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    Roots / Various Artists Roots: The Rock and Roll Sound of Louisiana and Mississippi

    Smithsonian Folkways
      • 1. More Than One – Phil Marks and the Originals
      • 2. Solid Gold Hat – Jack Butler
      • 3. Rome Wasn't Built in a Day – Maxine Thomas
      • 4. Happy Organ – Earl Stanley and the Stereos
      • 5. You Better Move Out Man – Beatrice Stewart
      • 6. Oh Carol – Al White and the Hi-Liters
      • 7. Going Steady – Doug and Dave
      • 8. No Boy in This World – Nancy Stewart
      • 9. Work All Day – Lawrence Bruce
      • 10. Look Out – Cookie Gabriel
      • 11. Check Up – Lawrence Bruce
      • 12. I'll Never Fall in Love Again – Cookie Gabriel
      • 13. Boss Walk – The Perails

      This collection of rock and roll from Louisiana and Mississippi features music by Al White and the Hi-Liters, as well as from other regional acts who recorded for New Orleans-based Lynn’s Productions in the early 1960s.

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