Various Artists - 41 Original Hits From The Soundtrack of American Graffiti (1973)

Here at the CD Project, any and all donations of CDs are welcome (our unofficial motto: "If it's free, I'll take three!").  This donated compilation arrived here at corporate headquarters just the other day.  The official 1973 soundtrack album of the film American Graffiti, it has been certified triple platinum in the U.S.  Stupidly, it's probably not something I'd have bought for myself, but it's a welcome addition to my collection. I'm in full agreement with critic Richie Unterberger when he writes:

The soundtrack to the George Lucas film about teenage life in a small California town in the early '60s was probably the best thing about the movie, featuring several dozen outstanding early rock & roll hits. There's nothing terribly obscure here -- in fact, most of these were big smashes -- but it's a good survey of rock's early days, ranging from superstars like Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and the Beach Boys to great one-shots like the Monotones, the Tempos, and Buster Brown. Drawbacks: Wolfman Jack talks over the intros of a few songs, and there are a couple tracks by early-'70s Sha Na Na-type revivalists Flash Cadillac.

It's all good fun; my top tracks are marked with a ✔

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #10

Tracks:

Disc 1:

Artist	Title	Year
Bill Haley and His Comets	(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock	1952	✔
The Crests	Sixteen Candles	1958
Del Shannon	Runaway	1961	✔
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	1956
Buddy Holly	That'll Be The Day	1957	✔
Buster Brown	Fanny Mae	1959
Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids	At The Hop	1973
Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids	She's So Fine	1973
The Diamonds	The Stroll	1957
The Tempos	See You in September	1959	✔
The Beach Boys	Surfin' Safari	1962	✔
The Fleetwoods	(He's) The Great Imposter	1961
Chuck Berry	Almost Grown	1959
The Platters	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	1959	✔
The Diamonds	Little Darlin'	1957
Joey Dee & The Starlighters	Peppermint Twist	1961
The Regents	Barbara Ann	1961
The Monotones	The Book of Love	1958	✔
Buddy Holly	Maybe Baby	1958
Lee Dorsey	Ya Ya	1961	✔
The Platters	The Great Pretender	1955

Disc 2:

Artist	Title	Year
Fats Domino	Ain't That a Shame	1955	✔
Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	1958	✔
The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes For You	1959	✔
The Silhouettes	Get a Job	1958
The Five Satins	To the Aisle	1957
Bobby Freeman	Do You Wanna Dance?	1958
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	1957
The Del-Vikings	Come Go With Me	1957	✔
Johnny Burnette	You're Sixteen	1960
The Clovers	Love Potion No. 9	1959	✔
The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	1958	✔
The Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace	1958
Mark Dinning	Teen Angel	1960
Sonny Till & The Orioles	Crying in the Chapel	1953
The Heartbeats	A Thousand Miles Away	1957
The Cleftones	Heart and Soul	1961
Booker T. & The MG's	Green Onions	1962	✔
The Platters	Only You (And You Alone)	1954	✔
The Spaniels	Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite	1953	✔
The Beach Boys	All Summer Long	1964	✔

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None