Early Rock Songs Big Book. The Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook (OUT OF PRINT)
Each songbook in the Big Book series provides musicians of all ability levels with a big list---usually 40 or more titles per book---of the very best songs from a favorite musical genre.
This Big Book title includes a total of 86 songs from the early days of rock and roll. Songs include Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis) * Build Me Up Buttercup (The Foundations) * Crying in the Chapel (Elvis) * Earth Angel (The Penguins) * I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher) * Rockin' Robin (Bobby Day) * Runaround Sue (Dion) * This Magic Moment (Jay and the Americans) * and many more.
Contents
| Title | Composer |
| (Seven Little Girls) Sitting in the Back Seat | Lee Pockriss (composer); Bob Hilliard (composer) |
| (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock | Max Freedman (composer); Jimmy De Knight (composer) |
| A Lover's Question | Brook Benton (composer); Jimmy Williams (composer) |
| A Teenager in Love | Doc Pomus (lyricist); Mort Shuman (composer) |
| A Whiter Shade of Pale | Gary Brooker (composer); Keith Reid (composer) |
| Baby It's You | Burt Bacharach (composer); Mack David (composer); Barney Williams (composer) |
| Be-Bop Baby | Pearl Lendhurst (composer) |
| Bird Dog | Boudleaux Bryant (composer) |
| Blue Moon | Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer) |
| Blueberry Hill | Al Lewis (composer); Vincent Rose (composer); Larry Stock (composer) |
| Breathless | Otis Blackwell (composer) |
| Build Me Up Buttercup | Michael D'Abo (composer); Tony McCauley (composer) |
| Cara Mia | Tulio Trapani (composer); Lee Lange (composer) |
| Come Softly to Me | Gary Troxel (composer); Gretchen Christopher (composer); Barbara Ellis (composer) |
| Crying in the Chapel | Artie Glenn (composer) |
| Do You Want to Know a Secret? | John Lennon (composer); Paul McCartney (composer) |
| Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | Bennie Benjamin (composer); Sol Marcus (composer); Gloria Caldwell (composer) |
| Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) | Jesse Belvin (composer) |
| Everyday People | Sylvester Stewart (a/k/a Sly Stone) (composer) |
| Handy Man | Otis Blackwell (composer); Jimmy Jones (composer) |
| Great Balls of Fire | Otis Blackwell (composer); Jack Hammer (composer) |
| He's a Rebel | Gene Pitney (composer) |
| Hello, Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart) | Gene Pitney (composer); Cayet Mangiaracina (composer) |
| Hey! Baby! | Margaret Cobb (composer); Bruce Channel (composer) |
| Hey! Paula | Ray Hildebrand (composer) |
| Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me | Harry Noble (composer) |
| Hush-A-Bye | Doc Pomus (composer); Mort Shuman (composer) |
| I Dig Rock and Roll Music | Noel Paul Stookey (composer); James Mason (composer); Dave Dixon (composer) |
| I Go to Pieces | Del Shannon (composer) |
| I Got You Babe | Sonny Bono (composer) |
| I Met Him on a Sunday (Ronde, Ronde) | Shirley Owens (composer); Addie Harris (composer); Doris Coley (composer); Beverly Lee (composer) |
| I Want to Walk You Home | Antoine "Fats" Domino (composer) |
| I'll Never Find Another You | Tom Springfield (composer) |
| It's All in the Game | Gen. Charles G. Dawes (composer); Carl Sigman (lyricist) |
| It's My Party | John Gluck, Jr. (composer); Herb Wiener (composer); Wally Gold (composer) |
| Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | Lee Pockriss (composer); Paul J. Vance (composer) |
| Johnny Angel | Lee Pockriss (composer); Lyn Duddy (lyricist) |
