Name: Guitar Boogie Shuffle & Other Guitar Greats 1955-1962
Brand: Frank Virtue and his Virtues

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

JASCD1114

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-03-11

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

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604988111422

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Frank Virtue and his Virtues

Genre GB

Rockabilly / 50s Rock 'n' Roll

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Jasmine

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Originally a childhood prodigy violinist, Philadelphia-born Frank Virtue took up guitar and double bass as a teenager, in the mid-1940s. his musical roots were based on the sound and style of the immediate pre-WWII Big Bands, and his earliest line-ups of The Virtues, who were formed initially as The Virtuoso Trio, reflected these influences.

But by the mid-1950s they'd expanded to a quintet and were playing Big Beat and embryonic R&amp;R, vying for popularity with local heroes Bill Haley &amp; The Comets. In 1959 they registered a hit with "Guitar Boogie Shuffle", a revival of Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith's 1940s hit, which made the U.S. Top 10 and sold a couple of million copies.

This compilation is built upon the subsequent <i>Guitar Boogie Shuffle </i>LP, also issued in 1959, plus assorted 45rpms issued between 1955-62, credited variously to The Virtues, Frank Virtuoso, Frank Virtuoso &amp; His Men Of Virtue, and Jimmy Vespe (i.e. the band's lead guitarist).

Guitar Boogie Shuffle & Other Guitar Greats 1955-1962

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