Thundercloud Records

Thundercloud Records

Jimmy Lee Fautheree and Johnny Mathis (no, not THAT Johnny Mathis) may not have been blood relatives but they harmonised like true siblings such as Don and Phil Everly, Ira and Charlie Louvin and Bill and Charlie Monroe were. Their terrific and immediately recognisable hillbilly harmonies were a boon to country music for almost a decade, and their legacy pervades even though they didn't actually make that many records together. This new Jasmine collection tells half of the Jimmy and Johnny story - during a hiatus for these two, Jimmy worked with his brother Lynn filling in as 'Johnny' - but it's the half that is best remembered by aficionados of rockabilly, thanks to our perennially popular title track here, and straight ahead hillbilly. (It's hoped that a second volume featuring the Fautheree brothers' J & J recordings might follow if this one sells as well as we expect it to!) As well as every Fautheree-Mathis recording of the 50s and early 60s, 'Can't Find The Door Knob' also features the brilliant solo recordings that "Country Johnny Mathis" made between 1958 and 1960, all of them hard core, unvarnished honky tonk tunes that were his specialty throughout his career, plus a couple of unashamed attempts at Rock 'n' Roll that he made under the alias of 'Les Cole'. The majority of the tracks here have never been issued on CD in the UK before. If you are looking for 1950s up-tempo country music at it's very best, you need look no further than this beautifully-mastered, expertly annotated Jasmine CD by Jimmy & Johnny. And to borrow the title of their biggest hit - if you don't somebody else will!
Jimmy Lee Fautheree and Johnny Mathis (no, not THAT Johnny Mathis) may not have been blood relatives but they harmonised like true siblings such as Don and Phil Everly, Ira and Charlie Louvin and Bill and Charlie Monroe were. Their terrific and immediately recognisable hillbilly harmonies were a boon to country music for almost a decade, and their legacy pervades even though they didn't actually make that many records together. This new Jasmine collection tells half of the Jimmy and Johnny story - during a hiatus for these two, Jimmy worked with his brother Lynn filling in as 'Johnny' - but it's the half that is best remembered by aficionados of rockabilly, thanks to our perennially popular title track here, and straight ahead hillbilly. (It's hoped that a second volume featuring the Fautheree brothers' J & J recordings might follow if this one sells as well as we expect it to!) As well as every Fautheree-Mathis recording of the 50s and early 60s, 'Can't Find The Door Knob' also features the brilliant solo recordings that "Country Johnny Mathis" made between 1958 and 1960, all of them hard core, unvarnished honky tonk tunes that were his specialty throughout his career, plus a couple of unashamed attempts at Rock 'n' Roll that he made under the alias of 'Les Cole'. The majority of the tracks here have never been issued on CD in the UK before. If you are looking for 1950s up-tempo country music at it's very best, you need look no further than this beautifully-mastered, expertly annotated Jasmine CD by Jimmy & Johnny. And to borrow the title of their biggest hit - if you don't somebody else will!
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Can't Find The Door Knob: Selected Singles 1954-61
Artist: Jimmy & Johnny
Format: CD
New: Not in stock
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. If You Don't, Somebody Else Will (Remake)
2. I'm Beginning to Remember (Remake)
3. Don't Forget to Remember
4. Flying (To Your Heart)
5. All Day Long
6. Can't You - Won't You
7. The Fun Is Over
8. Please Mr. Disc Jockey
9. Wait a Minute Baby
10. Everybody Else Does It (Why Can't I)
11. Give Me a Little More
12. Here Comes My Baby
13. Don't Give Me That Look
14. I Can't Find the Door Knob
15. Keep Telling Me
16. Rock-A My Baby
17. Bee Boppin' Daddy
18. I've Been Known to Cry
19. Look What Love Will Do
20. I Ain't Worried About Tomorrow
21. From a Kiss to the Blues
22. Since I Said Goodbye to Love
23. I Don't Know How I Can Live
24. Run Please Run
25. My Little Baby
26. All I Need Is Time
27. Come on in
28. The Chances Are
29. Caryl Chessman
30. When I Came Through Town
31. Knock on Wood
32. Let Me Be the One

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Jimmy Lee Fautheree and Johnny Mathis (no, not THAT Johnny Mathis) may not have been blood relatives but they harmonised like true siblings such as Don and Phil Everly, Ira and Charlie Louvin and Bill and Charlie Monroe were. Their terrific and immediately recognisable hillbilly harmonies were a boon to country music for almost a decade, and their legacy pervades even though they didn't actually make that many records together. This new Jasmine collection tells half of the Jimmy and Johnny story - during a hiatus for these two, Jimmy worked with his brother Lynn filling in as 'Johnny' - but it's the half that is best remembered by aficionados of rockabilly, thanks to our perennially popular title track here, and straight ahead hillbilly. (It's hoped that a second volume featuring the Fautheree brothers' J & J recordings might follow if this one sells as well as we expect it to!) As well as every Fautheree-Mathis recording of the 50s and early 60s, 'Can't Find The Door Knob' also features the brilliant solo recordings that "Country Johnny Mathis" made between 1958 and 1960, all of them hard core, unvarnished honky tonk tunes that were his specialty throughout his career, plus a couple of unashamed attempts at Rock 'n' Roll that he made under the alias of 'Les Cole'. The majority of the tracks here have never been issued on CD in the UK before. If you are looking for 1950s up-tempo country music at it's very best, you need look no further than this beautifully-mastered, expertly annotated Jasmine CD by Jimmy & Johnny. And to borrow the title of their biggest hit - if you don't somebody else will!
        
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