Sonny Burgess - Rocks (CD)

Release Date: 08/06/211-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 32 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.Albert Austin Burgess - in short 'Sonny' - was an icon and a crowd favorite for generations of Rockabilly fans worldwide. Active in the music scene for decades, Sonny exuded the energy and playfulness of the early rockers like no other.... just like when it all began... we wanna boogie!-Bear Family delivers the first cross-label CD compilation of Sonny Burgess' recordings from the fifties to the new millennium!-Including his outstanding Nashville recordings from the Moondog Studios.-Legendary New England sessions with Dave Alvin of The Blasters and others.-Most importantly, Sonny's terrific version of My Heart Is Achin' For You, a chart hit for Rosie Flores, written by James Intveld.-Top-notch rockabilly numbers from his Chicago-produced album with top Windy City musicians.-And of course Spellbound - the rare US studio version recorded in Arkansas, now on CD for the first time.-Plus