·"The Complete Coral Rock 'N Roll Trio Recordings" - Johnny Burnette

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.





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01- Rockbilly Boogie
02- Please Don't Leave Me
03- Rock Therapy
04- Lonesome Train [On a Lonesome Track]
05- Sweet Love on My Mind
06- My Love, You're a Stranger
07- Your Baby Blue Eyes
08- I Love You So
09- Train Kept A-Rollin'
10- All by Myself Listen
11- Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee
12- Blues Stay Away from Me
13- Honey Hush
14- Lonesome Tears in My Eyes
15- I Just Found Out
16- Chains of Love
17- Please Don't Leave Me
18- Lonesome Train [On a Lonesome Track]
19- I Love You So
20- If You Want It Enough
21- Butterfingers
22- Eager Beaver Baby
23- Touch Me
24- Tear It Up
25- Oh Baby Babe
26- You're Undecided
27- Midnight Train
28- Shattered Dreams