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Stray Cats

Band, 1979-1984 US
Rock

The Stray Cats are a rockabilly band first formed in 1979 by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer (Bloodless Pharaohs/Brian Setzer Orchestra) with school friends Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. The group, whose style was based upon the sounds of Sun Records artists from the 1950s and heavily influenced by Bill Haley & His Comets, had little initial success in the New York music scene, and had to move to England before they saw any success at all within the nascent rockabilly revival there. The group had several hit singles in the U.K. and the U.S. during the early 1980s.

     
Members
PortraitBrian Setzer
g, voc *1959 US
PortraitLeon Drucker
b *1961 US
PortraitJames McDonnell
dr *1961 US
Popular Tracks   
Stray Cat Strut on Built For Speed by Stray Cats
Rock This Town on Built For Speed by Stray Cats
Rock This Town on Back To The Alley by Stray Cats
Runaway Boys on Built For Speed by Stray Cats
(She's) Sexy + 17 - Single Edit/24 Bit Remastered 99/Digital Remaster/1999 on The Brian Setzer Collection 1981-1988 by Brian Setzer
Rumble In Brighton on Built For Speed by Stray Cats
Fishnet Stockings on Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81 To '92 by Stray Cats
(She's) Sexy + 17 on Rant N' Rave With The Stray Cats by Stray Cats
Built For Speed on Built For Speed by Stray Cats
Gene And Eddie on Blast Off by Stray Cats

