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eleven albums

Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio

Lonnie Donegan - Showcase [10-L. P.]

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Hymns

Mahalia Jackson - Bless This House

Little Willie John - Fever

The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life

Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley - Elvis

Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop!

Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi

forty-seven singles and deep cuts

The Avons - 'Our Love Will Never End', The Avons [1960]

LaVerne Baker and the Gliders - 'Jim Dandy', LaVern Baker [1957]

Freddie Bell and the Bellboys - 'Ding Dong' ['Giddy-Up-a Ding Dong'], Rock & Roll... All Flavors [1957]

Jesse Belvin - 'Goodnight My Love', The Casual Jesse Belvin Sings [1959]

Big Maybelle - 'Candy'

Pat Boone - 'I Almost Lost My Mind', Pat's Great Hits [1957]

The Bop Chords - 'Castle in the Sky'

James Brown with the Famous Flames - 'Please Please Please', [James Brown and His Famous Flames] Please Please Please [1958]

Sonny Burgess - 'Red Headed Woman'

Sonny Burgess -'We Wanna Boogie'

The Cadets - 'Stranded in the Jungle', Rockin' n' Reelin' [1957]

Wynona Carr - 'Should I Ever Love Again'

The Channels - 'The Closer You Are'

The Chips - 'Rubber Biscuit'

The Dells - 'Oh What a Nite', Oh, What a Nite [1959]; new version, entitled 'Oh What a Night', Love Is Blue [1969]

Bill Doggett - 'Honky Tonk (Part 1)'/'Honky Tonk (Part 2)'

The Five Satins - 'In the Still of the Nite' ['I'll Remember (In the Still of the Night)'], The 5 Satins Sing [1957]

Bill Haley and His Comets - 'See You Later, Alligator'

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - 'I Put a Spell on You', At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins

The Heartbeats - 'A Thousand Miles Away', A Thousand Miles Away [1960]

Clarence "Frogman" Henry - 'Ain't Got No Home'

John Lee Hooker - 'Dimples', I'm John Lee Hooker [1959]

The Jayhawks - 'Stranded in the Jungle'

Jim Lowe - 'The Green Door'

Bobby Mitchell - 'Try Rock and Roll'

Guy Mitchell - 'Singing the Blues'

The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen - 'Ruby, Are You Mad?', Country Pickin' and Hillside Singin' [1959]

The Platters - 'My Prayer'

Elvis Presley - 'Heartbreak Hotel', Elvis' Golden Records [1958]

Elvis Presley - 'I Want You, I Need You, I Love You', Elvis' Golden Records [1958]

Elvis Presley - 'Don't Be Cruel', Elvis' Golden Records [1958]

Elvis Presley - 'Hound Dog', Elvis' Golden Records [1958]

Elvis Presley - 'Love Me Tender', Elvis' Golden Records [1958]

Ray Price - 'Crazy Arms'

Otis Rush - 'I Can't Quit You Baby'

Shirley and Lee - 'Let the Good Times Roll', Let the Good Times Roll

Waren Smith - 'Rock 'n' Roll Ruby'

Waren Smith - 'Ubangi Stomp'

The Solitaires - 'The Angels Sang'

The Staple Singers - 'Uncloudy Day', Swing Low Sweet Chariot [1963]

Andy Starr - 'Rockin', Rollin' Stone'

Tommy Steele and the Steelmen - 'Rock with the Caveman'

The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon - 'Why Do Fools Fall in Love', The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon

The Teen Queens - 'Eddie My Love', Eddie My Love [1957]

The Valentines - 'The Woo Woo Train'

Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - 'Be-Bop-a-Lula'

Chuck Willis - 'It's Too Late', King of the Stroll [1958]

three archival and compilation albums

Johnny Ace - Memorial Album for Johnny Ace

Fats Domino - This Is Fats Domino!

The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon