The Road Is Rocky: Complete Studio Masters 1956-1971

Original Release Date:  March 8, 2005

Track Listing

• 1. Race with the Devil
• 2. Be-Bop-A-Lula
• 3. Woman Love
• 4. I Sure Miss You
• 5. Jezebel
• 6. Crazy Legs
• 7. Peg o' My Heart
• 8. Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)
• 9. Waltz of the Wind
• 10. Up a Lazy River
• 11. Ain't She Sweet
• 12. Gonna Back Up Baby
• 13. Who Slapped John
• 14. Jumps, Giggles and Shouts
• 15. Blue Jean Bop
• 16. I Flipped
• 17. Bop Street
• 18. Well, I Knocked Bim Bam
• 19. You Told a Fib
• 20. Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back
• 21. Teenage Partner [Version 1]
• 22. Blues Stay Away from Me
• 23. Five Feet of Lovin' [Version 1]
• 24. Cat Man
• 25. Double Talkin' Baby
• 26. Hold Me, Rock Me
• 27. Unchained Melody
• 28. B-I-Bickey-Bi Bo Bo Go
• 29. Pink Thunderbird
• 30. Pretty, Pretty Baby
• 31. Cruisin'
• 32. Important Words [Version 1]
• 33. You Better Believe
• 34. Red Blue Jeans and a Ponytail
• 35. Five Days, Five Days
• 36. In My Dreams
• 37. I Got It
• 38. Wear My Ring
• 39. Lotta Lovin'
• 40. Rollin' Danny
• 41. Time Will Bring You Everything
• 42. True to You
• 43. In My Dreams
• 44. Dance to the Bop
• 45. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
• 46. Right Now
• 47. You'll Never Walk Alone
• 48. I Got a Baby
• 49. Your Cheatin' Heart
• 50. Baby Blue [Version 1]
• 51. Walkin' Home from School
• 52. It's No Lie
• 53. Should I Ever Love Again
• 54. Flea Brain
• 55. Brand New Beat
• 56. Frankie and Johnnie
• 57. You Belong to Me
• 58. Keep It a Secret
• 59. Yes, I Love You Baby
• 60. Dance in the Street
• 61. Git It
• 62. I Love You
• 63. Teenage Partner [Remake]
• 64. Peace of Mind
• 65. Lovely Loretta
• 66. Little Lover
• 67. Rocky Road Blues
• 68. Somebody Help Me
• 69. Five Feet of Lovin' [Remake]
• 70. Look What You Gone and Done to Me
• 71. Hey, Good Lookin'
• 72. Summertime
• 73. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)
• 74. The Wayward Wind
• 75. Now Is the Hour
• 76. In Love Again
• 77. Say Mama (Hey Mama)
• 78. The Night Is So Lonely [Version 1]
• 79. The Night Is So Lonely [Version 2]
• 80. Lonesome Boy
• 81. Lady Bug
• 82. Lonesome Boy
• 83. You Are the One for Me
• 84. Maybe
• 85. In Love Again
• 86. Say Mama
• 87. Be Bop Boogie Boy
• 88. I Can't Believe You Want to Leave
• 89. I Got to Get to You Yet
• 90. My Heart
• 91. The Night Is So Lonely
• 92. Beautiful Brown Eyes
• 93. Rip It Up
• 94. Maybelline
• 95. High Blood Pressure
• 96. Who's Pushing Your Swing
• 97. Anna Annabelle
• 98. Gone, Gone, Gone
• 99. I Might Have Known
• 100. Important Words [Remake]
• 101. My Baby Don't Low
• 102. Over the Rainbow
• 103. Ready Teddy
• 104. Vincent's Blues
• 105. Pretty Pearly [Mono Version]
• 106. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive [Mono Version]
• 107. She She Little Sheila [Mono Version]
• 108. Darlene [Version 1]
• 109. Why Don't People Learn How to Drive [Mono Version]
• 110. Crazy Times [Mono Version]
• 111. Greenback Dollar [Mono Version]
• 112. Big Fat Saturday Night [Mono Version]
• 113. Wild Cat [Mono Version]
• 114. Hot Dollar [Mono Version]
• 115. Right Here on Earth [Version 1]
• 116. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain [Mono Version]
• 117. Everybody's Got a Date But Me [Mono Version]
• 118. Mitchiko from Tokyo [Mono Version]
• 119. Pretty Pearly [Stereo]
• 120. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive [Stereo]
• 121. She She Little Sheila [Stereo]
• 122. Darlene [Version 2]
• 123. Why Don't People Learn How to Drive [Stereo]
• 124. Crazy Times [Stereo]
• 125. Greenback Dollar [Stereo]
• 126. Big Fat Staurday Night [Stereo]
