Various Artists - Destination Hong Kong: Dim Sum Rock 'n' Roll Collection (Various Artists) (CD)

EU collection. If you romanticize the idea of making your way through the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong's harbor on a junk, rock & roll songs are unlikely to come to mind first and foremost. But the Far East, inaccessible China and it's centuries-old culture as well as Hong Kong's special status became a popular musical theme in the 1950s and early '60s, not least because the USA had become a new home for millions of Chinese immigrants since the 19th century. Hong Kong itself was an enclave of the British Empire. Far Eastern and European lifestyles came together here. With it's culinary specialties, the Chinese gongs or the weird sounds of the Chinese zither, the fascination of big cities like Hong Kong or Shanghai - a variety of themes were reflected in the rock 'n' roll and country music of the '50s and early '60s. Jerry Lee Lewis sings the classic Hong Kong Blues written by Hoagy Carmichael, Webb Pierce keeps coming to Shanghai unintentionally until he finds his love there and stays in Shanghai intentionally, and Annisteen Allen is about to explode and makes it clear to her guy that if he carries on like this, the atom bomb will be nothing against her wrath.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Bop Suey - Jack Hale Orchestra
2. Oriental Hop - Moon Kim
3. Oo-Clazy! - The Dazzlers
4. Hong Kong - The Hi-Fives
5. Zaki Sue - Melvin Smith
6. Chinese Twist - Danny Steel with Hank Farrell and His Rhythm Boys
7. My China Doll - The Glad Rags
8. Hot Sake - Ken Nordine nad his Kinsmen
9. Ah. So - The Highlights
10. Hong Kong Jelly Wong - The Royaltones
11. Ling, Ting, Tong - The Five Keys
12. Ching Ching Wong - Bernie Turner and The Armorettes
13. Hong Kong - The Calenders
14. Chinese Boogie - The Hy-Tones
15. Hong Kong - Jackie Lee
16. My Chinatown Girl - Leroy Washington
17. Bamboo Rock 'n' Roll - The Nitecaps
18. Chinatown Rock - Kenneth Deal
19. Shanghied - Webb Pierce
20. Ha-So - Jimmy Bryant
21. Hong Kong - The Quinns
22. Chop Suey Rock - The Instrumentals
23. Fujiyama Mama - Annisteen Allen
24. Chopstick Twist - Larry Frenchwith Duke Larson ; The Geisha Girls
25. Foo Man Choo - The Revels
26. Hong Kong Blues (Stereo) - Jerry Lee Lewis