Tommy Sands - The Drugstore's Rockin': A Big Date With Tommy Sands (CD)

Release Date: 05/06/22-As a seven-year-old, Tommy Sands, born in 1937, appeared on the legendary country show 'The Louisiana Hayride'.-At age 20, he starred in the NBC television show 'The Singing Idol' in Hollywood, based on Elvis' life story - and landed a huge hit with Teen-Age Crush.-Bear Family Records® collects on this CD all the great rockers and teen rockers he recorded for Capitol .-With The Raiders (later to become The Sharks) and outstanding lead guitarist Scotty Turner, he recorded some of the best West Coast-produced rockers like Blue Ribbon Baby, The Worrying Kind and Wicked, Wicked Woman!-Extensive liner notes by Bill Dahl; comprehensive booklet with lots of pictures and illustrations and a discography on the recordings.-Carefully remastered from the best accessible sources.Capitol Records was in the enviable position of having two challengers to Elvis' regal status in 1957: Gene Vincent, who may have appeared just a little too threatening for full-on mainstream embrace