Good Rockin' Tonight - a popular UK rock'n'roll/rockabilly band.
1.Hot dog 2.Double talk baby 3.Zing! Went the strings of my heart 4.Rebound 5.Let's swing 6.How many days 7.I wanna rock 8.Back in my arms 9.Rockin' rollin' stone 10.Fabulous cure 11.Trouble with a capital 'T' 12.Betty Lou 13.Hey then there now 14.Fabulous 15.Beauty queen 16.I ain't givin' up nothin' 17.Let's jump tonight 18.There's no-one else 19.The great pretender 20.Lover boy's back in town 21.Mais oui 22.King of the blues 23.Hey Mae
Good Rockin' Tonight
This popular British act have taken some of the 'hot' jive songs of the day along with other popular numbers that they've re-arranged for jivers and added some of their own material to come up with one of their best albums. Neat artwork as ever by John O'Malley.
" .... Mark does a brillinat job of Charlie Gracie's 'Fabulous' which is one of my favourite songs.....credit to Mark, John and the studio, it's worth the money..." Southern Rock June 2003
"It doesn't seem five minutes since I reviewed Good Rockin' Tonight's last CD, '19 Elvis Tracks Volume 2', and already here's another one. They really are a very prolific recording outfit with this being their eleventh release. Twenty-three tracks of 'solid jive' as the title suggests, although most of the number are straightforward rock'n'roll with the five tracks self-penned by John O'Malley and lead singer Mark Keeley. Things like 'Let's swing' and 'Beauty queen' have a great feel to them. They also do the King Brothers' 'Mais oui' which is classed at record hops as a jiver. Jive numbers are not exactly my cup of tea, so I was very pleased with the selection of jivers chosen, from Buck Owens' 'Hot dog' through to Rusty & Doug's 'Hey Mae', though they were probably included because of their connection to Shakin' Stevens. Conway Twitty's 'Double take baby' works well, so too do Charlie Rich's 'Rebound' and Frank 'Andy' Starr's 'Rockin' rollin' stone'. Less obvious are Johnny Sardo's 'I wanna rock' and Dickie Pride's 'Fabulous cure'. 'The great pretender' owes more to Bill Haley's rocked-up version than the Platters'. There are nods to Charlie Gracie and The Comets respectively with 'Fabulous' and 'Hey, then, there now'. My favourite of the whole lot would have to be Ben Hewitt's 'I ain't givin' up nothin', which really rolls along. Once again a very clean record with immaculate vocals and arrangements from this very popular band. Steve Aynsley - NDT
Good Rockin' Tonight - a popular UK rock'n'roll/rockabilly band.