Bear Family Memorial Series: Sputnik / Various- Bear Family Memorial Series: Sputnik / Various
In the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a fierce race to successfully launch a satellite into space. The Soviet Union fired up it's Sputnik satellite on Oct. 4, 1957, winning the race and heating up the battle for space supremacy. Bear Family Records presents U.S. musicians and singers from a variety of genres who took this topic and recorded a variety of songs, all dealing with the space age. Look forward to a wild ride through the stratosphere!
Tracklist:
- Men Into Space - Buddy Morrow ; His Orchestra
- There Goes Sputnik - the Teen-Clefs
- Planetary Run - Joe Montgomery
- Sputniks and Mutniks - Ray Anderson ; the Home Folks
- Stratosphere Boogie - Jimmy Bryant with Speedy West
- Space Age - Frank (Dual Trumpet) Motley ; His Crew
- Gonna Build a Rocket - Galen Denny
- My Satellite - Jesse Belvin ; His Space Riders
- Satellite No. 2 - Carl Mann
- Satellite Fever - Asiatic Flu / Paul Perryman
- Rockin' Satellite - the 3 Honeydrops
- Sputnik Dance - the Equadors
- Space Time - Danny Overbea
- Sputnik (Satellite Girl) - Jerry Engler ; the Four Ekkos
- The Sputnik Story - Bill Thomas
- Rocket Ship - Vernon Green ; the Medallions
- Theme from Spacenik - Comrade X
- Weightless Blues - Jimmy Haskell ; His Orchestra
- Count Down - Flight Into Orbit Bobby Christian ; His Orchestra
- Rocking to Telstar - Cees ; His Skyliners
- Space Guitar - Young John Watson
- Space Man in Orbit - Speedy West
- Rocket Race - Charlie Ryan
- Astrosonic - Jimmie Haskell ; His Orchestra
- Journey to the Stars - the Nocturnes
- Sputnik - los Loud Jets
- Static - the Velvetones
- Shooting Stars - Dick Jacobs ; His Orchestra
- Up There in Orbit - Earl Bostic
In the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a fierce race to successfully launch a satellite into space. The Soviet Union fired up it's Sputnik satellite on Oct. 4, 1957, winning the race and heating up the battle for space supremacy. Bear Family Records presents U.S. musicians and singers from a variety of genres who took this topic and recorded a variety of songs, all dealing with the space age. Look forward to a wild ride through the stratosphere!
Tracklist:
- Men Into Space - Buddy Morrow ; His Orchestra
- There Goes Sputnik - the Teen-Clefs
- Planetary Run - Joe Montgomery
- Sputniks and Mutniks - Ray Anderson ; the Home Folks
- Stratosphere Boogie - Jimmy Bryant with Speedy West
- Space Age - Frank (Dual Trumpet) Motley ; His Crew
- Gonna Build a Rocket - Galen Denny
- My Satellite - Jesse Belvin ; His Space Riders
- Satellite No. 2 - Carl Mann
- Satellite Fever - Asiatic Flu / Paul Perryman
- Rockin' Satellite - the 3 Honeydrops
- Sputnik Dance - the Equadors
- Space Time - Danny Overbea
- Sputnik (Satellite Girl) - Jerry Engler ; the Four Ekkos
- The Sputnik Story - Bill Thomas
- Rocket Ship - Vernon Green ; the Medallions
- Theme from Spacenik - Comrade X
- Weightless Blues - Jimmy Haskell ; His Orchestra
- Count Down - Flight Into Orbit Bobby Christian ; His Orchestra
- Rocking to Telstar - Cees ; His Skyliners
- Space Guitar - Young John Watson
- Space Man in Orbit - Speedy West
- Rocket Race - Charlie Ryan
- Astrosonic - Jimmie Haskell ; His Orchestra
- Journey to the Stars - the Nocturnes
- Sputnik - los Loud Jets
- Static - the Velvetones
- Shooting Stars - Dick Jacobs ; His Orchestra
- Up There in Orbit - Earl Bostic