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American Graffiti
Soundtrack:  American Graffiti

$13.98 2-CD Set
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Released: 1973
Label: MCA
Selection #: 234725
Bill Haley: Rock Around The Clock; Del Shannon: Runaway; Buddy Holly: Maybe Baby; The Platters: The Great Pretender; The Monotones, The Beach Boys, etc.
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1 (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock - Haley, Bill & The Comets N/A N/A
2 Sixteen Candles - Crests N/A N/A
3 Runaway - Shannon, Del N/A N/A
4 Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - Lymon, Frankie & the Teenagers N/A N/A
5 That'll Be the Day - Holly, Buddy N/A N/A
6 Fannie Mae - Brown, Buster N/A N/A
7 At the Hop - Continental Kids N/A N/A
8 She's So Fine - Flash Cadillac N/A N/A
9 The Stroll - Diamonds [Canada] N/A N/A
10 See You in September - Tempos [1] N/A N/A
11 Surfin' Safari - Beach Boys N/A N/A
12 (He's) The Great Imposter - Fleetwoods N/A N/A
13 Almost Grown - Berry, Chuck N/A N/A
14 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Platters N/A N/A
15 Little Darlin' - Diamonds [Canada] N/A N/A
16 Peppermint Twist - Dee, Joey & the Starliters N/A N/A
17 Barbara Ann - Regents N/A N/A
18 Book of Love - Monotones N/A N/A
19 Maybe Baby - Holly, Buddy N/A N/A
20 Ya Ya - Dorsey, Lee N/A N/A
21 The Great Pretender - Platters N/A N/A
22 Ain't That a Shame - Domino, Fats N/A N/A
23 Johnny B. Goode - Berry, Chuck N/A N/A
24 I Only Have Eyes for You - Flamingos [1] N/A N/A
25 Get a Job - Silhouettes [1] N/A N/A
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Album Review

The soundtrack to the George Lucas film about teenage life in a small California town in the early '60s was probably the best thing about the movie, featuring several dozen outstanding early rock & roll hits. There's nothing terribly obscure here -- in fact, most of those were big smashes -- but it's a good survey of rock's early days, ranging from superstars like Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and the Beach Boys to great one-shots like The Monotones, the Tempos, and Buster Brown. Drawbacks: Wolfman Jack talks over the intros of a few songs, and there are a couple tracks by early-'70s Sha-Na-Na-type revivalists Flash Cadillac. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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