Sun Records Originals: Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll

by Billy Lee Riley

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1.	Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll 02:03	buy track
2.	Red Hot 02:29	buy track
3.	Let's Talk About Us 02:31	buy track
4.	Pearly Lee 02:37	buy track
5.	Trouble Bound 02:46	buy track
6.	She's My Baby 01:17	buy track
7.	Baby Please Don't Go 02:05	buy track
8.	When A Man Gets The Blues 03:36	buy track
9.	I Want You Baby 01:52	buy track
10.	Searchin' 02:35	buy track
11.	Rock with Me Baby 02:10	buy track
12.	Betty and Dupree 02:13	buy track
13.	That's Right 02:03	buy track
14.	Swanee River Rock 02:20	buy track
15.	Sweet William 01:56	buy track
16.	One More Time 02:15	buy track

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Often mistaken for a one-hit-wonder, Rockabilly Hall of Famer Billy Lee Riley sets the record straight on Sun Records Originals: Flyin’ Saucers Rock ’n’ Roll. Cataloging his contributions to Sam Phillips’ Sun Records, this compilation features early rock classics “Red Hot,” “Pearly Lee,” “That’s My Baby,” and his out-of-this-world “Flying’ Saucers Rock ’n’ Roll,” which inspired his band’s name as The Little Green Men.

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released September 15, 2023

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Billy Lee Riley Pocahontas, Arkansas

Billy Lee Riley was a rockabilly singer and multi-instrumentalist. An alumnus of Sun Records, he was one of the most crazed, unabashed rockers that label had to offer -- in the company of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Sonny Burgess, that's saying a lot. Proficient at harmonica, guitar, bass, and drums, Riley contributed as a sideman to many a classic Sun session. ... more

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