | Unissued - (Eagle CD 90205 (#16) / Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#17) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#17)) |
The
Bigger They Are
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| 19?? | Unissued - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#10) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#44)) | Corrine Corrina |
| 19?? | Unissued - (Eagle CD 90205 (#15)) |
Fallin'
Star
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| 19?? | Unissued - (Bison Bop LP 2000 (#2) / Buffalo Bop LP 2000 (#2)) | I Walk |
| 19?? | Unissued - (Bison Bop LP 2001 (#2) / Buffalo Bop LP 2001 (#2) / Magnum Force LP 056 (#6) / Olympic LP 4 (#11) / Rock-It/Olympic LP 1001 (#13) / Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#19)) |
Somebody's Gonna Hurt You
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Need Information
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#16) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#16)) | Falling Star |
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#12) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#31)) | I Believe She Loves Me Too |
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#19)) | I Just Got To Know Now |
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#18)) | It's Now Or Never Little One |
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#15) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#15)) | Kiss-A-Me Baby |
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2010 (#18) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#18)) | Please Return My Love |
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#11)) | The Rest Of My Days Are Lonely Ones |
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#9) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#29)) | Rosalee |
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#16) / Rollercoaster CD 3038 (#35)) | Well I Got Troubles |
| 19?? | Need info - (Rollercoaster LP 2017 (#20)) | You Didn't Care |
Albums
| 1986 | LP 12" ROLLERCOASTER ROLL 2010 (UK) |
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ROCK ! ROCK ! ROCK ! - Long Blond Hair, Red Rose Lips / Rock Rock / Honey Let's Go (To A Rock And Roll Show) / Your Love / I'm Walkin' / Treat Me Right / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Mean Mistreater / I'm Evil / With Your Love, With Your Kiss / Be Mine, All Mine / Me And My Rhythm Guitar / Waiting For You / Oh So Far Away / Kiss-A-Me Baby / Falling Star / The Bigger They Are / Please Return My Love / Somebody's Gonna Hurt You / Seventeen | ||
| 1986 | LP 12" ROLLERCOASTER ROLL 2010 (UK) |
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ROCK ! ROCK ! ROCK ! WITH JOHNNY POWERS - Long Blond Hair, Red Rose Lips / Rock Rock / Honey Let's Go (To A Rock And Roll Show) / Your Love / I'm Walkin' / Treat Me Right / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Mean Mistreater / I'm Evil / With Your Love, With Your Kiss / Be Mine, All Mine / Me And My Rhythm Guitar / Waiting For You / Oh So Far Away / Kiss-A-Me Baby / Falling Star / The Bigger They Are / Please Return My Love / Somebody's Gonna Hurt You / Seventeen | ||
| 1990 | LP 12" ROLLERCOASTER ROLL 2017 (UK) |
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Can't Resist That Rock 'N' Roll - Mama Rock / Indeed I Do / Waitin' For You / Don't Go Away / Trouble (I'm Evil) / Don't Lie To Me / Waitin' For You / Won't You Please, Pretty Baby / Rosalee / Corrine, Corrina / The Rest Of My Days Are Lonely Ones / I Believe She Loves Me Too / I Need Your Lovin' Baby / I Got A Girl Who Knows How To Live / Everybody Says I'm A Lucky Guy / Well I Got Troubles / I'll Take That Chance / It's Now Or Never Little One / I Just Got To Know Now / You Didn't Care | ||
| 1990 | CD Sunjay SJLP 587 (SWE) |
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Let It Rock - Let It Rock / Just Lovin You / That's Alright Mama / The Wanderer / Rescue Me / Please, Please Do / Forever And Always / The Way I Walk / Sixteen Candles / Something About You / Jailhouse Rock | ||
| 11/1993 | CD NORTON CED-229 (US) |
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LONG BLOND HAIR - Long Blonde Hair / Rock Rock / Mama Rock / Someone's Gonna Hurt You / Mean Mistreater / Waitin' For You / Honey Let's Go (To A Rock And Roll Show) / Your Love / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Don't Go Away / Waitin' For You / Treat Me Right / Indeed I Do / Oh So Far Away / Trouble / Waitin' For You / With Your Love, With Your Kiss / Be Mine, All Mine / Don't Lie To Me / Waitin' For You / Me And My Rhythm Guitar / I'm Walkin' / Waitin' For You | ||
| 1993 | CD Sequel NEX CD 259 (UK) |
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A New Spark (For An Old Flame) - Rattled / Rock You Around The World / Something About You / Rocker Billy / Bigger Heartaches / Trouble / Please, Please Do / It'll Be Me / Honky Tonkin' Saturday Night / You Win Again / Singing The Blues / Stuck On You / Love To Burn / A New Spark (For An Old Flame) / Love Business / Say it / Help Me I'm In Need | ||
| 05/1994 | CD SCHOOLKIDS 1515 (US) |
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NEW SPARK (FOR AN OLD FLAME) - Johnny POWERS & George CLINTON - Rattled / Rock Around The World / Something About You / Rocker Billy / Bigger Heartaches / Trouble / Please, Please Do / It'll Be Me / Honky Tonkin' Saturday Night / You Win Again / Singing The Blues / Stuck On You / Love To Burn, Heartaches To Kill / A New Spark (For An Old Flame) / Love Business / Say It / Help Me I'm In Need / Johnny POWERS with George CLINTON : George Clinton live & Almost "Unplugged" : Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go / Work With Me Annie / Johnny Powers with George Bedard : George Bedard live & Almost "Unplugged" : Walkin' The Dog / Blue Moon Of Kentucky | ||
| 01/1997 | CD OVERTURE 30027 (US) |
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ROCKABILLY BLAST - LIVE - Rattled / Trouble / Bigger Headaches / You Win Again / It'll Be Me / She Knows It / Mama Rock / That's Alright Mama / Honky Tonkin' Saturday Night / With Your Love, With Your Kiss / Be Mine / Fool Such As I / Whole Lotta Shakin' / Waitin' For You / Mean Mistreater / Whenever You're Ready / Rocker Billy / Great Balls Of Fire / Rock Rock / Long Blond Hair / Seven Nights To Rock | ||
| 1997 | CD ROLLERCOASTER 3020 (UK) |
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ROCKABILLY BLAST - LIVE - Rattled / Trouble / Bigger Headaches / You Win Again / It'll Be Me / She Knows It / Mama Rock / That's Alright Mama / Honky Tonkin' Saturday Night / With Your Love, With Your Kiss / Be Mine / Fool Such As I / Whole Lotta Shakin' / Waitin' For You / Mean Mistreater / Whenever You're Ready / Rocker Billy / Great Balls Of Fire / Rock Rock / Long Blond Hair / Seven Nights To Rock | ||
| 04/2003 | CD WHITE SWAN / JET-EYE 2 (US) |
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I WAS THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED - I Was There When It Happened / Good Gracious Me Baby / Ring, Damn You, Ring / Long Blond Hair / I Thought I Heard Something / Me And My Rhythm Guitar / Till Honky Gets Tonky / I Haven't Learned My Lesson Yet / Anything You Say / Doo-Wop Shang-A-Lang / Three Little Words / Ooooh Give It To Me Baby / Everybody's Got A Dream / Just One Kiss / I'll Come Back Back To You / (If I Never Have To Learn Again) | ||
| 2008 | 2 CD ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3038 (UK) |
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Long Blond Hair :
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