• 127. Wild Cat [Version 2]
• 128. Hot Dollar [Stereo]
• 129. Right Here on Earth [Version 2]
• 130. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain [Stereo]
• 131. Everybody's Got a Dte But Me [Stereo]
• 132. Mitchiko from Tokyo [Stereo]
• 133. Pistol Packin' Mama
• 134. Weeping Willow
• 135. Crazy Beat
• 136. I'm Gonna Catch Me a Rat
• 137. It's Been Nice
• 138. That's the Trouble With Love
• 139. Good Lovin'
• 140. Mister Loneliness
• 141. Teardrops
• 142. If You Want My Lovin'
• 143. I'm Goin' Home (To See My Baby)
• 144. Love of a Man
• 145. Baby Don't Believe Him
• 146. Lucky Star
• 147. Spaceship to Mars
• 148. There I Go Again (Whoops I'm Dreaming)
• 149. King of Fools
• 150. You're Still in My Heart
• 151. Held for Questioning
• 152. Be-Bop-A-Lula '62
• 153. Temptation Baby
• 154. Where Have You Been All My Life
• 155. The Beginning of the End
• 156. La Den da Den da Da
• 157. Humpity Dumpity
• 158. A Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Kinda Guy
• 159. Love Love Love
• 160. Lavender Blue
• 161. You Are My Sunshine
• 162. Slippin' and Slidin'
• 163. Private Detective
• 164. Shimmy Shimmy Shingle
• 165. Long Tall Sally
• 166. Good Golly Miss Molly
• 167. Send Me Some Lovin'
• 168. Hey Hey Hey Hey
• 169. Amother Saturday Night
• 170. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
• 171. Baby Blue
• 172. Suzie-Q
• 173. Bird Doggin'
• 174. Ain't That to Much
• 175. Lonely Street
• 176. I've Got My Eyes on You
• 177. Love Is a Bird
• 178. Born to Be a Rolling Stone
• 179. Hurtin' for You Baby
• 180. Hi-Lili Hi Lo
• 181. Poor Man's Prison
• 182. I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
• 183. Words and Music
• 184. Am I That Easy to Forget
• 185. Pickin' Poppies
• 186. Story of the Rockers
• 187. In the Pines
• 188. White Lightnin'
• 189. Lotta Lovin'
• 190. Circle Never Broken
• 191. Black Letter
• 192. Rainbow at Midnight
• 193. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
• 194. Scarlet Ribbons
• 195. Rockin' Robin
• 196. Ruby Baby
• 197. Sexy Ways
• 198. Be Bop a Lula' 69
• 199. Pickin' Poppies [Different Mix]
• 200. Story of the Rockers [Different Mix]
• 201. Sunshine
• 202. I Need Woman's Love
• 203. Slow Times Comin'
• 204. Danse Colinda
• 205. Geese
• 206. 500 Miles Away from Home
• 207. Listen to the Music
• 208. If Only You Could See Me Today
• 209. A Million Shades of Blues
• 210. Tush Hog
• 211. How I Love Them Old Songs
• 212. High on Life
• 213. You Can Make It If You Try
• 214. There Is Something on Your Mind
• 215. North Carolina Line
• 216. Our Souls
• 217. Oh Lonesome Me
• 218. Boppin' the Blues
• 219. The Day the World Turned Blue
• 220. The Woman in Black
• 221. Looking Back
• 222. Say Mama '71
• 223. I'm Movin' On

Credits

• John Hammond, Jr.: Piano
• Bill Monroe: Composer
• Bobby Bare: Composer
• Glen Campbell: Guitar, Leader
• Jimmie Davis: Composer
• Don Gibson: Composer
• Mickey Newbury: Composer
• Buck Owens: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Jerry Reed: Composer
• Hank Snow: Composer
• Mel Tillis: Composer
• Lincoln Mayorga: Piano
• Hank Ballard: Composer
• Brook Benton: Composer
• Chuck Berry: Composer
• Hoagy Carmichael: Composer
• Eddie Cochran: Bass (Vocal)
• Sam Cooke: Composer
• Bobby Darin: Composer
• Georgie Fame: Piano
• The Jordanaires: Choir, Chorus
• Lloyd Price: Composer
• Linda Ronstadt: Vocals
• Joe South: Composer
• Gene Vincent: Guitar (Acoustic), Arranger, Composer, Leader, Vocals
• Albert Collins: Composer
• Don Randi: Piano, Celeste
• Bob Enevoldsen: Trombone
• Bill Davis: Composer
• Harold Arlen: Composer
• Sandy Nelson: Drums
• Mort Shuman: Composer
