VERY RARE ROCKABILLY JOHNNY BURNETTE 78 TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN' CRUISIN CASB 003 M-
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DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS VERY RARE ROCK-A-BILLY 78 FROM THE GREAT JOHNNY BURNETTE ON THE UK CRUISIN THE 50's LABEL
THE TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN'
b/w SWEET LOVE ON MY MIND
John Joseph "Johnny" Burnette (March 25, 1934–August 14, 1964) was a Rockabilly pioneer. Along with his older brother Dorsey Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison, Johnny Burnette was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio.
In 1952, the Burnette brothers and Burlison formed a group called The Rhythm Rangers at the time. Johnny Burnette sang the vocals and played acoustic guitar, Dorsey played bass and Paul Burlison played lead guitar. For economic reasons, in 1956, the three young men moved to New York, where they managed to get an audition with the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour. They won the competition three times in a row, which gained them a place in the finals, a recording contract with Coral Records and they officially became The Rock and Roll Trio. They also gained a manager, band leader Henry Jerome, and a drummer, Tony Austin, who was a cousin of Carl Perkins. Most of the most well known recordings of the Rock N Roll Trio were recorded on Coral records with the Nashville "A Team" session musicians—Grady Martin on lead guitar, Bob Moore on bass and Buddy Harman on drums.
Promotional appearances were arranged on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, Steve Allen's Tonight Show and Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, together with a summer tour with Carl Perkins and Gene Vincent. On Sunday September 9, 1956, they appeared as finalists in the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour at Madison Square Garden. Coincidentally, the same night the Trio was on the Amateur Hour (ABC-TV), Elvis made his debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS. Despite all of this activity, however, the three singles, which were released over this period failed to make the national charts.
In order to cover their living expenses, the Trio was forced to go on the road, completing what seemed to be an endless stream of one night stands. This exhausting regime led to squabbles, which were exacerbated in Dorsey’s case by Jerome’s use of the name Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio on records and live dates. Things finally came to a head at a gig in Niagara Falls in autumn 1956, when, as a result of a fight, Dorsey quit the group a week before they were to appear in Alan Freed’s film Rock, Rock, Rock.
Johnny Black, the brother of Elvis’ bassist Bill Black, was rapidly recruited to fill Dorsey’s place. Despite the film appearance and three more single releases and one LP release, the group failed to achieve any chart success. The Rock and Roll Trio officially disbanded in autumn 1957.
Johnny Burnette Train Kept A Rollin' - YouTube
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DISC DETAILS
Disc condition - MINT -
UK CRUISIN THE 50's CASB 003 10" 78 rpm HEAVY VINYL
SUPPLIED IN A PLAIN BLACK SLEEVE
THIS SUPERB 78 IS CUT WITH A PROPER 78s HEAD NOT MICRO GROOVE AND ALSO HAS THE CORRECT RUN OUT GROOVE. IT WAS MADE IN 1996 USING THE OLD EMI TOP RANK PRESSING PLANT
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