26 original versions of some of the most enduring classics of the 1950s and 1960s. These tracks embrace some of the greatest country, soul, pop, rock'n'roll and R&B tunes ever recorded. Some of these originals are well known, others are hardly known at all. Most people with a passion for rock'n'roll will know that Richard Berry wrote and recorded the original "Louie Louie", but hardly anyone will know that the Kingston Trio and Mark James did "Get Together" and "Suspicious Minds" before the Youngbloods and Elvis Presley.