| Rock Billy Boogie | ||||
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | November 1978 | |||
| Studio | Plaza Sound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly [1] | |||
| Length | 28:48 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Richard Gottehrer | |||
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| Singles from Rock Billy Boogie | ||||
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Rock Billy Boogie is a studio album by Robert Gordon, released on RCA Records in 1979. [2] It peaked at number 106 on the Billboard 200 chart. [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Robert Christgau | B [5] |
Robert Christgau gave the album a "B" grade, saying, "Gordon's nouveau rockabilly has always been a mite slick and a mite fast, and this is his best album because he's no longer hiding it--his blown notes are just blown notes, not stigmata of authenticity." [5] The Globe and Mail noted that "the further he goes with the schtick, the more convincing he gets, and this time around it's hard to criticize his vocal work as stagey or imitative." [6]
Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that "there's not a bad song, or even a less-than-first-rate performance anywhere on it." [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rock Billy Boogie" | Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Burnette, George Hawkins, Henry Jerome | 2:33 |
| 2. | "Love My Baby" | Junior Parker | 1:42 |
| 3. | "I Just Found Out" | Paul Burlison, Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Burnette, Henry Jerome | 2:30 |
| 4. | "All by Myself" | Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino | 2:17 |
| 5. | "Black Slacks" | Joe Bennett, Jimmy Denton | 1:41 |
| 6. | "The Catman" | Robert Gordon, Diane Lampert, Scott Turner | 2:24 |
| 7. | "It's Only Make Believe" | Jack Nance, Conway Twitty | 2:37 |
| 8. | "Wheel of Fortune" | Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss | 2:27 |
| 9. | "Am I Blue" | Harry Akst, Grant Clarke | 2:08 |
| 10. | "Walk On By" | Kendall Hayes | 2:18 |
| 11. | "I Just Met a Memory" | Robert Gordon, Diane Lampert, Scott Turner | 3:15 |
| 12. | "Blue Christmas" | Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson | 2:37 |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 [7] | 106 |
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