Discography

American Music Original 1975 (Danny And The Fat Boys) – Billboard "The music is an amazingly good blend of fifties rock and roll, country, swing jazz, blues, soul, and even reggae". "Soulful vocals of Billy Hancock". Best cuts "American Music" (a rocking fifties type single with vocal accompaniment by The Clovers).

Waves – H Nicholson 1980 "Since Billy's Rockabilly reincarnation, he's been sharing the stage from time to time with The Memphis Rockabilly Band, Sammy Gowans and Charlie Feathers. The breathless boy is at the forefront of the current Rockabilly revival along with Robert Gordon Tex Rubinowitz and Crazy Cavan."

Rockabilly Fever – Unknown 1981 "Billy made his first album with Danny Gatton and The Fat Boys. He then set up two bands which will mark him for a long time, Radiocity and Swingshift. He only met with average success due to the fact he did not find his own style. His opportunity occurred in 1978 when he signed for Ripsaw label and had immediate success with Rootie Tootie as well as I Can't Be Satisfied".

Shakin' That Rockabilly Fever Original Release 1981 – Hustler Magazine by Jim Dawson "Those of you who miss the spirit and excitement of Elvis's early recordings will especially want to check out Billy Hancock because that cat is hot."

Hey Little Rock n Roller - Jacky Chalard Big Beat 1983 "One of these new talents being Billy Hancock – Billy is a composer, an incredible singer and lead guitarist. So hook yourselves onto this exceptional record of Billy's (Hey! Little Rock and Roller:, its good dynamite.

King Of The Honky Tonk Sax – Washington Post by Mike Joyce Nov 1996 "Another big plus are Billy Hancock's colorful and sometimes emotional vocal cameos, which help make the music sound all the more rooted and real."

American Music Reissue 1996 (Danny And The Fat Boys) – Ralph Heibutzki, All Music Guide 1997 "Five years before roots music became hip to explore, Gatton and friends knew the secret, as Hancock's title song so eloquently states ("never could I find such good American music and it's mine").

Shakin' That Rockabilly Fever Reissue 2001 – Washington Post by Eric Brace "Hancock's finest rockabilly moments came on the 1981 release "Shakin' That Rockabilly Fever," which until last month had been long out of print." It's been wonderfully remastered and repackaged and should immediately be added to the collection of any roots music fan."

On The Jazz – Washington Post Nov 2002 by Richard Harrington "Billy Hancock digs deeper than usual into the past with the help of a terrific horn-powered cast that often layers polyphonic weaves over rambunctious early jazz rhythms or a gliding Basie-like swing pulse."

American Music Reissue 1996 (Danny And The Fat Boys) – Ralph Heibutzki, All Music Guide 1997 "Five years before roots music became hip to explore, Gatton and friends knew the secret, as Hancock's title song so eloquently states ("never could I find such good American music and it's mine").

Wanted Reissue 2003 – Washington Post Feb 2004 "It's the singer-arranger, not the songs, that ties this collection together, turning a patchwork of recordings into a revealing retrospective. Reaching beyond his rockabilly roots and reputation, [BILLY HANCOCK "Wanted] often explores different and sometimes more modern sounds here, "I Need You Now," for example, has little to do with [Eddie Fisher] and a lot to do with post-Sun Elvis, thanks in part to the evocative Jordanaires-tailored harmonies contributed by the Velons.

Passions - Rockville-International Fall 2005 by Adrian Sturm "I have been unable to keep ['Passions'] out of my CD player for more than a day. … It is by far the best American Roots CD I have heard this year and deserves … a Grammy Nomination."

Anthology (Birth of A Billy) – Rockabilly Hall Of Fame 2006 "these 35 songs reflect both his vast knowledge of musical styles and the many melodic avenues he has traveled."

Out Of The Darkness – Blue Suede News 2008 by Terrence McCardle "If you could pour the vocal phrasing of Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, Fats Domino and Sam Cooke into a blender and mix it all up, you would only begin to get a taste of Billy Hancock's style and range."

