Bill Black’s Combo – The Jasmine EP Collection

The most famous bassist in the history of Rock & Roll, BILL BLACK played on virtually everything that Elvis recorded before he went into the U.S. Army. Eighteen months after splitting with Presley, he formed BILL BLACK’S COMBO and carved out an unlikely, hugely successful second-stage career. His Combo had a wholly unique, instantly identifiable sound and style, and registered a dozen hit singles and five chart albums between 1959-62, selling north of ten million records. This compilation is drawn from EPs issued variously in the US, the UK, France, Sweden and Holland between 1960-62. It includes many of those early hits, including the million sellers ‘Smokie (Part 2)’, ‘White Silver Sands’, ‘Josephine’, ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ and ‘Blue Tango’, alongside various near-misses, a couple of flips, and a selection of LP sides.

Track Listing

1 SMOKIE (Part 2)
2 WHITE SILVER SANDS
3 TUXEDO JUNCTION
4 CRANK CASE
5 DEEP ELEM BLUES
6 JOSEPHINE
7 DON'T BE CRUEL
8 ROLLIN'
9 SINGIN' THE BLUES
10 CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE
11 HONKY TONK
12 YOU WIN AGAIN
13 BLUE TANGO
14 WILLIE
15 HEARTS OF STONE
16 ROYAL BLUE
17 NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN
18 OLD TIME RELIGION
19 HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS
20 DO LORD
21 OLE BUTTERMILK SKY
22 YOGI
23 MOVIN'
24 HONKY TRAIN
25 MY GIRL JOSEPHINE
26 WHAT'D I SAY
27 HEY BO DIDDLEY
28 WITCHCRAFT
29 MY BABE
30 FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD
31 AIN'T THAT LOVIN' YOU BABY
32 THE WALK