Ray,Johnnie Big Beat + Johnnie Ray CD

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the Pop vocalist plus seven bonus tracks. Johnnie Ray was an incredible singer whose emotionally uninhibited hit recordings in the early 1950s anticipated the rock & roll era. Ray's performing style earned him the nickname 'Mr. Emotion,' and he became a teen idol whose popularity at it's peak was comparable to the hysteria generated by Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley (though in Ray's case, the glory was fleeting). This quintessential CD includes two of Johnnie Ray's finest albums. The first LP featured here is THE BIG BEAT (1957), filled with passionate numbers. The second album on this release consists of the singer's eponymous debut LP, JOHNNY RAY (1952). These two masterpieces have been remastered and packaged together in this collector's edition, which also contains 7 bonus tracks from the same period.

1. Pretty-Eyed Baby 2. How Long, How Long Blues 3. Sent for You Yesterday 4. I'll Never Be Free 5. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town 6. Shake a Hand 7. Lotus Blossom 8. Everyday (I Have the Blues) 9. I Want to Be Loved 10. I Miss You So 11. Trouble in Mind 12. So Long 13. Don't Blame Me 14. Walkin' My Baby Back Home 15. Don't Take Your Love from Me 16. All of Me 17. Give Me Time 18. The Lady Drinks Champagne 19. Out in the Cold Again 20. Coffee and Cigarettes 21. Such a Night 22. Up Above My Head 23. Papa Loves Mambo 24. Cry 25. Parade of Broken Hearts 26. Cool Water 27. Endlessly