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Performers include: Perry Como, Sons Of The Pioneers, Mickey & Sylvia, Sammy Salvo, Jimmy Dell, Davis Sisters, Pee Wee King, Mike Pedicin Quintet, Wade Ray. Personnel: Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson (vocals, guitar); Redd Stewart (vocals, fiddle); Lloyd Perryman, Dolores Dahl, Betty Jack Davis, The Coquettes, Skeeter Davis, Bob Nolan (vocals); Hank Garland (guitar, electric guitar); Hugh & Karl Farr (guitar, fiddle); Chet Atkins, Danny Perri, Velma E. Williams Smith, Everett Barksdale, Kenny Burrell, Paul Simon, Mundell Lowe, Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar); Terry Tichy, George Barnes (electric guitar); Jerry Byrd & the String Dusters, Charles Adams (steel guitar); Buck Lambert, Fiddlin' Red Herron, Hal Smith , Walter Haynes (fiddle); Seldon Powell (flute, saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jerry Adler (harmonica); Pee Wee King (accordion); Curtis Ousley, Elbert Raymond "Dutch" McMillin, Sam "The Man" Taylor (saxophone); Floyd Cramer, Dick Marx, P. Smith, Marty Gold, Ernie Hayes, Bob Davie (piano); Muddy Berry, Harold McDonald, Panama Francis, Phil Kraus , Buddy Harman (drums). Liner Note Author: Rob Finnis. Recording information: Audio Recorders, Phoenix, AZ (10/13/1945-06/09/1959); Capitol Studio, New York, NY (10/13/1945-06/09/1959); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (10/13/1945-06/09/1959); RCA Victor Studio, New York, NY (10/13/1945-06/09/1959); Thomas Productions, Nashville, TN (10/13/1945-06/09/1959); Webster Hall, New York, NY (10/13/1945-06/09/1959). Photographer: R.A. Andreas. Unknown Contributor Role: Pat Brady . This 1991 Bear Family compilation of 1940s and '50s rock & roll, swing, and pop offers up a nice cross section of styles and artists, but pales in comparison to similarly themed offerings due to a severe lack of classics. Let's Go Jivin' to Rock and Roll may sport some big names like Perry Como, the Sons of the Pioneers, Pee Wee King, and Neil Sedaka, but without Johnny Restivo's "The Shape I'm In" or Como's "Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)," this collection would just be whole lot of pleasant, well-executed jukebox filler. ~ James Christopher Monger
