Joey Dee

Joey Dee led the house band at New York’s Peppermint Lounge, immortalizing the club in his 1961 chart-topper “Peppermint Twist”. Together with The Starliters, Joey worked out a funny stage act with some unbeatable dance routines. The group was one of the chief exponents during the Twist craze. They were joined on stage by three teenage girls from Spanish Harlem, who would become known as The Ronettes. The racially integrated group thrilled crowds with their high octane dance music. This quintessential collector’s edition contains 26 remastered tracks from Joey Dee & The Starliters’ most celebrated years, consisting of a variety of the sensational recordings they made primarily for the Roulette label between 1960 and 1962. The classic “Peppermint Twist” has been included here as well as other highlights that show off the band’s ability to play not only the twist, but genuine rock & roll and rhythm & blues as well. Some of the material here isn’t available on other collections, nor have these great recordings ever been previously compiled on the same CD.

PERSONNEL:

JOEY DEE, vocals and alto saxophone, plus:

THE STARLITERS: David Brigati, Roger Freeman, Larry Vernieri (lead and second vocals),
Sam Taylor (guitar), Carlton Lattimore (organ), Willie Davis (drums).
Additional female backing vocals by Ronnie Bennett, Estelle Bennett, and Nedra Talley.

Recorded in New York and New Jersey, between 1960 and 1962.
Original recordings produced by Henry Glover.

TRACKS:

01. HEY! LET’S TWIST
02. WING-DING
03. BABY, YOU’RE DRIVING ME CRAZY
04. PEPPERMINT TWIST (parts 1 & 2)
05. ROLY POLY
06. WHAT KIND OF LOVE IS THIS?
07. HOT PASTRAMI (parts 1 & 2)
08. HELP ME PICK UP THE PIECES
09. HELLO JOSEPHINE
10. KANSAS CITY
11. SHIMMY BABY
12. SHOUT (parts 1 & 2)
13. YA YA
14. DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
15. CRAZY LOVE
16. THIS BOAT
17. EVERYTIME (parts 1 & 2)
18. TWISTIN’ ON A LINER
19. LET’S HAVE A PARTY
20. KEEP YOUR MIND ON WHAT YOU’RE DOING
21. I LOST MY BABY
22. CYCLONE
23. LEAVE MY WOMAN ALONE
24. GETTING NEARER
25. FANNY MAE
26. DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

TOTAL TIME: 74:22