Sonny Burgess

 

Artist:  Sonny Burgess

Birth Name:  Albert Austin Burgess

Born:  May 28, 1929.  Newport, Arkansas, USA

Died:  August 18, 2017 (Aged 88).  Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Genre:  Boogie Woogie, Rockabilly, Rock, Rock & Roll

Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Guitarist

Instruments:  Guitar

Sonny Burgess was an American Rockabilly Guitarist and Singer from Newport, Arkansas.  He played Boogie Woogie Music in dance halls and bars around Newport.  He formed a Boogie Woogie Bandd called The Rocky Road Ramblers.  In 1954, following a stint in the US Army (1951-53), he reformed the band, calling them The Moonlighters after The Silver Moon Club in Newport, where they performed regularly.  After advice from record producer Sam Phillips, the group expanded to form The Pacers.  The band's first record was "Red Headed Woman" in 1956 for Sun Records.  The flip side was "We Wanna Boogie".  He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of Europe in 1999, now his group called The Legendary Pacers.  The group was inducted in 2002 into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Title:  We Wanna Boogie (2022)

Genre:  Boogie Woogie, Rockabilly, Rock, Rock & Roll

Label:  Jasmine Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  We Wanna Boogie

 2.  Red Headed Woman

 3.  Daddy Blues

 4.  Fannie Brown

 5.  You

 6.  Ain't Got A Thing

 7.  Restless

 8.  One Broken Heart

 9.  Ain 't Gonna Do It (Goin' Home)

10. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

11. Gone

12. Please Listen To Me

13. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

14. Sweet Misery

15. My Babe

16. What's Cha Gonna Do

17. So Glad You're Mine

18. Little Town Baby

19. You're Not The One For Me

20. Feelin' Good (Feel So Good)

21. One Night

22. Tomorrow Night

23. Mr. Blues

24. Find My Baby For Me

25. Truckin' Down The Avenue

26. Tomorrow Never Comes

27. Skinny Ginny

28. Mama Loockie (Oochie-Coochie)

29. Thunderbird

30. Itchy

31.Sadie Back In Town

32. A Kiss Goodnite

We Wanna Boogie is the compilation album by Sonny Burgess, released on April 8, 2022 by Jasmine Records, featuring his big hit "We Wanna Boogie", "Ain't Got A Thing", "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It", "Thunderbird", and "Sadie's Back In Town".