Description
Young teenagers from Spartanburg, South Carolina, rockin’ their hearts out! 1‐CD (Digipak) with 32‐page booklet, 38 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.
Only in their mid‐teens and full of fire, Joe Bennett and The Sparkletones roared out of Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1957 with a rocking ditty extolling the classy virtues of Black Slacks. Bennett played sizzling lead guitar and sang in tandem with rhythm guitarist Howard ‘Sparky’ Childress, while bassist Wayne Arthur and drummer Jimmy ‘Sticks’ Denton laid down a mighty commotion behind the pair. Bear Family Records® pays tribute with new collections that underscore just how savage these cats’ rhythms were on Boppin’ Rock Boogie, their second hit Penny Loafers And Bobby Socks, Rocket, Cotton Pickin’ Rocker, and We’ve Had It.
The 10‐inch LP collects the very best of the group’s ABC‐Paramount and Paris sides, while the CD follows Joe and the Sparkletones from their debut single through everything they ever cut and then some, including their hard‐to‐find ’65 ‘comeback’ single on ABC, the contents of several 1964 EPs that Joe waxed in Spain while he was in the Air Force, The Sparkletones’ historic ’57 appearance on Nat ‘King’ Cole’s TV program, and Billy and Eddie’s The King Is Coming Back, a 1959 rarity that Bennett
co‐wrote about Elvis’ impending return from the Army but didn’t sing. Curiosity on the side: the 1964 recordings feature drummer Mickey Hart, later one of the percussionists of the cult band The Grateful Dead. Pull on your Black Slacks and commence to dancing with Joe Bennett and The Sparkletones!
Tracklist:
01 Black Slacks ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
02 Boppin’ Rock Boogie ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
03 Penny Loafers And Bobby Sox ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
04 Rocket ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
05 Let’s Go Rock And Roll ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
06 Number One On My Love List ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
07 Cotton Pickin’ Rocker ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
08 I Dig You Baby ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
09 Maybe Baby ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
10 Little Turtle ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
11 We’ve Had It ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
12 Do The Stop ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
13 Late Again ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
14 Late Again (alternate version) ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
15 Bayou Rock ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
16 Beautiful One ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
17 Boys Do Cry ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
18 Boys Do Cry (alternate version) ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
19 What The Heck ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
20 Are You From Dixie ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
21 Softly ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
22 No Esta Bien (She’s A Fool) ‐ Karina Con Los Jaguars
23 La Misma Playa ‐ Karina Con Los Jaguars
24 Hully Gully Boy ‐ Karina Con Los Jaguars
25 Vaya Vaya (Lawdy, Lawdy) ‐ Karina Con Los Jaguars
26 Si Tuviera Un Martillo (If I Had A Hammer) ‐ Joe & The Jaguars
27 La Hora ‐ Joe & The Jaguars
28 Kansas City ‐ Joe & The Jaguars
29 Memphis ‐ Joe & The Jaguars
30 De Nada ‐ Joe Bennett
31 La Cancion Del Gato Tom (The Tom Cat Song) ‐ Joe Bennett
32 Toodle Oo ‐ Joe Bennett
33 Osito De Trapo (The Teddy Bear Song) ‐ Joe Bennett
34 Run Rabbit, Run ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
35 Well Dressed Man ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
36 The King Is Coming Back ‐ Billy & Eddie
37 Rocket (Nat King Cole Show) ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
38 Black Slacks (Nat King Cole Show) ‐ Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones
GENRE: Vintage Rockabilly/R’n’r
BARCODE: 4000127176325
