Sonny Burgess We Wanna Boogie

Sonny Burgess was born May 28, 1931, in Newport, Arkansas. Early 1950s, Burgess played boogie woogie music at clubs and bars in the Newport area. Burgess, Kern Kennedy, Johnny Ray Hubbard, and Gerald Jackson formed a boogie-woogie band they called the Rocky Road Ramblers. In 1954, following a stint in the US Army (195153), Burgess re-formed the band, calling them the Moonlighters after the Silver Moon Club in Newport, where they performed regularly. After advice from record producer Sam Phillips, the group expanded to form the Pacers. The band's first record was "We Wanna Boogie" in 1956 for Sun Records, in Memphis, about 80 miles southeast of his birthplace. The flip side was "Red Headed Woman." Both were written by Burgess. The songs have been described as among the most wild, raucous, energy-filled recordings released during the early days of rock and roll. And i think i'll agree to that, this is CRAZY SOUND! Their onstage antics in performance were similarly described. WILD, ENERGY, UNPOLISHED, UNTAMED....you name it, enjoy.....

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• Pacers
• Memphis
• Tennessee

[tinytimthumb]

tops again thankyou your collection is the best !!!!!!!

[LynchburgSourMash]

thanks, keep on boppin

[FuckStaub]

PURE ROCKABILLY!!

[50sRocKabilly]

Nice to see that you uplode more great records! This is one of my favorite Sun recordings.

[strandwolf]

Sonny Burgess! The man! Been digging him since day one. Saw him about 10 years ago about when I hit 50 and his pogo style cheered me up.

[DTDexter]

The 78 looks mint.....thanks for posting