The Rooftop Singers - Best Of The Vanguard Years
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Tracks
Track | Duration | Preview |
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Houston Special | 3:21 | |
Cool Water | 2:58 | |
Dip Your Fingers | 2:46 | |
You Don't Know | 2:29 | |
I'm On My Way | 1:59 | |
Ha Ha Thisaway | 1:36 | |
Good Time! | 1:50 | |
I'm on My Way | 01:59 | |
Brandy Leave Me Alone | 2:17 | |
Old Joe Clark | 2:10 | |
Wild Mountain Thyme | 3:00 | |
San Francisco Bay Blues | 2:10 | |
I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail | 03:18 | |
Eighteen, Nineteen | 2:22 | |
I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail | 3:18 | |
Working On The Railroad | 2:25 | |
Walk Right In | 2:37 | |
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 02:33 | |
You Don't Know | 02:29 | |
Tom Cat | 2:08 | |
Working on the Railroad | 02:25 | |
R. C. Frog | 1:58 | |
Twelve String | 2:13 | |
Mama Don't Allow | 02:43 | |
Mama Don't Allow | 2:43 | |
Somebody Came Home | 2:12 | |
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 2:33 | |
Hail John | 2:19 | |
Swing Down, Chariot | 2:57 | |
Risselty, Rosselty | 0:55 | |
Shoes | 3:00 | |
Those Brown Eyes | 3:00 | |
Hey Boys | 2:10 |
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Formats
- CD
- Compilation
Credits
Role | Credit |
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Written-By | Erik Darling (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 12 to 14, 17 to 19, 22, 23, 26, 27), Lynne Taylor (tracks: 7, 19, 22, 26), Sonny Geraci (tracks: 7, 14), Bill Svanoe (tracks: 1, 2, 5 to 7, 12, 17 to 19, 21 to 23, 26) |
Notes
- This 2004 collection of 27 songs includes five previously unreleased tracks [4, 11, 15, 20, 21].
- This compilation is made up of:
- * 10 tracks from Walk Right In LP [1, 3, 5 to 8, 13, 17, 24, 25],
- * 11 tracks from Good Time! LP [2, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27],
- * None from Rainy River LP, and
- * 1 track 26 ['Twelve String'] was B-side to Sail Away Ladies single.
- Tracks 11, 15, 20 & 24 are credited as "Public Domain".
Barcodes
Barcode: 015707974929About The Rooftop Singers
American folk band. The Rooftop Singers was an American progressive folk singing trio in the early 1960s, best known for the hit "Walk Right In". Darling put the group together in June 1962 specifically to record an updated and uptempo version of a 1920s Gus Cannon folk blues song, "Walk Right In". The trio recorded the song for Vanguard Records, with updated lyrics and an arrangement featuring paired 12-string acoustic guitars. The record became the most successful in Vanguard's history.
The album containing this song was also called "Walk Right In" and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Folk Recording. The group differed markedly from The Weavers and most of the popular folk trios of the era, being far more influenced by blues and jazz, as well as less profoundly earnest in its political sensibilities.
In being more musically complex than most folk groups, the trio favoured understated melodies sometimes and emphasised their blues roots at others, particularly in the sly and lyrically suggestive "Tom Cat". Indeed, it was their musical eclecticism and willingness to be suggestive that got "Tom Cat
Name Vars
- Rooftop Singers
- The Roof Top Singers
Members
- Erik Darling
- Willard Svanoe
- Lynne Taylor
- Mindy Stuart
- Patricia Bennetts