Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay!

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Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay!
Sha Na Na - Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay!.jpg
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Released1969 (1969)
Genre
LanguageEnglish
Label Kama Sutra
Producer Artie Ripp
Sha Na Na chronology
Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay!
(1969)
Sha Na Na
(1971)

Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay! is the debut album by American doo-wop and rock & roll group Sha Na Na, issued in 1969 and reissued in 1973.

Contents

Reception

A brief review of the 1973 re-release of this album by Billboard recommended Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay!, calling Sha Na Na an "excellent oldies group". [1] Jim Allen of AllMusic Guide reviewed a compact disc compilation of this album and the band's self-titled release, calling the music "reverential but energetic updates, making them seem fresh and vital for the new generation and keeping that crucial sense of fun intact". [2]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Remember Then" (Tony Powers, Beverly Ross, Stan Vincent) – 2:17
  2. "Come Go with Me" (Clarence Quick) – 2:28
  3. "Chantilly Lace" (J. P. Richardson) – 2:25
  4. "Little Darling" (Maurice Williams) – 1:57
  5. "Long Tall Sally" (Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman) – 3:04
  6. "Book of Love" (Warren Davis, George Malone, Charles Patrick) – 1:56
  7. "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" (David White) – 2:25

Side two

  1. "Young Love" (Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner) – 2:20
  2. "A Teenager in Love" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 2:07
  3. "Little Girl of Mine" (Herb Cox, Morris Levy) – 2:28
  4. "Heartbreak Hotel" (Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley) – 2:30
  5. "Teen Angel" (Jean Dinning, Red Surrey) – 3:15
  6. "Silhouettes" (Bob Crewe, Frank C. Slay, Jr.) – 2:50
  7. "Lovers Never Say Goodbye" (Terry "Buzzy" Johnson, Paul Wilson) – 2:45

Personnel

Sha Na Na

Technical personnel

Charts

The initial release of Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay! spent at least three weeks on the Billboard Top LPs chart, [3] peaking at 183 on December 13, 1969. [4]

See also

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References

  1. "Billboard's Recommended LP's". Billboard's Top Album Picks. Billboard . 85 (47): 52. November 24, 1973. ISSN   0006-2510.
  2. Allen, Jim. "Sha Na Na – Sha Na Na/Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  3. "Billboard Top LPs". Billboard . 81 (52): 47. December 27, 1969. ISSN   0006-2510.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Albums: Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart: 50 Year History of the Rock Era. Record Research Incorporated. p. 939. ISBN   9780898201666.