Good Girls Gone Bad: Wild, Weird & Wanted (1955-1968) is a collection of rockabilly music recordings with girl singers. Good girls don’t always want to be bad, but sometimes all of a sudden… a girl stomps her high heeled shoe and tells it like it is. She may get revenge on the man she rejected, or she may ask him to come back to her, but either way she proves here that she can rock and sing the blues just as well as the men.
GOOD GIRLS GONE BAD is a great compilation for rockabilly and country fans, here is a collection of the best rock and roll girls previously released on Ace Records.
Sparkle Moore has only recorded 5 songs on the Fraternity label and this compilation features them all together for the first time, even though a couple of them are just studio takes, but in any case her photo is crowning the cover of the compilation! On the Killer song she was asked to scream, which she did very self-consciously, but alas in the end the softest and most decent version was chosen.
Jackie Shannon is another Fraternity label girl who went through various reincarnations before becoming a Jackie de Shannon singer-songwriter. She recorded Just Another Lie on King Records in 1959 with Rusty York’s band. The Fraternity Records archives also included Bonnie Lou from ’58, who at the ripe old age of 34 sang Friction Heat, which sounds sweet and gentle and deserves the highest ratings.
Margaret Lewis also had her place, with three songs in the rhythm and blues, rockabilly and country styles. Margaret is the star of the Louisiana Hayride show, and she recorded her own songs on Ram Records, and her poetic musical talent unfolded in co-writing with Mira Smith, who owned the label. Mary Edwards is a singer who also appeared on the Louisiana Hayride show, in addition to being a songwriter of many songs. She was friends with Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley (Gladys, Elvis’ mother, used to order her lunch!), and her song Chilly Willy, recorded at Meteor Studios, is featured here.
Of course, Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio wasn’t without its recordings. Barbara Pittman’s recordings on Sun were some of the coolest, and we are referring to her first single I Need A Man. And this compilation includes that song and the one that follows, Everlasting Love. The Kirby Sisters, like Barbara herself, performed with the Snearly Ranch Boys and, before finally getting lost in the sands of time, recorded one session at Sun Studio, including the song Red Velvet.
Jean Chapel was a vocalist who performed with the Snearly Ranch Boys. Her only recording for Sun in June 1956, Welcome To The Club, echoed Heartbreak Hotel. RCA took two of Jean’s songs from Sun Records and released them, trying to present her as a female version of Elvis. Jean played guitar and moved beautifully during her performances, and, there was a time when she was called that – “Elvis girl” (although, as we know, that title later passed to Janice Martin). In the same vein, Alis Lesley was also dubbed the “Elvis-Presley girl”. And indeed, unlike the others, Alice was indeed a brunette, slicked back her hair, performed with a strap-on guitar, and even “grew” sideburns! But, alas, she only made one record in 1957 on Era Records in Los Angeles. Her song He Will Come Back was first re-released on the wonderful Hollywood Rock’n’Roll album on Chiswick Records.
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Good Girls Gone Bad Wild Weird & Wanted, back cover01 Sparkle Moore with Dan Belloc & his Orchestra – Skull & Crossbonescross
02 Sparkle Moore – Killer
03 Margaret Lewis – Shake A Leg
04 Jackie Shannon With The Cajuns – Just Another Lie
05 Bob & Lucille – Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Mo
06 The Miller Sisters – Someday You Will Pay
07 Barbara Pittman – I Need A Man
08 Helen Bozeman – Sugar Baby
09 Donna Dameron – Bopper 486609
10 Mary Edwards With the Saxons – Chilly Willy
11 Alis Lesley – He Will Come Back To Me
12 Sparkle Moore – Tiger
13 Sparkle Moore With Dan Belloc And His Orchestra – Rock-A-Bop
14 Barbara Pittman – Everlasting Love
15 The Miller Sisters – Ten Cats Down
16 Bonnie Lou With Lew Douglas, His Orchestra & Chorus – Friction Heat
17 Margaret Lewis – Reconsider Me
18 The Starr Sisters – Three Young Chicks
19 Jeani Mack – Dirty Dishes
20 The Kirby Sisters – Red Velvet
21 Jean Chapel – Welcome To The Club
22 Billie Jo Spears – Get Behind Me Satan And Push
23 Jeani Mack – Super Duper
24 Sparkle Moore – Flower Of My Heart
25 Margaret Lewis – Conscience I’m Guilty 25
26 Linda Brannon – I’m Leaving
27 The Mystery Trio – Willie Joe