Five New Benny Joy LPs + Box Set!

RELEASE DATE • JULY 14

Finally-- the mother lode is upon us! Roll to the jukebox rock with the party crashing sounds of Tampa's Rebel Rocker BENNY JOY!!! Benny has long been acknowledged as one of the unsung kings of rockabilly through five star killer singles like Crash The Party, Little Red Book, Spin The Bottle and Steady With Betty. Now, the Benny-obsessed Norton label rounds up all of Benny's 1957-61 wild, wild masters, scores of unissued demos and home recordings and tons of crazed photos, both in a five LP series and a three CD box set! 76 selections including 45 previously unissued tracks! EVERYBODY JUMP FOR JOY!!!!

“I always thought of Benny Joy as the Dark Prince of Southern Rockabilly. His music was just so brooding and intense. In high school, I tried to dress like him. I put him on an even higher par than Elvis. Benny Joy was outstanding in everything he did.”

- Dex Romweber

VOL 1  CRASH THE PARTY (Norton 346) Crash The Party/Little Girl Little Girl*/Wild Wild Lover/Stompin'/Bundle Of Love*/Steady With Betty/In Study Hall/Miss Bobby Sox*/Button Nose/Ittie Bittie Everything/Memory Of Memories*/I Remember Darling*/We'll Meet Again*/Don't Forget About Me*/Spin The Bottle LP

VOL 2  ROLLIN' TO THE JUKEBOX ROCK (Norton 347) Rollin' To The Jukebox Rock / Hey High School Baby / Let's Be Friends* / If I Had You* / Money Money/ Night Owl*/ Talkin' About It / If You Were Mine* / Ittie Bittie Everything* / Little Red Book / Crash The Party* / Forever Now Or Never* / Gossip Gossip Gossip / I'm Doubtful Of Your Love / Hold My Hand / She Cried For Me LP

VOL 3  I'M GONNA MOVE (Norton 348) I'm Gonna Move / Wild Wild Lover* / Nowhere* / Crash The Party / Hey High School Baby* / I Really Really Care* / Miss Bobby Sox / Kiss Me* / Spin The Bottle / Steady With Betty* / Don't Make A Fool Of Me Baby*/ Don't Boo Hoo Mary Lou / If You Were Mine* / Lucky Little Old Me* / The Only One* LP

VOL 4  WILD WILD LOVER (Norton 349) Wild Wild Lover*  Come Back / I'll Never Have The One I Love / Hey High School Baby  / Rollin' To The Jukebox Rock*/ A Dream,  A Hope,  A Love/Button Nose* / Cutie Pie / I'm Doubtful Of Your Love* / Dearest Darling / Bundle Of Love/Kiss Me / Gypsy Woman* / I'm Gonna Move*/ Rebel Rock LP

VOL 5  LOVE ZONE (350) Love Zone* / Instead Of Me* / I'll Never Have The One I Love* / Only Time Will Tell* / (What'll I Do) Call The Zoo* / Follow Your Heart* / I Never Want To See You Again* / Eyes of Tears* / Bring Me Back My Love* / Only Time Will Tell* / Forever Now Or Never* / How Could Something So Good Turn Out So Bad* / Give Me back My Heart* / Queen Of My Heart* / Touchdown* LP

*=previously unissued

plus...  LTD TRIPLE CD BENNY JOY BOX SET!

CRASH THE PARTY (Norton 351) This little big package delivers the goods in the highly portable compact disc format! Three CD's contain all 76 selections from the five LPs plus a luxe twenty page booklet all adoringly presented in a form-fitting slipcase for the true connoisseur!  3 CD SET

plus... GIT ALL FIVE BENNY JOY  SINGLES FROM NORTON TOO!

• 45-147 BENNY JOY - BUTTON NOSE / IF I HAD YOU  Two unissued 1957 demo recordings culled from the new Norton Benny Joy albums! This atomic, super savage take of Button Nose predates the well dug version by two years and rocks with a scorching Money Honey feel! New release!

BENNY JOY JUKEBOX SERIES • FOUR BRAIN BLASTERS IN DIE CUT COMPANY SLEEVE!

• 45-867 LITTLE RED BOOK/HEY HIGH SCHOOL BABY

• 45-868 MISS BOBBY SOX/STEADY WITH BETTY

• 45-869 SPIN THE BOTTLE/WILD WILD LOVER

• 45-870 CRASH THE PARTY/ROLLIN' TO THE JUKEBOX ROCK

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