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What The Heck!
Bennett, Joe & The Sparkletones
What The Heck!
Bennett, Joe & The Sparkletones
With this CD album 'What The Heck!' by Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones, Bear Family Records® presents the complete recordings of the early rockers from Spartanburg, South Carolina, a decade later one of the strongholds of Southern Rock. -They were all young teenagers when they made rock 'n' roll history in 1957 with Black Slacks, a true rock smash and chart success! -Bennett played a rousing lead guitar and sang in tandem with rhythm guitarist Howard 'Sparky' Childress; bassist Wayne Arthur and drummer Jimmy 'Sticks' Denton formed the powerful rhythm section. -The previously released 10"LP on Bear Family (BAF14013) features Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones' best rockers - this CD now delivers everything, from their earliest recordings through the rare '65 ABC single and the recordings released on Spanish EPs in 1964, to an appearance on Nat 'King' Cole's TV program. -Carefully restored recordings; extensive liner notes by Chicago music journalist and historian Bill Dahl tell the story of this young band. 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, incl. 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 COMPLETE JOE BENNETT & THE SPARKLETONES
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | September 16, 2022 |
EAN/UPC | 4000127176325 |
Label | BEAR FAMILY BFY17632.2 |
Genre | Rock Rockabilly/Psychobilly |
Dimensions | 126 × 139 × 9 mm · 108 g |
Track list
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- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Black Slacks
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Boppin' Rock Boogie
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Penny Loafers and Bobby Sox
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Rocket
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Let's Go Rock & Roll
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Number One on My Love List
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Cotton Pickin' Rocker
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - I Dig You Baby
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Maybe Baby
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Little Turtle
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - We've Had It
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Do the Stop
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Late Again
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Late Again (Alternate Versi
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Bayou Rock
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Beautiful One
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Boys Do Cry
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Boys Do Cry (Alternate Vers
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - What the Heck
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Are You from Dixie
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Softly
- Karina Con Los Jaguars - No Esta Bien (She's a Fool)
- Karina Con Los Jaguars - La Misma Playa
- Karina Con Los Jaguars - Hully Gully Boy
- Karina Con Los Jaguars - Vaya Vaya (Lawdy, Lawdy)
- Joe & the Jaguars - Si Tuviera Un Martillo
- Joe & the Jaguars - La Hora
- Joe & the Jaguars - Kansas City
- Joe & the Jaguars - Memphis
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - De Nada
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - La Cancion Del Gato Tom (Th
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Toodle Ooo
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Osito De Trapo (The Teddy B
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Run Rabbit Run
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Well Dressed Man
- Billy & Eddie - the King is Coming Back
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Rocket (Nat King Cole Show)
- Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Black Slacks (Nat King Cole