1.Party doll 2.Rock your little baby to sleep 3.Somebody touched me 4.Lovey dovey 5.I think I'm gonna kill myself 6. Rock house 7.Devil woman 8.Ling Ting Tong 9.Maybelline 10.Travellin' light 11.Hula love 12.I washed my hands in muddy water 13.Storm clouds 14.I'm lookin' for someone to love 15.Restless 16.Blue Levi jeans 17.Honky tonk man 18.Ooby dooby 19.Nebraska sunrise 20.Hole in the ground 21.Little ditty baby 22.Going to Hollywood 23.Too much fun 24.Knock kneed Nellie 25.Back to New Orleans 26.Bip bop boom 27.Hambone 28.Lotta lovin' 29.Kokomo island 30.Long lonely nights 31.Sweet country music 32.I named my little girl Holly
The songs on this release are taken from three different sources. Tracks 1-13 were recorded in London during 1979; tracks 14-29 were again made in the UK, but three years later. The remainder were recorded in 1976 (in Canada) and previously available on an album entitled 'Sweet Country Music'.
Buddy Knox
Buddy Knox was born on July 20, 1933 in Happy Texas. He was the first artist of the rock'n'roll era to write and perform his own number one hit song, 'Party Doll', gaining him a gold record in 1957. Buddy Knox graduated in 1950 and after high school, he attended West Texas State College in Canyon, where he met two other students, Jimmy Bowen and Don Lanier. The three formed a band called the Rhythm Orchids, named after the orchid colored shirts that they wore. They played in local clubs for beer and food, singing songs until they were thrown out for being under age, but Buddy Knox and the Rhythm Orchids had developed a following. They became the hottest local band around. It was at this time that Buddy Knox met Roy Orbison, who told him about a recording studio in Clovis, New Mexico where he had recorded some of his earlier songs. A few days later Knox, Bowen and Lanier found themselves at Norman Petty’s studio in Clovis, New Mexico. For the $60 they had in their pockets, they spent three days recording three songs that would change their lives forever. Set up and ready to record, the only thing the Rhythm Orchids had to wait on was midnight. Norman Petty’s studio was located on a main street and every five seconds a truck would drive past the building. This was a problem because the sound of the trucks would be heard on the recording tape. Sound proof rooms were rare in the 50's. With a midnight to dawn recording schedule, Buddy Knox and the band would sleep all day and record all night. This went on for three days. When it was all over, Buddy and the band got the master tapes and a copy of what they had done on acetate, packed up the car and went home. From that one session Buddy Knox would receive two gold records in 1957, one for 'Party Doll' written and sung by Buddy Knox and the other for a song that Jimmy Bowen sang and co-wrote with Buddy Knox called 'I'm Sticking With You'. The Rhythm Orchids' big break came when Roulette Records, a new record label in town operated by Morris Levy, was looking for some new talent. Back in the 50’s getting your music heard was a little bit easier that it is today, so Morris Levy was contacted and a copy of 'Party Doll' was sent to him. Morris liked what he heard and made arrangements for the band to come to New York. So the Rhythm Orchids, Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen, Don Lanier and new member David Alldred, went to meet Morris Levy at Roulette Records in New York City. The first release was 'Party Doll', and then at almost the same time Roulette released 'I'm Sticking With You'. With 'Party Doll' going number one and selling well over a million singles and 'I'm Sticking With You' being a top 40 hit and single sales over one million, the band was on top of the world. That same year Buddy Knox and the Rhythm Orchids released 'Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep', a top 20 hit, and 'Hula Love', a top 10 hit. Both singles sold over one million copies. Buddy Knox died of cancer in 1999. He was one of the nicest guys from the rock'n'roll era that I met.
Buddy Knox with recordings made in the seventies.
Buddy Knox was born on July 20, 1933 in Happy Texas. He was the first artist of the rock'n'roll era to write and perform his own number one hit song, 'Party Doll', gaining him a gold record in 1957.