Dec 03, 20 flyin saucers rock n roll i want you baby licensed to youtube by merlin idol distribution on behalf of sun record company. The flying saucers are an oldies variety band that performs music from the 50s and early. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Conversations with unjustly obscure rocknsoul eccentrics edited by jake austen duke university press, us. Along with the entertaining interviews, flying saucers rock n roll features more than sixty images from the pages of roctober. Flying saucer rock n roll by suncats was written by ray scott and was first recorded and released by billy riley and his little green men in 1957.
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