The Explosive Freddy Cannon Explained

The Explosive Freddy Cannon
Type:	studio
Artist:	Freddy Cannon
Cover:	The Explosive Freddy Cannon.jpeg
Recorded:	1959
Genre:	Pop
Length:	27:02
Label:	Swan^[1] Top Rank
Producer:	Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.^[2]
Next Title:	Freddy Cannon Sings Happy Shades of Blue
Next Year:	1962

The Explosive Freddy Cannon is the debut album of Freddy Cannon. Released in 1960, it spent one week at number one in the United Kingdom; it was Cannon's only number one album. It was also the first rock 'n' roll album to reach No. 1 on the UK albums chart, in part due to its cheaper price.^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

1. "Boston (My Home Town)" (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr.) – 2:02
2. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller) – 2:14
3. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 2:16
4. "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:29
5. "St Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 2:38
6. "Indiana" (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) – 1:46
7. "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" (Harry Stone, Jack Stapp) – 2:17
8. "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (Don Swander, June Hershey) – 1:42
9. "California Here I Come" (Al Jolson, B. G. De Sylva, Joseph Meyer) – 2:04
10. "Okefenokee" (Crewe, Slay, Jr.) – 2:30
11. "Carolina In The Morning" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) – 2:30
12. "Tallahassee Lassie" (Crewe, Slay, Jr., Frederick A. Picariello) – 2:34

Personnel

Technical

• Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr. – producers, arrangements
• Sid Bass – arrangements
  • George Schowerer – engineer Otto Fern – photography

Charts

Singles

Year	Single	US	UK
1959	"Tallahassee Lassie"	6^[5]	17^[6]
1960	"Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"	3	3
1960	"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"	34
1960	"California Here I Come"		24

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Martin. Popoff. September 8, 2009. Penguin. Google Books.
2. Web site: Discourse. Billboard. January 11, 1960. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
3. Web site: Freddy Cannon to headline rock and doo wop showcase at F.M. Kirby Center. April 14, 2017. Times Leader.
4. Web site: The All Music Book of Hit Albums. Dave. McAleer. March 19, 1995. Hal Leonard Corporation. Google Books.
5. Web site: Billboard Hot 100 - Freddy Cannon. April 4, 2018.
6. Web site: Official Charts - Freddy Cannon. April 4, 2018.