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Frank Virtue |
Frank Virtue was born on January 21, 1923 (Dead June 11, 1994). He played the violin as a child and took up the guitar and the double bass as a teenager. He continued with the latter as a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and studied orchestration at Temple University. He enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and became bandleader of the Regular Navy Dance Band in Bainbridge, Maryland. He was discharged in 1946 because his father, who had been diagnosed with cancer, could no longer support his family. Virtue considered putting together a big band but, due to financial constraints, assembled an amplified trio instead, with Ralph Frederico on the piano and Steve Rossi on the guitar. Virtue named the band the Virtuoso Trio after their formation in 1947.
Founder member of American rock 'n' roll band The Virtues from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had a hit in 1958 called "Guitar Boogie Shuffle".
Towards the end of 1962, Virtue disbanded the group and pursued a career as a record producer and recording engineer. His studio, Virtue Recording Studios (Virtue Studios), located at 1618 N. Broad St., was one of the top studios in Philadelphia for a number of years until closing in the early 1980s. His original studio, in the basement of his house on Fayette Street, was where "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" was originally recorded. |
| Aliases: Frank Virtuoso, John C. Hill |
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Frank Virtue Discography
Albums |
Guitar Boogie Shuffle (13 Versions) |
Strand Records |
1959 |
Track Listing |
Anna | | 2:23 | Highland Guitar | | 1:52 | Toodle-Loo Kangaroo | | 2:22 | Pluckin', Plankin'-Boogie | | 2:25 | Constantly | | 2:25 | Cotton Candy | | 2:15 | Marching Guitars | | 2:00 | Third Man The Cha-Cha-Cha | | 2:15 | White Buck Shoes | | 2:18 | Guitars In-The-Round | | 2:26 | Rollin' And A' Rockin' | | 2:35 | Taboo | | 2:15 |
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Les Plus Grands Succes De Guitare (Vinyl) |
Elegante |
1967 |
Track Listing |
A Hard Day's Night | | | Guitars In The Round | | | You Really Got Me | | | Taboo | | | Fats | | | Walk Don't Run | | | Apache | | | Never On Sunday | | | Guitar Boogie Shuffle | | | Come September | | |
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More Guitar Hits (Vinyl) |
Trans-World |
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Track Listing |
Pipeline | | | Wild Weekend | | | Boss Guitar | | | Forty Miles Of Bad Road | | | Ballad Of Paladin | | | Wheels | | | Walk, Don't Run | | | Anna | | | Yep | | | Guitar Shake Up | | |
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Singles & EPs |
Highland Guitar (2 Versions) |
Wynne |
1960 |
Track Listing |
Highland Guitar | | 1:52 | Pluckin'-Plankin' Boogie | | 2:25 |
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Aint Nobody Here But Us Chickens (Vinyl) |
Fast |
1961 |
Track Listing |
Aint Nobody Here But Us Chickens | | 2:10 | Highland Guitar | | 1:52 |
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Guitars Twist (Vinyl) |
Disques Festival |
1962 |
Track Listing |
Highland Guitar | | 2:25 | Bongo Twist | | 2:27 | Guitar Shimmy | | 2:25 | Goofin' Off | | 2:38 |
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Penn State Twist (Vinyl) |
Get Hip Archive Series |
1994 |
Track Listing |
Penn State Twist | | 2:09 | The Teem Mashed Potatoes | | 2:04 |
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Compilations |
Rock (CD) |
Bear Family Productions Ltd. |
2020 |
Track Listing |
Guitar Boogie Shuffle | | | Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie | | | Rollin' And A Rockin' | | | Toodle-Oo Kangaroo | | | Good Bye Mambo | | | Stranded In The Jungle | | | Hallelujah, I Love Her So | | | Corinne, Corinna | | | Fever | | | Roll Over Beethoven | | | Rattle My Bones | | | Boppin' The Blues | | | Mambo Rock | | | Rip It Up | | | Go Joe Go | | | Hop, Skip, Jump And Mambo | | | Straighten Up And Fly Right | | | Let's Have A Party | | | My Constant Love | | | I'm Going Home | | | Guitar In Orbit | | | Guitar Boogie Shuffle | | | Flippin' In | | | Shufflin' Along | | | Virtue's Boogie Woogie | | | Pickin' The Stroll | | | Highland Guitar | | | Marching Guitars | | | Guitar Boogie Twist | | | Guitar Shimmy | | | Guitars In-The-Round | | | Manhunt | | | Rebel Rouser | | |
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Hop, Skip And Jump (CD) |
Hydra Records |
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Track Listing |
Roll 'In An' A Rockin' | | 2:31 | Straighten Up & Flyright | | 2:20 | Rattle My Bones | | 2:43 | Guitar Boogie Shuffle | | 2:30 | My Blue Heaven | | 2:05 | I Think You're Lying | | 2:43 | Let's Have A Party | | 2:25 | Hop Skip Jump Mambo | | 2:36 | Corrine Corrina | | 2:23 | Boppin The Blues | | 2:24 | Stranded In The Jungle | | 2:02 | Flippin' In | | 2:00 | I Ain't Gonna Do It No More | | 2:24 | Mambo Rock | | 2:18 | Rip It Up | | 2:23 | My Constant Love | | 2:32 | I Made A Mistake | | 2:12 | Oo Ya Gotta | | 2:14 | Lover Boy | | 2:30 | Go Joe Go | | 2:15 | Can't We Be Sweethearts | | 2:32 | Fever | | 2:10 | Rose Of San Antone | | 2:52 | Halleleujah I Love Her So | | 2:18 | Charleston Twist | | 2:12 | Mountaineer Teen Break | | 2:05 | Toodle Oo Kangaroo | | 2:20 | Roll Over Beethoven | | 2:12 | I'm Going Home | | 2:28 | Good Bye Mambo | | 2:40 |
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Miscellaneous |
That Guitar Boogie Shuffle Man (Vinyl) |
Fayette |
1965 |
Track Listing |
Guitar Shuffle '65 | | 2:19 | Dream World | | 2:29 | Night Train | | 2:12 | Caravan | | 2:31 | Poincianna | | 2:38 | Anniversary Song | | 2:04 | Gambler's Guitar | | 2:16 | Honky Tonk | | 2:08 | Cotton Candy | | 2:05 | Begin The Beguine | | 2:21 | Storm On The Ocean | | 1:55 | Love You | | 2:09 |
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