• Burt Bacharach: Composer
• Casey Anderson: Composer
• Skip Battin: Bass (Electric)
• Hadda Brooks: Composer
• Johnny Carroll: Composer
• Don Covay: Composer
• Chris Darrow: Fiddle
• Kim Fowley: Producer
• Dale Hawkins: Composer
• Jerry Leiber: Composer
• Barry Mann: Composer
• Augie Meyers: Organ, Composer
• Red Rhodes: Guitar (Steel)
• Norrie Paramor: Composer, Producer
• Pee Wee King: Composer
• Bob Bain: Composer
• Scotty Mckay: Composer
• Dwight "Whitey" Pullen: Guitar, Composer, Leader
• Redd Stewart: Composer
• Ernest Tubb: Composer
• Louie Shelton: Guitar
• Herbie Steward: Saxophone
• Otis Blackwell: Composer
• Robert Stephens: Composer
• Carl Belew: Composer
• Al Dexter: Composer
• Ronnie Self: Composer
• Paul Hampton: Composer
• Milton Ager: Composer
• Atwood Allen: Piano, Choir, Chorus
• Joe Allison: Composer
• Victor Arno: Violin
• Sidney Arodin: Composer
• Israel Baker: Violin
• Erich Baker: Organ, Piano, Celeste
• Richard Bennett: Guitar
• Gil Bernal: Saxophone
• Dave Burgess: Composer, Producer
• Johnny Burnette: Composer
• Barrie Cameron: Keyboards, Sax (Baritone)
• Don Carter: Composer
• Roy Caton: Trumpet
• Kenny Cobb: Bass
• Dash Crofts: Drums
• John d'Andrea: Leader, Saxophone
• David Dennard: Photography, Illustrations, Photo Scanning
• Gene Estes: Percussion
• Virgil Evans: Trumpet
• Sammy Fain: Composer
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Dick Glasser: Composer
• Wally Gold: Composer
• Colin Green: Guitar
• Oscar Hammerstein II: Composer
• Kirk Hansard: Composer
• E.Y. "Yip" Harburg: Composer
• Jimmie Haskell: Leader, Contractor
• Derek Henderson: Reissue Producer, Tape Comparison, Discography
• Alan Holmes: Sax (Tenor)
• Grant Johnson: Piano
• Raymond Johnson: Piano
• Harvey Kagen: Bass (Electric)
• Irving Kahal: Composer
• Joseph Kelson, Jr.: Sax (Tenor)
• Don Kirshner: Composer
• Larry Knechtel: Organ, Harmonica, Piano, Harpsichord
• Al Lewis: Composer
• Larry McGuire: Trumpet
• Teddy McRae: Composer
• John Meeks: Composer
• Johnny Mercer: Composer
• Charles Mitchell: Composer
• Ken Nelson: Producer
• Herb Newman: Composer
• Tony Newman: Drums
• Alex North: Composer
• Clyde Otis: Composer
• P.D.: Composer
• Jim Pewter: Composer, Producer
• Jim Pierce: Piano
• William Pitman: Guitar
• Doc Pomus: Composer
• Bob Rafkin: Guitar
• Jack Ranelli: Drums
• Jay Ranellucci: Mixing
• Wayne Raney: Composer
• Ivor Raymonde: Composer
• Red Reece: Drums
• Allan Reuss: Guitar
• J.P. Richardson: Composer
• Fred Rose: Composer
• Jesse Sailes: Drums
• Aaron Schroeder: Composer
• Wayne Shanklin: Composer
• Shelby Singleton: Composer
• James H. Smith: Composer
• John St. John: Guitar
• Mike Stoller: Composer
• Jimmy Troxell: Drums
• Scott Turner: Composer
• Nick Venet: Producer
• Gerald Vinci: Violin
• Cynthia Weil: Composer
• Hedy West: Composer
• Hank Williams: Composer
• Curley Williams: Composer
• Paulette Williams: Composer
• Hy Zaret: Composer
• Ronnie Dawson: Guitar
• Dick Hyde: Trombone
• Eddie Bocage: Composer
• Ian Wallis: Liner Notes, Biographical Information
• Bob Barratt: Composer, Producer
• Deke Dickerson: Liner Notes
• John Santulis: Violin
• Artie Glenn: Composer
• Bob Irwin: Mixing
• Liz Anderson: Composer
• Keith Colley: Composer
• Alton Delmore: Composer
• Rabon Delmore: Composer
• Luther Dixon: Composer
• Paul Edwards: Composer
• The Eligibles: Choir, Chorus
• Tommy Facenda: Composer
• Cliff Gallup: Guitar, Composer
• John St. John Gillard: Composer
• Bobby Hendricks: Composer
• Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns: Composer
• Wes Hunter: Bass
• Bobby Lee Jones: Bass
• Ollie Jones: Composer
• Max Lipscomb: Piano, Composer, Guitar (Rhythm), Choir, Chorus
