James Last – Rock Around With Me! – 249 250 – Cover Reprinted – LP Record

Last is reported to have sold an estimated 200 million albums worldwide in his lifetime (figures vary widely, for example British Hit Singles & Albums (2006) reports 100 million at that time, of which 80 million were sold by 1973 – and won numerous awards including 200 gold and 14 platinum discs in Germany, the International MIDEM Prize at MIDEM in 1969, and West Germany’s highest civilian award, the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) in 1978. His album This Is James Last remained a UK best-seller for 48 weeks, and his song “Games That Lovers Play” has been covered over a hundred times. Last undertook his final tour months before his death at age 86, upon discovering in September 2014 that an illness (the exact illness was never disclosed had worsened. His final UK performance was his 90th at London’s Royal Albert Hall, more than any other performer except Eric Clapton.

• Potpourri

a       Rock Around The Clock

b       See You Later Alligator

c       Hound Dog

• Potpourri

a       Blueberry Hill

b       Hanky Panky

c       Mini-Rock

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a       Lady Madonna

b       Rock And Roll Music

c       Rock Around The World

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a       By The Light Of The Silvery Moon

b       That’s My Desire

• Potpourri

a       Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On

b       Charlie Brown

c       When The Saints Go Marching In

• Potpourri

a       Ready Teddy

b       Diana

c       Shake Rattle And Roll

• Potpourri

a       Back To Memphis

b       Don’t Be Cruel

c       Jailhouse Rock

• Potpourri 

a       Isle Of Capri

b       Buona Sera

c       Oh Marie

• Potpourri

a       Ramblin Rose

b       Back In Town

• Potpourri

a       Summertime Blues

b       Muskrat Ramble

c       Rip It Up