Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker - Twist with + for Twisters Only (263431)
Chubby Checker - Twist with + for Twisters Only
Chubby Checker
Hoo Doo Records
8436542012577
HOO 135395
263431
RHYTHM AND BLUES
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2 LPs ON 1 CD + 7 BONUS TRACKS
Chubby Checker is one of the forgotten early rock & roll pioneers. Although most of the dances his records promoted – “The Pony”, “The Fly”, and “The Hucklebuck”, to mention just three – have long since faded into obscurity, his most famous hit, “The Twist”, remains the yardstick against which all subsequent dance-floor phenomena are measured. This quintessential edition contains two of Checker’s finest LPs: his celebrated debut, Twist with Chubby Checker, and For Twisters Only. Both albums were released by the Parkway label in 1960, and have been remastered and packaged together in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 7 bonus tracks from the same period. Naturally, “The Twist” has been included here, as have most of the singer’s follow-up smashes (“Let’s Twist Again”, “Twist Train”, etc.), and a host of other dance-craze songs from the golden age of rock & roll.
PERSONNEL:
CHUBBY CHECKER, lead vocals, plus:
Dan Dailey, Fred Nuzzullio, Georgie Young (saxophone),
Dave Appell, Joe Sgro, 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 1959 and 1960.
Original recordings conducted and arranged by Dave Appell.
Produced by Kal Mann.
16-PAGE BOOKLET - RARE PHOTOS- VINTAGE MEMORABILIA - DETAILED LINER NOTES
TWIST WITH CHUBBY CHECKER
01. TWISTIN’ U.S.A. 2:36
02. THE “OOH POO PAH DOO” SHIMMY 2:15
03. THE “C.C. Rider” STROLL 2:11
04. THE STRAND 2:29
05. THE CHICKEN 2:43
06. THE HUCKLEBUCK 2:27
07. THE TWIST 2:39
08. THE MADISON 2:35
09. LOVE IS STRANGE (Calypso) 2:42
10. THE MEXICAN HAT TWIST 2:13
11. THE SLOP 2:08
12. THE PONY 2:28
FOR TWISTERS ONLY
13. BLUEBERRY HILL 2:11
14. YOUR FEET’S TOO BIG 2:14
15. HOUND DOG 2:11
16. TWIST TRAIN 2:38
17. MISTER TWISTER 2:41
18. WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ GOIN’ ON 2:29
19. HOLD TIGHT 2:34
20. SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL 2:32
21. BUT GIRLS! 2:17
22. AT THE HOP 2:32
23. DANCE WITH ME, HENRY 2:26
24. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK 2:22
BONUS TRACKS
25. LET’S TWIST AGAIN 2:19
26. THE FLY 2:26
27. BALLIN’ THE JACK 2:22
28. DANCE-A-LONG 2:42
29. HI HO SILVER 2:32
30. THE JET 2:08
31. LET’S DANCE, LET’S DANCE, LET’S DANCE 2:26
TOTAL TIME: 75:28
Chubby Checker is one of the forgotten early rock & roll pioneers. Although most of the dances his records promoted – “The Pony”, “The Fly”, and “The Hucklebuck”, to mention just three – have long since faded into obscurity, his most famous hit, “The Twist”, remains the yardstick against which all subsequent dance-floor phenomena are measured. This quintessential edition contains two of Checker’s finest LPs: his celebrated debut, Twist with Chubby Checker, and For Twisters Only. Both albums were released by the Parkway label in 1960, and have been remastered and packaged together in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 7 bonus tracks from the same period. Naturally, “The Twist” has been included here, as have most of the singer’s follow-up smashes (“Let’s Twist Again”, “Twist Train”, etc.), and a host of other dance-craze songs from the golden age of rock & roll.
PERSONNEL:
CHUBBY CHECKER, lead vocals, plus:
Dan Dailey, Fred Nuzzullio, Georgie Young (saxophone),
Dave Appell, Joe Sgro, 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 1959 and 1960.
Original recordings conducted and arranged by Dave Appell.
Produced by Kal Mann.
16-PAGE BOOKLET - RARE PHOTOS- VINTAGE MEMORABILIA - DETAILED LINER NOTES
TWIST WITH CHUBBY CHECKER
01. TWISTIN’ U.S.A. 2:36
02. THE “OOH POO PAH DOO” SHIMMY 2:15
03. THE “C.C. Rider” STROLL 2:11
04. THE STRAND 2:29
05. THE CHICKEN 2:43
06. THE HUCKLEBUCK 2:27
07. THE TWIST 2:39
08. THE MADISON 2:35
09. LOVE IS STRANGE (Calypso) 2:42
10. THE MEXICAN HAT TWIST 2:13
11. THE SLOP 2:08
12. THE PONY 2:28
FOR TWISTERS ONLY
13. BLUEBERRY HILL 2:11
14. YOUR FEET’S TOO BIG 2:14
15. HOUND DOG 2:11
16. TWIST TRAIN 2:38
17. MISTER TWISTER 2:41
18. WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ GOIN’ ON 2:29
19. HOLD TIGHT 2:34
20. SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL 2:32
21. BUT GIRLS! 2:17
22. AT THE HOP 2:32
23. DANCE WITH ME, HENRY 2:26
24. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK 2:22
BONUS TRACKS
25. LET’S TWIST AGAIN 2:19
26. THE FLY 2:26
27. BALLIN’ THE JACK 2:22
28. DANCE-A-LONG 2:42
29. HI HO SILVER 2:32
30. THE JET 2:08
31. LET’S DANCE, LET’S DANCE, LET’S DANCE 2:26
TOTAL TIME: 75:28
