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25 Greatest Hits
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Track Listing
- Dreamin'
- You're Sixteen You're Beautiful
- Little Boy Sad
- Girls
- Clown Shoes
- Big Big World
- Girl Of My Best Friend
- Moody River
- Mona Lisa
- Dream Lover
- Fool
- You're The Reason
- Lovers Question
- Let's Think About Living
- Settin' The Woods On Fire
- Cincinnati Fireball
- Sweet Suzie
- Crying In The Chapel
- It's Only Make Believe
- Walk On By
- All Week Long (I Wish It Were Saturday Night)
- Love Me
- That's The Way I Feel
- Don't Do It
- Opposite
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #15369 in Music
- Released on: 1998-07-06
- Number of discs: 1
- Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
Customer Reviews
A great rock'n'roll singer
Johnny and his brother Dorsey were born and raised in Memphis, where they went to the same school as Elvis Presley and even worked at the same electrical company as Elvis, before any of them became famous. After a spell as a boxer, Johnny eventually tried to join Sun records but was rejected as being too much like Elvis.
With his brother, Johnny established a successful songwriting partnership, writing several of Ricky Nelson's hits. Eventually, Johnny did find a record company with which he had some success and this compilation is proof of that.
Despite the title, Johnny didn't come close to having 25 hits of any size - however, the few hits that he had are all here including the two big ones - Dreaming and You're sixteen, both of which were UK top five hits. Ringo Starr covered You're sixteen in the seventies and returned the song to the UK top five. Johnny's other UK hits were Little boy sad, Girls and Clown shoes. In America, he had a few other hits including Big big world and God country and my baby.
Those five UK hits occupy the first five tracks here. The remainder of the compilation includes a mix of original songs and covers. Among the covers are songs that were hits for Elvis (Girl of my best friend, Crying in the chapel), Conway Twitty (It's only make believe, Mona Lisa) and Bobby Darin (Dream Lover).
Johnny eventually died in a boating accident while on a fishing trip in 1964. Dorsey died of a heart attack in 1979. At least they left a musical legacy that we can enjoy.
Johnny Burnette 25 Greatest Hits
Well rock & rollers heres the one for you its just Johnny Burnette's best songs rolled into one great album
