33 tracks – 20 page booklet

Hal Willis and his singing wife Ginger, were Canadian country musicians. When they were engaged for several tours in 1956 as Elvis Presley’s support act, Hal got a taste for it and began to compose and record rockabilly songs. With ”My Pink Cadillac” and ”Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo” he achieved two classics in this genre. He also successfully composed for other artists such as Patsy Cline, Wilburn Brothers, Charlie Walker, Jim Reeves and Bobby Helms. On the side, he recorded cover versions of current hits for budget companies or produced radio programmes for the US Army in Sam Phillips Nashville Studio. In the 1960s he finally found success in the charts, where he celebrated his greatest success with ”The Lumberjack”. This is the first compilation of Hal Willis’ best recordings from the 1950s and 60s, including two unreleased songs.