For Rockabilly Fans Only – Blue Suede News Summer 2010 by Marc Bristol " it's the sort of CD that will produce new favorites each time you listen"

Artist: Coastal People
Genre: Contemporary Folk Rock

Cleverly Crafted Songs
Tremendous Harmony
Beatle Influenced with a hint of John Prine

Track Listing:
Rock Away The Time
Widow's Walk
House Of Stone
Take A Walk
plus six more tracks...

Artist: Billy Hancock
Genre: Traditional Jazz - Blues

Billy sings New Orleans Hot Jazz (with full horn band).

Track Listing:
Tight Like That
Mean Mistreated Blues
Thelma Lou
Ugly Child
Ida
plus 11 more hot tracks...

Artist: Billy Hancock
Genre: Blues, R & B

“If you could pour the vocal phrasing of Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, Fats Domino and Sam Cooke into a blender and mix it all up, you would only begin to get a taste of Billy Hancock’s style and range.”

Track Listing:
Out Of The Darkness
Really The Blues
Going Where The Lonely Go
Tears From New Orleans

plus 8 more tracks...

Artist: Billy Hancock
Genre: Rockabilly, Rock n Roll, R & B

A rollicking ride through Billy's long recording career
Features some previously unreleased material plus some of Billy's best work.

Track Listing:
Knock Kneed Nellie
Rockabilly Fever
Well... Alright
Story Of Issac
Ain't Got No Home

plus 17 more ballbusting chestnuts...

Artist: Various
Genre: Various

Contains 7 Billy Hancock releases, plus Tex Rubinowitz, Marti Brom, Martha Hull, Kid Tater & The Cheaters, The Uptown Rhythm Kings, Bobby Smith, Louie Setzer & His Appalachian Mountain Boys

Twenty Rave up Rockabilly & Honkytonk songs. Twenty tracks in all.

Artist: Billy Hancock & Danny Gatton
Genre: Rockabilly

The world famous guitarist joins Billy on five live Rockabilly faves plus nine more long lost tracks from the studio circa early 80's.

Track Listing:
Lotta Lovin'
Believe What You Say
Baby Let's Play House
Buddy's Song
plus ten more gems

Artist: Billy Hancock and The Tennessee Rockets
Genre: Rockabilly

Track Listing:
Boogie Disease
Ragg Mopp
Serenade Of The Bells
Little Queenie
plus 10 more by the band that started the revolution.

Artist: Billy Hancock
Genre: Rockabilly, Rock n Roll

WAMA Award Winning Album

Track Listing:
Same Old Passions
King Of Fools
Calling Colleen
Pro At Being Conned
plus 10 more
(Thought by many reviewers to be Billy's Best Work Ever)

Artist: Billy Hancock
Genre: Rockabilly, Rock n Roll, Blues

This 35 song, 2 CD set takes you from Billy's earliest years up to 2006 with 5 bonus tracks recorded just for this album.

Track Listing:
This Time
Marie, Marie
Rock n Roll Dream
Broken Heart
Sarah Lee
plus 30 more great tracks...

Artist: The British Walkers
Genre: British Rock, Mersey Beat

This is the band that inspired the movie "That Thing You Do". They were the first American Band to jump on the Beatle Band Wagon. This is the group that gave birth to guitar god Roy Buchanan. SOngs from 1964-1967.

Track Listing:
I Found You
Diddley Daddy
The Girl Can't Help It
Bad Lightnin'
and 6 more tracks.

An absolute must for collectors of this kind of material!

Artist: Bobbie Howard
Genre: Rock n Roll, One Doo Wop selection w/Bunker Hill and the Mighty Clouds of Joy

Washington, DC's premier rock n roll singer. His recordings were mainly guitar driven. He worked closely with Roy Buchanan and fronted the Link Wray Band for years as well as forming The British Walkers with Roy Buchanan. This collection includes all of his Mercury, Charger, Okeh-Epic recordings.

Track Listing:
The Pony
I Apologize
Alabama Guitar Man
Sleep Tight
and 7 more tracks.

Artist: Mary Shaver
Genre: Blues, R&B

She can go all the way from a song so sentimental, it's certain to bring tears, to searing gutteral blues that will singe the hairs in your nostrils.

Track Listing:
Out Of The Rain
Hound Dog
No Time Like Now
Who's Lvin' You
plus 6 more gems