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The most famous bassist in the history of Rock & Roll, BILL BLACK played on virtually everything that Elvis recorded before he went into the U. S. Army. Eighteen months after splitting with Presley, he formed BILL BLACK'S COMBO and carved out an unlikely, hugely successful second-stage career. His Combo had a wholly unique, instantly identifiable sound and style, and registered a dozen hit singles and five chart albums between 1959-62, selling north of ten million records. This compilation is drawn from EPs issued variously in the US, the UK, France, Sweden and Holland between 1960-62. It includes many of those early hits, including the million sellers 'Smokie (Part 2)', 'White Silver Sands', 'Josephine', 'Don't Be Cruel' and 'Blue Tango', alongside various near-misses, a couple of flips, and a selection of LP sides