Tommy Steele - Dreamboats And Petticoats Presents A Handful Of Hits on CD

Description

Sir Tommy Steele is the UK’s original Rock & Roll star. Before Cliff. Before Marty Wilde. Before Billy Fury. Before everyone this side of the pond, Tommy hit it big first. Dreamboats & Petticoats Presents Tommy Steele ‘A Handful of Hits’ is a celebration of Sir Tommy Steele’s incredible career in music, as he celebrated his 85th birthday year and 65 years in showbusiness last year. This collection, which takes its title from his 1957 track ‘A Handful Of Songs’ features all Tommy’s biggest and best-loved tunes: ‘Rock With The Caveman’ was Tommy’s first hit in 1956 when he became a household name as the frontman of The Steelmen. Tommy drew immediate comparisons with Elvis… who himself made his UK debut that year. ‘Singing The Blues’, Tommy Steele’s version of this early blues standard gave him his debut No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1957 ‘Come On Let’s Go’: Tommy made this Ritchie Valens penned classic his own in 1958, scoring a Top 10 UK hit. ‘The Little White Bull’ was written by Lionel Bart, Mike Pratt and Tommy Steele (the trio wrote many hugely successful songs together) for the 1959 musical comedy film Tommy The Toreador, starring Tommy, and has remained a popular classic for generations after. ‘Flash Bang Wallop’ is a stage and screen belter from the 1967 British musical Half a Sixpence. Tommy played the lead role of Arthur Kipps in this screen adaptation of HG Wells’ novel ‘Kipps: the Story of a Simple Soul’. Tracklist A Handful Of Songs Singing The Blues Little White Bull - From "Tommy the Toreador" Come On, Let's Go Rock With The Caveman Butterfingers Flash, Bang, Wallop What A Mouth (What A North And South) Water, Water Nairobi Knee Deep In The Blues Shiralee The Only Man On The Island Hey You! Happy Guitar - From "The Duke Wore Jeans" Tallahassee Lassie Give! Give! Give! The Writing On The Wall Half A Sixpence If The Rain's Got To Fall Princess - From "The Duke Wore Jeans" What Do You Do - from the film soundtrack "The Duke Wore Jeans" It's All Happening Elevator Rock Tommy The Toreador - From "Tommy The Toreador" Hiawatha Doomsday Rock Put A Ring On Her Finger Plant A Kiss Happy-Go-Lucky Blues Rock Around The Town Rebel Rock Butterfly Where Have All The Flowers Gone

TRACKS

A Handful of Songs
Singing the Blues
Little White Bull (From "Tommy the Toreador")
Come On, Let's Go
Rock with The Caveman
Butterfingers
Flash, Bang, Wallop
What a Mouth (What a North and South)
Water, Water
Nairobi
Knee Deep In The Blues
Shiralee (From "Shiralee")
The Only Man On The Island
Hey You!
Happy Guitar (From "The Duke Wore Jeans")
Tallahassee Lassie
Give! Give! Give!
The Writing On the Wall
Half A Sixpence
If The Rain's Got To Fall
Princess (From "The Duke Wore Jeans")
What Do You Do (from the film soundtrack "The Duke Wore Jeans")
It's All Happening
Elevator Rock
Tommy The Toreador (From "Tommy The Toreador")
Hiawatha
Doomsday Rock
Put a Ring On Her Finger
Plant a Kiss
Happy-Go-Lucky Blues
Rock Around The Town
Rebel Rock
Butterfly
Where Have All The Flowers Gone