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Best of The Toronto Strut (Live)Stray Cats2018Album
The Broadcast ArchiveStray Cats2017Album
Rock This Town Live New York '88Stray Cats2015Album
Live At Rockpalast - 1983 Loreley Open Air + 1981 CologneStray Cats2015Album
Rockabilly RebelsStray Cats2014Album
Original Album ClassicsStray Cats2014Album
Rock This Town ✲ The CollectionStray Cats2013Compil.
Live At Rockpalast Germany 20-8-1983Stray Cats2013Single
Ultimate RaritiesStray Cats2013Album
Live & CultStray Cats2012Compil.
Live At Montreux 1981Stray Cats2012Album
Greatest HitsStray Cats2011Compil.
PlatinumStray Cats2008Compil.
ClassicsBrian Setzer & Stray Cats2008Compil.
Rare TracksStray Cats2007Compil.
Live From Europe - Recorded Live In Paris 5th July, 2004Stray Cats2005Album
The Best Of Stray Cats LiveStray Cats2005Compil.
Unreleased Studio Demo 1979 (First Recordings) & Dave Studio Masters 1981Stray Cats2004Album
Rumble In BrixtonStray Cats2004Album
Mystery Train Kept A Rollin'Stray Cats2004Single
Live And In StudioStray Cats2003Compil.
1978 Rockabilly Kings 2003Stray Cats2003Album
The Very Best OfStray Cats2003Compil.
Extended Versions - The Encore CollectionStray Cats2002Compil.
Forever GoldStray Cats2002Compil.
Runaway Boys Live!Stray Cats2002Album
Hollywood Strut (Unreleased Cuts)Stray Cats2001Compil.
Extended VersionsStray Cats2001Compil.
Greatest Hits!Stray Cats2001Album
Feline FriskyStray Cats2001Album
Bulit For SpeedStray Cats2001Album
Rock This TownStray Cats2001Album
HTV Music HistoryStray Cats2001Compil.
Rock This TownStray Cats2000Compil.
Коллекция Студийных Альбомов И Концертов 1981-1996Stray Cats2000Compil.
Hollywood StrutStray Cats2000Album
Greatest HitsStray Cats2000Compil.
Stray Cat StrutStray Cats2000Compil.
LiveStray Cats1999Album
Rockabilly Rules: At Their Best... LiveStray Cats1999Compil.
The Best Of The Stray CatsStray Cats1998Album
The Best Of Stray CatsStray Cats1998Compil.
The Best Of Stray CatsStray Cats1998Compil.
"Live" Struttin'Stray Cats1998Album
Stray CatsStray Cats1997Compil.
The MastersStray Cats1997Compil.
Runaway BoysStray Cats1997Compil.
Rare MastersStray Cats1997Album
The Best Live Collection OfStray Cats1996Compil.
The Best OfStray Cats1996Compil.
Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81 To '92Stray Cats1996Compil.
On The TilesStray Cats1996Compil.
Selected Live TracksStray Cats1995Compil.
Rockabilly LiveStray Cats1994Compil.
Rock This Town - A Classic Live CollectionStray Cats1994Compil.
Something ElseStray Cats1994Album
Lookin' Better Every Beer / I Won't Stand In Your WayStray Cats1994Single
Cruisin' Round Sixteen CandlesStray Cats1994Compil.
DowntownStray Cats1994Single
Stray Cats And Brian SetzerStray Cats And Brian Setzer1994Compil.
Runaway Boys - (She's) Sexy and 17Stray Cats1993Single
Rock This TownStray Cats1993Compil.
Otherwise - The New Selection Of The Stray CatsStray Cats1993Compil.
Stray Cat's Classics 2Stray Cats1993Compil.
Original CoolStray Cats1993Album
Live - Tear It UpStray Cats1993Album
20/20Stray Cats1993Compil.
Can't Help Fallling In LoveStray Cats1993Single
Rockabilly CatsStray Cats1993Album
Rock DetroitStray Cats1992Album
Cry BabyStray Cats1992Single
Shake Shake ShakeStray Cats1992Album
Greatest HitsStray Cats1992Compil.
My Heart Is A LiarStray Cats1992Single
The Story Of TheStray Cats1992Compil.
Best OfStray Cats1992Album
Choo Choo Hot FishStray Cats1992Album
Elvis On VelvetStray Cats1992Album
Live - Runaway BoysStray Cats1992Album
Live In TokyoStray Cats1991Album
Cats In Action '83Stray Cats1991Album
The Best Of The Stray Cats ~ Ultimate SelectionStray Cats1991Compil.
Struck By LightningStray Cats1991Single
Live In Helsinki 1989Stray Cats1991Album
Town Without PityStray Cats1991Single
Sixteen CandlesStray Cats1991Compil.
Let's Go FasterStray Cats1990Album
Lets Go Faster Demo RecordingsStray Cats1990Album
Rockabilly Reigns This TownStray Cats1990Album
Les Stray Cats A ParisStray Cats1990Single
Cross Of LoveStray Cats1990Single
Back To The Alley - The Best Of The Stray CatsStray Cats1990Compil.
Cruisin'Stray Cats1990Compil.
The Best Of Stray Cats - Rock This TownStray Cats1990Compil.
Rock TokyoStray Cats1990Album
King Biscuit Flower HourStray Cats1989Album
Bring It Back AgainStray Cats1989Single
Blast OffStray Cats1989Album
GinaStray Cats1989Album
Jammin' With CatsStray Cats1989Album
Gene & EddieStray Cats1989Single
Live In Toronto 83 & Live In NY 89Stray Cats1989Album
King Biscuit Flower Hour 5/1/89Stray Cats1989Album
Rock TherapyStray Cats1986Album
RecklessStray Cats1986Single
I'm A RockerStray Cats1986Album
Stray TracksStray Cats1985Album
Rebels Rule ( Reglamento Del Rebelde )Stray Cats1984Single
Stray CatsStray Cats1984Album
MustStray Cats1984Compil.
Rebels RuleStray Cats1983Single
Off The RecordStray Cats1983Album
Stray CatsStray Cats1983Compil.
I Won't Stand In Your WayStray Cats1983Single
Built For SpeedStray Cats1983Album
Rock This Town / Stray Cat StrutStray Cats1983Single
Live From Central ParkStray Cats / Duran Duran1983Album
Rant N' Rave With The Stray CatsStray Cats1983Album
Look At That Cadillac / Lucky Charm (Ooh Wee Suzy)Stray Cats1983Single
(She's) Sexy + 17Stray Cats1983Single
Live From Central ParkBryan Adams / Stray Cats1983Album
Baby Blue EyesStray Cats1982Single
Built For SpeedStray Cats1982Album
The Stray Cats Live In Concert!!! (1982 "The Source" USA Live Radio Show)Stray Cats1982Album
Romantici / Baby Blue EyesViola Valentino / Stray Cats1982Single
Rock This TownStray Cats1981Album
Down Town (Cross That Bridge)Stray Cats1981Single
Stray CatsStray Cats1981Album
Stray Cat StrutStray Cats1981Single
You Don't Believe MeStray Cats1981Single
The Race Is OnDave Edmunds With Stray Cats1981Single
Gonna BallStray Cats1981Single
Gonna BallStray Cats1981Album
Stray CatsStray Cats1981Compil.
Rock This TownStray Cats1981Single
Better Things / Runaway BoysThe Kinks / Stray Cats1981Single
Little Miss PrissyStray Cats1981Single
Lonely Summer NightsStray Cats1981Single
Runaway BoysStray Cats1980Single
MP3 Collection CD 3Stray CatsAlbum
Ubangi StompStray CatsAlbum
MP3 Collection CD 1 - 2Stray CatsAlbum
Rock A Billy FeverStray CatsAlbum
New Years Eve Party '80Stray CatsAlbum
Live 1981 / KolnStray CatsAlbum
Montreux Festival 1981Stray CatsAlbum
You Can't Hurry LoveStray CatsAlbum
Live Chicago IllinoisStray CatsAlbum
Rockabilly Roadhouse PunchStray CatsAlbum
Baby Blue EyesStray CatsAlbum
Live USAStray CatsAlbum
MP3Stray CatsCompil.
Struttin' & Stompin'Stray CatsAlbum
Recorded Live At The RoxyStray CatsAlbum
King Biscuit's Music ShowStray CatsAlbum
Platinum PussyStray CatsAlbum
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