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mr. frantic (recorded live), ronnie self

a-side 1. bop-a-lena 2. rocky road blues b-side 1. flame of love 2. wtol radio interview

about the artist eighteen-year-old ronnie self is one of the youngest stars to share the spotlight on the popular touring "philip morris country music show," which also includes such country music veterans as carl smith, red sovine, goldie hill, and gordon terry. as one of the newest candidates for stardom, ronnie has already established a solid foothold towards a successtul career with his fast-moving columbia record of "ain't i'm a dog." it wasn't always thus. at the age of 7, ronnie made an attempt at songwriting. it didn't come off. eight years later, he auditioned for radio. the comment: "too weird." ronnie kept plugging and now, hundreds more rock n' roll fans every day are glad he did.

tracks 1-3 recorded live on the philip morris road show, 1958 track 4 radio transcription - wtol toledo, ohio, 1958

this material is dubbed from previously unissued acetates. thanks to malcolm chapman, lloyd hicks, barney koumis, vicki self and bob irwin. cover by pete ciccone

silent all these years, tori amos

a-side 1. silent all these years b-side 2. smells like teen spirit

art direction: cindy palmano 1. produced by davitt sigerson, 2. produced by ian stanley made in germany by warner music manufacturing europe

you don't own me, lesley gore

a-side 1. you don't own me b-side 2. run bobby, run

for great listening... mercury celebrity series mercury record corporation, printed in u.s.a.

ain't i'm a dog, ronnie self

a-side 1. ain't i'm a dog 2. bop-a-lena b-side 1. petrified 2. date bait

the name of ronnie self first appeared on the australian charts in 1958 with 'ain't i’m a dog'. this proved to be only of moderate success, however, the follow-up 'bop-a-lena' (one of the wildest singles put down) was to prove his biggest success. as well as singer, ronnie self penned a number of tunes examples of which were 'all alone am i' and two tunes recorded by brenda lee — 'sweet nothings' and 'i'm sorry'.

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