Freddy Cannon

2-LP ON 1 CD Plus 8 BONUS TRACKS

This essential release presents Cannon’s first two and probably finest long-plays: the masterpiece The Explosive! Freddy Cannon, which includes the bonafide rocker “Tallahassee Lassie”, plus his long unavailable debut album, Sings Happy Shades of Blue. These two sensational but underrated LPs, both originally released by the Swan label in 1960, have been remastered and packaged together in this collector’s edition, which also contains 8 bonus tracks from the same period.

PERSONNEL:

FREDDY CANNON, lead vocals, plus:

Frank Slay & His Orchestra.
Arranged by Frank Slay, Jr., Bob Crewe, or Sid Bass.
Recorded in Philadelphia and Boston, 1958-1960.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

THE EXPLOSIVE! FREDDY CANNON (SWAN LP-502), 1960
01. Boston (My Home Town)
02. Kansas City
03. Sweet Georgia Brown
04. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
05. St. Louis Blues
06. Indiana
07. Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy
08. Deep in the Heart of Texas
09. California, Here I Come
10. Okefenokee
11. Carolina in the Morning
12. Tallahassee Lassie
SINGS HAPPY SHADES OF BLUE (SWAN LP-504), 1960
13. My Blue Heaven
14. Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
15. Blue Suede Shoes
16. Blue Skies
17. Lavender Blue
18. Blue Plate Special
19. Bye Bye Blues
20. Alice Blue Gown
21. The House of Blue Lights
22. The Old PianoRoll Blues
23. The Blacksmith Blues
24. Happy Shades of Blue
BONUS TRACKS
25. Humdinger
26. The Urge
27. Muskrat Ramble
28. Jump Over
29. Two Thousand 88
30. The Truth, Ruth
31. What’s Gonna Happen When Summer’s Done
32. Palisades Park

TOTAL TIME: 78:12 MIN.