Chubby Checker

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

This edition contains Chubby Checker’s celebrated LP, It’s Pony Time, originally issued on the Parkway label in 1961, and long unavailable on vinyl. Album highlights include some of the singer’s follow-up smashes like “Pony Time,” “Hi Ho Silver,” “The Mess Around,” etc., as well as a host of other dance-craze songs from that era, such as “The Watusi,” “The Hully Gully,” “The Stroll,” “The Shimmy,” and B“The Mashed Potatoes” (which preceded his labelmate Dee Dee Sharp’s hit “Mashed Potato Time” by a year).

In addition to the original masterpiece, this WaxTime collector’s LP contains 2 bonus tracks from the same period, consisting of the catchy “Popeye,” and the joyous “Side by Side,” the latter featuring Bobby Rydell on backing vocals. This LP release is a perfect choice for anyone looking to explore Checker’s finest recordings from his most prolific period. Enjoy it!

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)
BOBBY RYDELL (backing vocals on “Side by Side”).

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

SIDE 1:

01 PONY TIME
02 THE WATUSI
03 THE HULLY GULLY
04 THE STROLL
05 THE MASHED POTATOES
06 HI HO SILVER
07 POPEYE (*)

SIDE 2:

01 WE LIKE BIRDLAND
02 LET’S DANCE, LET’S DANCE, LET’S DANCE
03 THE SHIMMY
04 THE CHARLESTON
05 THE MESS AROUND
06 PONY EXPRESS
07 SIDE BY SIDE (*)