[Revival among the youth?] Rockabilly classics and recommended popular songs

Mona LisaCarl Mann

Carl Mann – Mona Lisa

Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, signed a three-year contract with Carl Mann in 1959.

Shortly after Sun Records released a rockabilly version of Nat King Cole’s “Mona Lisa,” Mann and Conway Twitty simultaneously released their own single versions, and both charted.

Bluebirds Over the MountainErsel Hickey

Ersel Hickey-Bluebirds Over the Mountain

Like many rockabilly singers of the 1950s, Ersel Hickey spent part of his youth in a juvenile detention facility, but in 1958 he found himself as a rocker and scored a hit that year with this career-defining song.

It reached No.

75 on the Billboard pop chart.

Roll OnThe Living end

The Living End – Roll On (Video)

Roll On is a sing-along-style rockabilly anthem.

Rockabilly lives on today, and The Living End expresses it authentically.

While the arrangement is punk-like, they use a Gretsch guitar and an upright bass.

Gonna Rock And Roll TonightCarl Mann & The Kool Kats

Carl Mann – Gonna Rock And Roll Tonight – Rockabilly 45

Carl Mann, known for the smash hit ‘Mona Lisa’ and his sweet vocals, is also one of the quintessential rockabilly singers of the ’50s.

The song featured this time has outstanding guitar backing riffs and solos, and the echo treatment on the vocals is excellent.

Jailhouse RockElvis Presley

Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock (Prison Rock / Elvis Presley)

The King of Rockabilly! Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock,” released in 1957.

It’s a textbook example of rockabilly.

Elvis’s hip-swinging dance is especially memorable.

I Walk the LineJohnny Cash

I Walk the Line (2017 Remaster)

One night, a song written backstage, I Walk the Line, dedicated to Johnny Cash’s wife Vivian, is being performed.

Released in 1956, it became his first No.

1 hit on the Billboard charts and stayed on the charts for 43 weeks.