Various Artists - Great Rockabilly Volume 5 1952-1959

The brash 1950s music of young white rural America, principally from the southern states of the USA, Rockabilly defied the dictates of Tin Pan Alley, it was the punk music of its day. With notable exceptions it was a regional phenomenon with a supposedly short shelf-life. In the wake of Elvis a few other performers became stars; many were never even One Hit Wonders in the first place. But they all left a legacy, re-ignited by a Rockabilly revival in the UK and Continental Europe in the 1970s that reverberates in clubs and at rave weekenders to the present day.With Volume 5 of this best-selling series we continue to showcase the '50s originators with a vibrant 70 tracks of well known names side-by-side with legends of the Rockabilly underground and several 'who were these guys?' one-off sizzlers. Put your cat clothes on, it's another invitation to party.