Jerry Lee Lewis - Wild One

This is a live performance by American rock 'n' roll pianist and singer Jerry Lee Lewis. He plays the song "Wild One" which became a staple in Lewis' live performances.
The song was originally recorded by Australian rock 'n' roll act Johnny O'Keefe in 1958. The song was written by O'Keefe, Johnny Greenan, and Dave Owens.
Jerry Lee Lewis recorded a version of the song in 1958, but it wasn't released until 1974 on the album "Rockin' and Free". Lewis also re-recorded a version of this song for the motion picture soundtrack to the film "Great Balls of Fire".
The song has been recorded by a large number of artists, including: Albert Lee, Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, and Brian Setzer.
It's a great rock 'n' roll number and it's always nice to see Lewis hammering away on those piano keys, gotta love that!

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Brian Setzer - Run Rudolph Run

The song "Run Rudolph Run" has become a Christmas classic, and is one of the most recognizable rock 'n' roll Christmas songs. The song was popularized by Chuck Berry, and it was originally released in 1958 as a b-side to Berry's version of "Merry Christmas, Baby".
The song has been covered by an endless list of performers, including: Lynrd Skynrd, Sheryl Crow, Keith Richards, Foghat, Billy Idol, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem and a supergroup consisting of Lemmy Kilmister, Billy Gibbons and Dave Grohl, to only name a few.
I think that Brian Setzer and his orchestra do a fantastic job with the song, they play it like straight forward happy 50's rock 'n' roll which fits the song very well.
Below is the Lemmy, Gibbons and Grohl version embeded, it's a good version too, but I still prefer Setzer's version, but they're both good.


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The Shadows - Sleepwalk

This is a live performance from the band "The Shadows". They play the classic song "Sleepwalk" which has become one of Hank Marvin's standard songs in his live sets.
The song was originally recorded and released by the brothers Santo & Johnny. It was originally a steel guitar based song, with the melody played on a steel guitar with a slide.
The song has been covered by numerous artists including; The Ventures, Chet Atkins, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani and Brian Setzer who won a Grammy for his arrangement of the song in 1998.
Because of the songs mellow and unique melody it has been featured in several films and television shows such as; the films; La Bamba, Sleepwalkers, Twelve Monkeys and the television series Heroes.
It's a nice song with a good melody. And Hank plays it beautifully and uses the whammy bar with perfection. A great performance.

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(Below is a performance by the Ventures who come closest to how the original recording sounded)


Hope you enjoy that as well : D