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.
Track listing "Boston (My Home Town)" (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay) – 2:02 "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller) – 2:14 "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 2:16 "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:29 "St Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 2:38 "Indiana" (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) – 1:46 "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" (Harry Stone, Jack Stapp) – 2:17 "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (Don Swander, June Hershey) – 1:42 "California Here I Come" (Al Jolson, B. G. De Sylva, Joseph Meyer) – 2:04 "Okefenokee" (Crewe, Slay) – 2:30 "Carolina In The Morning" (Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) – 2:30 "Tallahassee Lassie" (Crewe, Slay, Frederick A. Picariello) – 2:34
Personnel Tallahassee Lassie, Lead Guitar- Gary C. Hicks, Sr.
Technical Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Jr. – producers, arrangements Sid Bass – arrangements George Schowerer – engineer Otto Fern – photography
Charts Singles YearSingleUSUK1959"Tallahassee Lassie"6171960"Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"331960"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"341960"California Here I Come"24
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