The Explosive Freddy Cannon
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| The Explosive Freddy Cannon | ||||
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| Released | February 26, 1960 | |||
| Recorded | 1959 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 27:02 | |||
| Label | Swan[1] Top Rank[2] | |||
| Producer | Bob Crewe, Frank Slay[3] | |||
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| Singles from The Explosive Freddy Cannon | ||||
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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [2] |
| The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [4] |
The Explosive Freddy Cannon is the debut album of Freddy Cannon. Released in 1960, it spent one week at number one in the United Kingdom; it was Cannon's only number one album. It was also the first rock 'n' roll album to reach No. 1 on the UK albums chart, in part due to its cheaper price.[5][6]
- "Boston (My Home Town)" (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay) – 2:02
- "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller) – 2:14
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 2:16
- "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:29
- "St Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 2:38
- "Indiana" (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) – 1:46
- "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" (Harry Stone, Jack Stapp) – 2:17
- "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (Don Swander, June Hershey) – 1:42
- "California Here I Come" (Al Jolson, B. G. De Sylva, Joseph Meyer) – 2:04
- "Okefenokee" (Crewe, Slay) – 2:30
- "Carolina In The Morning" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) – 2:30
- "Tallahassee Lassie" (Crewe, Slay, Frederick A. Picariello) – 2:34