• Grady Owen: Composer
• Paul Peek: Composer, Guitar (Rhythm), Choir, Chorus, Handclapping
• Richard Wayne Penniman: Composer
• Clyde Pennington: Drums
• Jim Seals: Composer, Saxophone
• Cliff Simmons: Piano, Celeste, Composer
• Derry Weaver: Contractor
• Griff West: Sax (Tenor)
• Rob Finnis: Photography, Illustrations
• Kip Smith: Mixing
• Diethold Leu: Photography, Illustrations
• John Vincent: Composer
• Johnny Perez: Drums
• Stanley Lebowsky: Composer
• R.A. Andreas: Photography, Illustrations
• Richard Weize: Tape Research, Discography
• Johnny Fallin: Composer
• DuBose Heyward: Composer
• Lou Morrell: Guitar
• Milton Subotsky: Composer
• Holger Von Bargen: Art Direction
• Hans Peter Zdrenka: Photography, Illustrations
• Robert "Bumps" Blackwell: Composer
• James C. Bracken: Composer
• Fred Fisher: Composer
• Enotris Johnson: Composer
• Larry Morey: Composer
• Jessie Mae Robinson: Composer
• Sidney Wyche: Composer
• Thomas-Carlyle Ayres: Producer
• Edward Madden: Composer
• Donnie Marchand: Producer
• Jack Rhodes: Composer
• Clement Scott: Composer
• Kenny Sowder: Composer
• Joe Steen: Composer
• Dorothy Stewart: Composer
• Billy Willey: Composer
• Danny Wolfe: Composer
• Audrey Allison: Composer
• Bernice Bedwell: Composer
• Tommy Bedwell: Composer
• Sylvester Bradford: Composer
• Alfred Bryan: Composer
• Jay Byers: Composer
• Bob Center: Composer
• Eliot Daniel: Composer
• Evelyn Danzig: Composer
• Johnny Earl: Composer, Saxophone
• Floyd Edge: Composer
• Gus Edwards: Composer
• Joe Johnson: Producer
• Victoria Clark: Drums
• Bob Kelly: Composer
• J. Karen Thomas: Composer
• Wolfgang Taubenauer: Artwork
• Jerry Fuller: Composer
• Tim Bates: Guitar
• Joe Osborn: Bass (Electric)
• John Reece: Bass
• Russ Wapensky: Discography
• Ham: Mastering
• Baker Knight: Composer
• Jim Field: Sax (Tenor)
• Clifford Hils: Bass
• Tony Barrett: Photography, Illustrations, Tape Research
• Terry Clemson: Guitar
• Jerry Merritt: Composer
• William Raskin: Composer
• Erich Hülsenbeck: Photo Restoration, Photo Scanning
• Jimmie Hodges: Composer
• Chilton Price: Composer
• Andreas Merck: Photo Scanning
• Jackie Frisco: Composer, Choir, Chorus
• Mickey Williams: Drums
• Neil Nephew: Composer
• Clyde Pitts: Composer
• Buck Peddy: Composer
• Alvon W. "Al" Casey: Guitar
• Steve Bonner: Photography, Illustrations
• John Braley: Photography, Illustrations, Photo Scanning
• Allen Reid Breneman: Drums
• Vince Cooze: Bass
• Mark Dorinson: Bass (Electric), Leader
• Karl Egerman: Producer
• Karl Engerman: Producer
• Eugene Thomas "Tommy" Facenda: Choir, Chorus, Handclapping
• Jim Fowley: Leader
• Juvenal Rene "Juvey" Gomez: Drums
• James Beck Gordon: Drums
• Richard Charles "Dickie" Harrell: Drums
• Dianne Kaslow: Photography
• Jerry "Jerry Cole" Kolbrak: Guitar, Bass (Electric)
• Christer Malmstedt: Photography, Illustrations
• Herbert "Skip" Maxfeldt: Guitar
• Robert McCloud: Photography
• Dennis "Mars Bonfire" McCrohan: Guitar
• Billy McVay: Sax (Tenor)
• Johnny Thomas Meeks: Guitar, Choir, Chorus
• Gerald Lee "Jerry" Merritt: Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Jeff Miller: Photography, Illustrations
• Alexander Nelson: Sax (Baritone)
• Grady Lynn Owen: Bass, Guitar (Rhythm), Choir, Chorus
• James A. "Jimmy" Pruett: Piano
• Graham Morrison "Scotty Turner" Turnbull: Guitar
• Jimmy Wallis: Guitar (Bass)
• Karen Walter: Photography, Illustrations
• Les "Hot Pants" Warren: Drums
• Ervin "Willie" Williams: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Diane Johnson: Composer
• Freddy Franks: Composer
• Johnny Meeks: Composer
• Debra Lynn: Composer
• Bill Hicks: Composer