Rock 'n' Roll Diner 1957 (2-CD) [Import]

by Various Artists

The movie The Last Picture Show, set in 1951, focused on the social changes in a small Texas town as teenagers drifted away to serve in Korea or to confront adulthood in the cities, accompanied by the popular music of the time. In their local diner the friends listened to the country laments of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell and Pee Wee King. Rock 'n' Roll soon revolutionized the aural landscape in 1956, and by the following year a typical diner's repertoire would have sounded much like the contents of this explosive 2CD set. Featuring 8 No1's this double CD features all the Rock 'n' Roll hits of 1957. Fifty years on, now from what really does in hindsight appear to have been a golden age, the sheer exuberance of this music retains all its irresistible appeal.

• All the Rock and Roll hits from 1957
• 8 No1 's
• All the Rock and Roll greats represented
• 7 Elvis Presley hits
• All original recordings digitally remastered
• Sleeve notes included