Rock Over Europe

Hello everybody, hi all! This is Karel and radio Manzerock is on the air! :-)

It's been a long time since I posted here, and I've been neglecting you all recently.

I have a lots of things to do besides music, but I have found the time to post something on the blog.

Since rock'n'roll received a great recognition in the 1950s Europe, I decided to choose some songs and instrumentals with a rockin' flavour. Some of the songs were already aired in "Music for Sunday Date", but most of them not.

Dutch singer Diny Snyders recorded "Wie, Wie, Wie" in 1959 with studio musicians, who modestly called themselves "Rocking Stars". The line up including Eddy Christiani on guitar.

Another dutch band Kilima Hawaiians formed in the 1930s and was active for a long period. This track is a nice cover-version of "Hawaiian War Chant", the tune that was originally wrote by the future King of Hawaii Island and a bit later adopted to orchetsra by Johnny Noble. Don't know the exact date, maybe late 1960s, with Theo Ehrlicher exellent steel guitar playing.

Henry Cording, Van Wood, Brita Borg, Odd Gisløy and Magali Noël - all of them are here and many more.

Have a nice trip!

Diny Snyders Wie, Wie, Wie
(Pi Veriss / Wim Poppink) Netherlands, 1959
Baby Gate and The Happy Boys When
(Paul Evans / Jack Reardon) Italy, 1958
De Kilima Hawaiians Hawaiiaanse Krijgszang (Hawaiian War Chant)
(Leleiohoku / Johnny Noble) Netherlands, 1960s
Quartetto Cetra Sei Piccolo Per I Blue-Jeans
(Antonio Virgilio Savona / Giovanni Giacobetti) Italy, 1960
Peter Alexander Rocky-Tocky-Baby
(Heinz Gietz / Kurt Feltz) Austria, 1957
Janice Peters and The Playboys A Girl Likes
(Ian Samwell) UK, 1959
Henry Cording and His Original Rock’N’Roll Boys Rock-Hoquet
(Henri Salvador / Boris Vian) France, 1956
Nora Brockstedt Jag Trodde
(Sven Lykte) Norway, 1958
Conny Froboess mit Will Brandes Teenager Melodie
(Werner Scharfenberger / Aldo von Pinelli / Peter Ström) West Germany, 1958
Micky Main Peter
(Unknown) West Germany, 1959
Dickie Pride Frantic
(May / Norman) UK, 1959
Odd Gisløy Dancin' With My Rockin' Shoes
(Odd Gisløy) Norway, 1958
Van Wood e Il Suo Quartetto Van Wood’s Rock
(Peter van Wood / Leo Chiosso) Italy, 1957
Magali Noël avec Les Fontana Strip-Rock
(Alain Goraguer / Boris Vian) France, 1956
Hula Hawaiians The Chimpanzee Rock
(Werner Kunz) Switzerland, 1957
Will Tura Oh! Paardenstaart (I Love Your Pony Tail)
(Shelton Fisher / Jan Remo / Van Aleda) Belgium, 1958
Gitte Hænning med Jørn Grauengårds Quintet Souvenirs
(Cy Coben / Das) Denmark, 1959
Adriano Celentano Rock Matto
(Lucio Fulci / Giulio Libano / Piero Vivarelli) Italy, 1960
Siw Malmkvist Schotten-Rock
(Siegfreid Wegener / Peter Anton) Sweden, 1959
Rocky Volcano Comme Un Volcan
(Jean Nicolas) France, 1961
Brita Borg Frankenstein Rock
(Beverly Ross / Hans Alfredson / Tage Danielson) Sweden, 1958
De Zwarte Moustachen Vlaamse Hutsepot
(C. Koopmans / J. Brol) Belgium, 1961
Dorit Oliver und Das Orchester Charles Nowa
Oh Yes, Das Ist Musik (Oh, Marie)
(Eduardo Di Capua / Charles Nowa / Günter Loose) West Germany, 1959
Burt Blanca and The King Creoles Accordeon Twist
(Norbert Blancke) Belgium, 1962

Ready to Rock (101.6 MB)