- 41 Original Hits From The Soundtrack Of American Graffiti

CD Release

August 11, 1973

Label

Mca

Number of Discs

2

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Track List

1. (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And The Comets
2. Sixteen Candles - The Crests
3. Runaway - Del Shannon
4. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
5. That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
6. Fanny Mae - Buster Brown
7. At The Hop - Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids
8. She's So Fine - Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids
9. The Stroll - The Diamonds
10. See You In September - The Tempos
11. Surfin' Safari - The Beach Boys
12. He's The Great Imposter - The Fleetwoods
13. Almost Grown - Chuck Berry
14. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters
15. Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
16. Peperment Twist - Joey Dee & The Starlighters
17. Barbara Anne - The Regents
18. Book Of Love - The Monotones
19. Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly
20. Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey
21. The Great Pretender - The Platters

1. Ain't That A Shame - Fats Domino
2. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
3. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
4. Get A Job - The Silhouettes
5. To The Aisle - The Five Satins
6. Do You Wanna Dance - Bobby Freeman
7. Party Doll - Buddy Knox
8. Come Go With Me - The Del-Vikings
9. You're Sixteen-You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) - Johnny Burnette
10. Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers
11. Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners
12. Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper
13. Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
14. Crying In The Chapel - Sonny Till & The Orioles
15. A Thousand Miles Away - The Heartbeats
16. Heart And Soul - The Cleftones
17. Green Onions - Booker T. & The M.G's
18. Only You (And You Alone) - The Platters
19. Goodnight, Well It's Time To Go - The Spaniels
20. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys

Additional Information

For those of us who grew up in the '70s, this drive-in compilation of '50s and '60s rock and doo-wop, complete with Wolfman Jack introductions, was our introduction to this music. There are 41 jukebox hits here, and every one of them is a classic of its time (although two tracks--"At the Hop" and "She's so Fine" are covers by the revival band Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids). In his 1973 movie, director George Lucas used the music (and the presence of mysterious deejay Wolfman) as the AM-radio soundtrack to one night in suburban California, 1962. The idea was to capture and sustain an end-of-summer, end-of-innocence mood that's in the air throughout the picture-- not as a shortcut to establishing a period (as in Robert Zemeckis'Forrest Gump). There's an awful lot of spontaneous energy in these tunes--from Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly, to the Platters and the Clovers and the Del-Vikings, to the Crests and the Beach Boys--and also just a hint of melancholy that goes down very nicely with a burger, shake, and fries. --Jim Emerson - Amazon.com