Chubby Checker

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

This edition contains Chubby Checker’s celebrated LP, Let’s Twist Again, originally issued on the Parkway label in 1961, and long unavailable on vinyl. Naturally, the aforementioned hit “Let’s Twist Again” is included, as are some of the singer’s highlights like “The Jet,” “Ballin’ the Jack,” “Dance-A-Long,” etc., and a host of other dance-craze songs, such as “The Continental Walk,” “Peanut Butter” and the humorous “The Ray Charles-Ton.” Throw in a couple of R&B covers, like “I Almost Lost My Mind” and Gary U.S. Bonds’ staple “Quarter to Three” and you have a formidable soundtrack to keep moving your hips.

Despite the many variations on a few themes, Chubby Checker threw himself into each song as if it were brand new, and the Cameo-Parkway house band (including the fat sax tone of Buddy Savitt, and a great rhythm section featuring Joe Macho on bass and either Bobby Gregg or Joe Sher on drums) swung hard on everything it played.

In addition to the original masterpiece, this WaxTime collector’s LP contains 2 bonus tracks from the same period, consisting of the catchy “Toot,” and the joyous dance-floor stomper “The Fly”.

This release is a perfect choice for anyone looking to explore Checker’s finest
recordings from his most prolific period. Enjoy it!

PERSONNEL:

CHUBBY CHECKER, lead vocals, plus:

Buddy Savitt, Fred Nuzzullio, Georgie Young (saxophone),
Dave Appell, Joe Renzetti (guitar), Joe Sher (guitar and drums),
Joe Macho (bass), Fred Bender (keyboards),Bobby Gregg (drums).

Recorded at Bell Sound Studios (New York), Cameo-Parkway Studio and Reco-Art Sound
Recording (Philadelphia), between 1960 and 1961.

SIDE 1

01 I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT
02 THE JET
03 CONTINENTAL WALK
04 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND
05 FISHIN’
06 QUARTER TO THREE
07 TOOT *

SIDE 2

01 LET’S TWIST AGAIN
02 BALLIN’ THE JACK
03 PEANUT BUTTER
04 THE RAY CHARLES-TON
05 TAKES TWO TO TANGO
06 DANCE-A-LONG
07 THE FLY *

* BONUS TRACKS