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To capture the sensation of teen-idol Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Paul Cassidy is an American actor, singer, writer, and producer. He is the eldest son of Academy Award winning actress Shirley Jones, and the second son of Tony award-winning actor Jack Cassidy...

, Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 released a live album of his 1979 concert tour named That's Rock 'N' Roll Live. The album featured tracks from his four studio albums (Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Cassidy (album)
Shaun Cassidy is the first solo album from Shaun Cassidy. The eponymous album was first released in 1976 in Europe and Australia, where he had top-ten hits with "Morning Girl" and "That's Rock 'n' Roll". It was not until the release of a cover version of The Crystals' song, "Da Doo Ron Ron", that...

, Born Late
Born Late (album)
Born Late was the second studio album released by pop singer, Shaun Cassidy. The album was released in 1977 following the success of Cassidy's self-titled debut album....

, Under Wraps
Under Wraps (album)
Under Wraps was the third studio album from Shaun Cassidy, released in 1978. Less successful commercially than its two predecessors, Under Wraps was an early indication that Cassidy's teen-idol status was beginning to lose its momentum, as the album barely reached the top 40 on the Billboard...

, and the then-forthcoming album Room Service
Room Service (Shaun Cassidy album)
The 1979 release of Room Service was Shaun Cassidy's fourth studio album. The album was poorly received and did not chart on the Billboard Chart...

). The album also featured a cover of The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003...

' hit song, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'".

The cover of the album features a glossy photo of Cassidy playing a black Gibson Les Paul
Gibson Les Paul
The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...

 guitar.

The live version of "Da Doo Ron Ron
Da Doo Ron Ron
"Da Doo Ron Ron" is a 1963 hit single by The Crystals, produced by Phil Spector in his Wall of Sound style. The song was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Spector. The drummer was Hal Blaine....

" features the band The Crystals
The Crystals
The Crystals are an American vocal group based in New York, considered one of the defining acts of the girl group era of the first half of the 1960s. Their 1961–1964 chart hits, including "Uptown", "He's a Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron " and "Then He Kissed Me", featured three successive female lead...

 backing up Cassidy.

Track listing

  1. Break For The Street
  2. Hey Deanie
    Hey Deanie
    "Hey Deanie" is a popular song by Shaun Cassidy that was released the last week of November, 1977 from his album, Born Late. It was his third and final top 10 hit, peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, spending four months on the chart from late 1977 to early 1978...

     (Eric Carmen
    Eric Carmen
    Eric Howard Carmen is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.He scored numerous hit songs across the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Raspberries , and then with his solo career, including hits such as "All By Myself", "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "She Did It",...

    )
  3. She's Right
  4. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
    You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
    "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" is a 1964 song by The Righteous Brothers which became a number-one hit single in the United States and the United Kingdom the following year. In 1999, the performing-rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. ranked the song as having had more radio and television...

     (Phil Spector
    Phil Spector
    Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....

    , Barry Mann
    Barry Mann
    Barry Mann is an American songwriter, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil.-Career:...

    , Cynthia Weil
    Cynthia Weil
    Cynthia Weil is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with her husband Barry Mann....

    )
  5. Hard Love
  6. That's Rock 'n' Roll (Eric Carmen
    Eric Carmen
    Eric Howard Carmen is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.He scored numerous hit songs across the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Raspberries , and then with his solo career, including hits such as "All By Myself", "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "She Did It",...

    )
  7. Bad Boy
  8. Slow Down
  9. Rip It Up
  10. Da Doo Ron Ron
    Da Doo Ron Ron
    "Da Doo Ron Ron" is a 1963 hit single by The Crystals, produced by Phil Spector in his Wall of Sound style. The song was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Spector. The drummer was Hal Blaine....

     (Phil Spector
    Phil Spector
    Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....

    , Jeff Barry
    Jeff Barry
    Jeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...

    , Ellie Greenwich
    Ellie Greenwich
    Eleanor Louise "Ellie" Greenwich was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote "Be My Baby", "Christmas ", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Leader of the Pack", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", and "River Deep, Mountain High", among many others...

    )
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