| Let's Twist Again | Dave Appell (composer); Kal Mann (composer) |
| Lipstick on Your Collar | George Goehring (composer); Edna Lewis (lyricist) |
| Little Bitty Pretty One | Robert Byrd (composer) |
| Little Town Flirt | Del Shannon (composer); Marion McKenzie (composer) |
| Mack the Knife | Kurt Weill (composer); Marc Blitzstein (lyricist); Berthold Brecht (lyricist) |
| Massachusetts (The Lights Went Out) | Barry Gibb (composer); Robin Gibb (composer); Maurice Gibb (composer) |
| Mister Blue | Dewayne Blackwell (composer) |
| Mother-in-Law | Allen Toussaint (composer) |
| Mr. Lee | Heather Dixon (composer); Helen Gathers (composer); Janis Pought (composer); Laura E. Webb (composer); Emma Ruth Pought (composer) |
| Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter | Trevor Peacock (composer) |
| My Special Angel | Jimmy Duncan (composer) |
| Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | Paul Leka (composer); Gary DeCarlo (composer); Dale Frashuer (composer) |
| Needles and Pins | Jack Nitzsche (composer); Sonny Bono (composer) |
| Nights in White Satin | Justin Hayward (composer) |
| Queen of the Hop | Woody Harris (composer) |
| Rebel-Rouser | Lee Hazlewood (composer); Duane Eddy (composer) |
| Rockin' Robin | Jimmie Thomas (composer) |
| Roses Are Red (My Love) | Paul Evans (composer); Al Byron (composer) |
| Runaround Sue | Ernie Maresca (composer); Dion Di Mucci (composer) |
| Runaway | Del Shannon (composer); Max D. Crook (composer) |
| Save the Last Dance for Me | Doc Pomus (lyricist); Mort Shuman (composer) |
| Sea Cruise | Huey P. Smith (composer) |
| Sealed with a Kiss | Peter Udell (lyricist); Gary Geld (composer) |
| See You in September | Sherman Edwards (composer); Sid Wayne (composer) |
| Shangri-La | Robert Maxwell (composer); Carl Sigman (composer); Matt Malneck (composer) |
| Sixteen Candles | Luther Dixon (composer); Allyson Khent (composer) |
| So Fine | Johnny Otis (composer) |
| Splish, Splash | Bobby Darin (composer); Jean Murray (composer) |
| Summertime Blues | Jerry Capehart (composer); Eddie Cochran (composer) |
| The Beat Goes On | Sonny Bono (composer) |
| The Lion Sleeps Tonight | George David Weiss (composer); Luigi Creatore (composer); Hugo Peretti (composer) |
| The Wanderer | Ernie Maresca (composer) |
| This Diamond Ring | Irwin Levine (composer); Bob Brass (composer); Al Kooper (composer) |
| The Name Game | Lincoln Chase (composer); Shirley Elliston (composer) |
| This Magic Moment | Doc Pomus (composer); Mort Shuman (composer) |
| Till | Carl Sigman (lyricist); Charles Danvers (composer) |
| Time Is on My Side | Jerry Ragovoy (composer) |
| Tossin' and Turnin' | Ritchie Adams (composer); Malou Rene (composer) |
| Turn Me Loose | Doc Pomus (lyricist); Mort Shuman (composer) |
| Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) | Pete Seeger (composer) |
| Volare | Mitchell Parish (lyricist); Domenico Modugno (composer); Franco Migliacci (lyricist) |
| What'd I Say | Ray Charles (composer) |
| Wipe Out | The Surfaris (composer) |
| Wooly Bully | Domingo Samudio (composer) |
| Words | Barry Gibb (composer); Robin Gibb (composer); Maurice Gibb (composer) |
| You Were on My Mind | Sylvia Fricker (composer) |
| You're Sixteen You're Beautiful and You're Mine | Richard M. Sherman (composer); Robert B. Sherman (composer) |
| You've Got Your Troubles | Roger Cook (composer); Roger Greenaway (composer) |
| Young Girl | Jerry Fuller (composer) |
Inventory # HL00322069
ISBN: 9780739045787
UPC: 884088685799
Series: Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook
Format: Softcover
Publisher Code: 27700
Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
256 pages
