What The Heck! - Joe & The Sparkletones Bennett - Audio CD (Arrives in 20 days)

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

1. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Black Slacks
2. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Boppin' Rock Boogie
3. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Penny Loafers and Bobby Sox
4. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Rocket
5. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Let's Go Rock & Roll
6. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Number One On My Love List
7. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Cotton Pickin' Rocker
8. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - I Dig You Baby
9. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Maybe Baby
10. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Little Turtle
11. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - We've Had It
12. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Do the Stop
13. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Late Again
14. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Late Again (Alternate Versi
15. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Bayou Rock
16. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Beautiful One
17. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Boys Do Cry
18. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Boys Do Cry (Alternate Vers
19. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - What the Heck
20. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Are You From Dixie
21. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Softly
22. Karina Con Los Jaguars - No Esta Bien (She's a Fool)
23. Karina Con Los Jaguars - La Misma Playa
24. Karina Con Los Jaguars - Hully Gully Boy
25. Karina Con Los Jaguars - Vaya Vaya (Lawdy, Lawdy)
26. Joe & the Jaguars - Si Tuviera Un Martillo
27. Joe & the Jaguars - La Hora
28. Joe & the Jaguars - Kansas City
29. Joe & the Jaguars - Memphis
30. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - De Nada
31. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - La Cancion Del Gato Tom (Th
32. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Toodle Ooo
33. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Osito De Trapo (the Teddy B
34. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Run Rabbit Run
35. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Well Dressed Man
36. Billy & Eddie - the King is Coming Back
37. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Rocket (Nat King Cole Show)
38. Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Black Slacks (Nat King Cole

Label: Bear Family | Origin: Holland

📌 The Complete Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones