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nine albums

Elizabeth Cotten - Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar

Champion Jack Dupree - Blues from the Gutter

Duane Eddy - Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel

Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Jack Takes the Floor [10-L. P.; retitled Muleskinner for 1964 L. P. version]

The Everly Brothers - Songs Our Daddy Taught Us

Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me

Buddy Holly

Mahalia Jackson - Newport 1958

The Kingston Trio

fifty-three singles and deep cuts

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters - 'Teardrops on Your Letter', Singin' and Swingin' [1959]

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters - 'The Twist', Singin' and Swingin' [1959]

The Big Bopper - 'Chantilly Lace', Chantilly Lace

James Brown and the Famous Flames - 'Try Me (I Need You)' ['Try Me'], [James Brown and His Famous Flames] Please Please Please

Buzzy Busy and the Bayou Boys - 'Talking Banjo'

Jerry Butler and the Impressions - 'For Your Precious Love', [The Impressions with Jerry Butler] For Your Precious Love... [1963]

The Champs - 'Tequila'

The Chantels - 'Maybe', We Are the Chantels

Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets - 'Just a Dream', Just a Dream [1959]

The Coasters - 'Yakety Yak', The Coasters' Greatest Hits [1959]

Eddie Cochran - 'Summertime Blues', The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album [12 of His Biggest Hits] [1960]

Cookie and His Cupcakes - 'Mathilda' ['Matilda']

The Crests - '16 Candles'

Bobby Darin - 'Splish Splash', Bobby Darin

Bobby Day - 'Rockin' Robin', Rockin' with Robin [1959]

Dion and the Belmonts - 'I Wonder Why', Presenting Dion and the Belmonts [1959]

Dion and the Belmonts - 'No One Knows', Presenting Dion and the Belmonts [1959]

Dion and the Belmonts - 'Don't Pity Me', Presenting Dion and the Belmonts [1959]

The Everly Brothers - 'All I Have to Do Is Dream', The Everly Brothers' Best [1959]

The "5" Royales - 'The Slummer the Slum', The 5 Royales Sing for You [1959]

Connie Francis - 'Who's Sorry Now', Who's Sorry Now

Bobby Freeman - 'Do You Want to Dance'

Billy Grammer - 'Gotta Travel On', Billy Grammer Sings Gotta Travel On [1965]

Roy Hamilton - 'Don't Let Go', You Can Have Her [1961]

Wanda Jackson - 'Let's Have a Party', Wanda Jackson

Jan and Arnie - 'Jennie Lee'

Brenda Lee - 'Rockin' around the Christmas Tree'

Jerry Lee Lewis - 'Breathless'

Jerry Lee Lewis - 'High School Confidential', Jerry Lee Lewis

Little Anthony and the Imperials - 'Tears on My Pillow', We Are the Imperials Featuring Little Anthony [1959]

Jimmy Martin - 'Sophronie'

The Monotones - 'Book of Love'

Ricky Nelson - 'Poor Little Fool', Ricky Nelson

Ricky Nelson - 'Lonesome Town', Ricky Sings Again [1959]

The Johnny Otis Show - 'Willie and the Hand Jive'

The Platters - 'Twilight Time'

The Platters - 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes'

Lloyd Price with the Don Costa Orchestra - 'Stagger Lee'

Cliff Richard and the Drifters - 'Move It'; alternate version included on Cliff [1959]

Tommy Sands - 'The Worryin' Kind'

Ronnie Self - 'Bop-a-Lena'

David Seville - 'Witch Doctor', [Alvin, Simon and Theodore With David Seville] The Alvin Show [1961]

David Seville and the Chipmunks - 'The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)', Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks [1959]

The Shields - 'You Cheated'

The Skyliners - 'Since I Don't Have You', The Sklyliners [1959]

The Slades - 'You Cheated'

The Teddy Bears - 'To Know Him Is to Love Him'

Conway Twitty - 'It's Only Make Believe', Conway Twitty Sings [1959]

Johnny "Guitar" Watson - 'Gangster of Love', Johnny "Guitar" Watson [1963]

Chuck Willis - 'What Am I Living For', I Remember Chuck Willis [1962]

Jackie Wilson - 'Lonely Teardrops', Lonely Teardrops [1959]

Sheb Wooley - 'The Purple People Eater'

Link Wray and His Ray Men - 'Rumble'

six archival and compilation albums

Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berrys

Bo Diddley

Grandpa Jones - Grandpa Jones Sings His Greatest Hits

Johnny Mathis - Johnny's Greatest Hits

Little Richard

Muddy Waters - The Best of Muddy Waters