Bob and Lucille - best known on the rockabilly scene for 'Eeny meeny miney moe'.
1.Teenage boogie 2.Lost 3.When you say I love you 4.Vibratin' 5.Hen house rock 6.Eeny meeny miney moe 7.Demon lover 8.The big kiss 9.What's the password 10.No help wanted 11.The flirtin' kind 12.The French song 13.Freight train 14.Wayward wind 15.Looking back to see 16.I'm leavin' it up to you 17.My happiness 18.Tarantula 19.Heartaches by the number 20.Highland lassie 21.Crazy arms 22.Colinda 23.Don't let the stars get in your eyes 24.Hootenanny express 25.Jolie Jacqueline 26.Rocky mountain special 27.Love 28.Don't knock on my door 29.Teenage boogie 30.Eeny meeny miney moe
All the Rockabilly songs plus the hits by one of Country Music's finest voices and guitar. This CD features a mixture of styles from across the decades, from the proto hillbilly rocker the self penned Teenage Boogie to the recuts of this and their best known rocker Eeny Meeny Miney Moe. Many early cuts are rocking and the 60's cuts are pleasant country, always nicely performed.
Bob and Lucille - The Canadian Sweethearts
Bob Regan (real name Fredrickson) was born near the Canadian/Alaskan border in 1931. A veritable musical prodigy playing harmonica, guitar, mandolin and fiddle as a child, Bob toured with his older brother Keray Regan's band. Aged 14, he played the great guitar on The Peace River Rangers 1954 Teenage Boogie (not the Webb Pierce song!). This, along with the uptempo boogie Vibratin' and Hen House Rock, is a fine example of country musicians unleashing the rockabilly genie from the moonshine bottle. Bob was a fine guitarist though still in his teens. His sister Fern stayed with Bob when Keray retired to run a studio. The duo played in Canada and over the border in the States. Fern soon retired to get married. Lucille Savoie was born in Manitoba of French Canadian roots. She met Bob when he played at a wedding party she attended. They became an exciting musical duo, with Lucille's good looks and voice and Bob's guitar wizardry. They worked out in California as Bob and Lucille. Lucille Starr was the missing ingredient. They recorded Eeny Meeny Miney Moe for the small Ditto label in Hollywood, with Demon lover as the flip. This was followed in 1960 by The Big Kiss/What's the Password. Neither single was commercially successful but Lucille Starr's soaring vocal and Bob's cutting guitar came to the notice of Syd Nathan of Cincinnati's King label. He issued their classic Eeny Meeny Miney Moe and Big Kiss off their Ditto 45s. They toured extensively and married. Eeny Meeny Miney Moe rightly is regarded as a classic. This cd, with its diversity of styles, stands as a fine testament to an under-anthologised duo, showing how many rocking acts of the 50's had to compromise by concentrating more on country songs to make a living in later decades. With the proviso that this isn't a 30 track cd of uptempo rockabilly, it is another fitting piece in the overall rockabilly jigsaw, showing us that fine music wasn't confined to the South or to US cities.
Bob and Lucille - best known on the rockabilly scene for 'Eeny meeny miney moe'.