You Can't Sit Down: Cameo Parkway Dance Crazes (RSD Black Friday 2021)
Various Artists
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Release Date: 26/11/2021
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 & roll and R&B historian John Broven. Mastered from the original master tapes from ABKCO's Cameo Parkway archive.
Disc 1
1: The Twist - Chubby Checker
2: The Wah-watus! - The Orlons
3: Bristol Stomp - The Dovells
4: Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp
5: You Can't Sit Down - The Dovells
6: The Third House (In from the Right) - Bobby Rydell
7: Do the Bird - Dee Dee Sharp
8: Shimmy Shimmy - The Orlons
9: The 81 - Candy and The Kisses
10: (Everybody Do) the Swim, Pt. 1 - The Marlins
Disc 2
1: The Popeye Waddle - Don Covay
2: Do the New Continental - The Dovells
3: Baby, Do the Froog (Feat. Little Bo) - The Dardenelles
4: Rocka-conga - The Applejacks
5: The Hucklebuck - Chubby Checker
6: The Mash - Tony Young and the Hippies
7: Mexican Hat Rock - The Applejacks
8: The Cha-cha-cha - Bobby Rydell
9: When You Dance - The Turbans
10: Everybody South Street - The Taffys
11: Twistin' U.S.A. - Chubby Checker