Bunny Paul's 'Such A Rock'n'Roll Night' is an amazing 31 track collection of original recordings from the female vocalist who recorded a wide range of Rhythm & Blues, Rock'n'Roll and Rockabilly.
1.Such a night (1954) 2.New love 3.Honey love 4.I'll never tell 5.Lovey dovey 6.I'm gonna have some fun 7.You came a long way from St. Louis 8.Answer the call 9.Watcha gonna do 10.Two castagnettes 11.Leave my heart alone 12.Baby sitters blues 13.Teen age heart 14.History 15.Sweet talk 16.Tell the man 17.Take a chance 18.Please have mercy 19.That's love 20.The gypsy 21.Beedle lump bump 22.Poor Joe 23.Buzz me 24.Never let me go 25.Love birds 26.We wanted to marry 27.Such a night (1959) 28.A million miles from nowhere 29.We're only young once 30.I'm hooked 31.Sentimental rhapsody
Bunny Paul
Bunny Paul recorded for lots of labels including Brunswick, Essex, Capitol ('Tell the man','Please have mercy'), Columbia and Gordy. 'Honey love' made it to #21 in the Cashbox charts of 1954 and also appeared on an EP on the Somerset label (1300) with Bill Haley, and she had two versions of 'Such a night', one of which was for Essex (352) and one for Columbia. 'Lovey dovey'/'Answer the call' was Essex 359. Bunny Paul is known for her jazzy big band rock'n'roll of the Fifties and also doo-wop with The Harptones on 'I'll never tell' on Essex (364). On Dash records, she released 'Baby sitters blues'/'Teen age heart' (DASH777). She was on Roulette (R-4186) for 'Beedle lump bump'. Bunny Paul is also known to northern soul afficianados for records like 'I'm hooked' (GORDY 7017) from April of 1963 and 'We're only young once'. Bunny Paul's main claim to fame nowadays is as a footnote in a Harptones' discography. In 1954 The Harptones were under contract to Morty Craft and Monte Bruce's Bruce label. Craft and Bruce permitted Dave Miller's Essex label (of early Bill Haley fame) to record the Harptones singing background for a couple of tracks by Bunny Paul. This was Essex #364 - I'll Never Tell/Honey Love, probably the only Essex 45 sought by R&B fans. Now at last, this 2002 production from the Hydra label in Germany label enables us to get these 'Harptones' tracks, along with 29 other songs by Bunny Paul. The booklet has extensive liner notes and pictures andas a complete Bunny Paul discography. Bunny Paul did manage to get three records into the US Billboard charts - Magic Guitar, Such A Night and Lovey Dovey. Bunny Paul fits neatly into the same bag with Georgia Gibbs, Gale Storm, Pat Boone, and all the rest of the white artists who 'covered' R&B and are often despised by inverted racists. You either like 'em, or you don't. End of story. Bunny Paul came from Detroit and began her career in the 1940's as a band singer in Peoria, Toledo and Detroit. She began recording with Detroit's local Vargo label in 1948 and for Dot in 1953, Essex/Somerset from 1953 to 1954, Capitol in 1955), Dash, Dynamic and Point in 1956, Brunswick in 1957, Roulette from 1958 to 1959 and, finally, for Gordy in 1963. At least one track from each label is found here.
Bunny Paul's 'Such A Rock'n'Roll Night' is an amazing 31 track collection of original recordings from the female vocalist who recorded a wide range of Rhythm & Blues, Rock'n'Roll and Rockabilly.