Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk
| Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | May 19, 1954, January 12 & June 16, 1956, September 18 and October 12 & 29, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Cincinnati, OH and New York City, NY | |||
| Length | 34:22 | |||
| Label | King King 531 | |||
| Bill Doggett chronology | ||||
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Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk is an album by American organist Bill Doggett released by the King label in 1956.[1][2][3]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated "This hugely influential jazz-laced R&B quartet plays their classic two-part instrumentals and several more groovers".[4]
Track listing
- "Honky Tonk (Part 1)" (Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 3:04
- "Honky Tonk (Part 2)" (Doggett, Butler, Scott, Shepherd) – 2:36
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:54
- "Afternoon Jump" (B. Red Ellis) – 2:51
- "Peacock Alley" (Butler) – 2:36
- "Big Boy" (Bill Jennings) – 3:08
- "Slow Walk" (Sil Austin) – 2:34
- "Nothin' Yet" (Ellis) – 3:41
- "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 2:44
- "Honky Tonk Number Three" (Doggett, Butler, Scott, Shepherd) – 2:44
- "Leaps and Bounds" (Scott, Ellis, Butler, Shepherd) – 5:30
- Recorded in Cincinnati, OH on May 19, 1954 (track 4), September 18, 1956 (track 11), October 12, 1956 (tracks 5 & 10) and October 29, 1956 (tracks 6-8), and New York City, NY on January 12, 1956 (track 9), June 16, 1956 (tracks 1-3)
Personnel
Source:[3]
- Bill Doggett – organ
- Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-11)
- Irving "Skinny" Brown – tenor saxophone (track 4)
- Clifford Bush (track 4), Billy Butler (tracks 1-3 & 5-11), John Faire (tracks 5-8, 10 & 11) – guitar
- Edwyn Conley (tracks 5-8 & 10), Al Lucas (track 9), Carl Pruitt (tracks 1-3), Clarence Mack (track 4) - bass
- Shep Shepherd – drums
- Tommy Brown – vocals, maracas, claves (tracks 6-8)
References
- ^ Both Sides Now: King/Federal/DeLuxe Discography, Part 2: Main LP Series 500-599 accessed July 1, 2019
- ^ LP Discography: Bill Doggett accessed July 1, 2019
- ^ a b King Records Discography: King LP531 accessed July 1, 2019
- ^ AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2019.