Various Artists - You Can't Sit Down: Cameo Parkway Dance Crazes (RSD BF 21)

RSD BLACK FRIDAY 2021 - In-store Friday 26th November 2021. Online 8am, Saturday 27th November 2021.

LTD. BLUE VINYL X 2 LP

A crazy 22-track collection containing some of the biggest dance craze hits from the Philadelphia label that got the world dancing in the early 1960s. Includes tracks by Cameo Parkway’s biggest stars: Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Dee Dee Sharp, The Orlons and The Dovells as well as R&B greats Don Covay and The Turbans. Twelve Top 40 hits including three number 1 chart toppers! Chubby Checker’s original hit version of The Twist , which has the distinction of being the only single of the rock era to reach number 1 twice in two consecutive years, is included. Features an essay by acclaimed rock and roll and R&B historian John Broven. Mastered from the original master tapes from ABKCO’s Cameo Parkway archive bespoke printed inner bags including extensive liner notes and period photos.

Tracklist:

LP 1:
1. Chubby Checker - The Twist
2. The Orlons - The Wah-Watusi
3. The Dovells - Bristol Stomp
4. Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time
5. The Dovells - You Can't Sit Down
6. Bobby Rydell - The Third House (In From the Right)
7. Dee Dee Sharp - Do the Bird
8. Chubby Checker / Dee Dee Sharp - Slow Twistin'
9. The Orlons - Shimmy Shimmy
10. Candy and the Kisses - The 81
11. The Marlins - (Everybody Do) The Swim Pt. 1

LP 2:
1. Don Covay - The Popeye Waddle
2. The Dovells - Do The New Continental
3. The Dardenelles feat. "Little Bo" - Baby, Do The Froog
4. The Applejacks - Rocka-Conga
5. Chubby Checker - The Hucklebuck
6. Tony Young and the Hippies - The Mash
7. The Applejacks - Mexican Hat Rock
8. Bobby Rydell - The Cha-Cha-Cha
9. The Turbans - When You Dance
10. The Taffys - Everybody South Street
11. Chubby Checker - Twistin' U.S.A.