Twist of The Twist

ELO Part II is an offshoot band formed by former Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan. Those of you that think that all of ELO is nothing but Jeff Lynne please consider this album with incredible musicianship and orchestration.

AVID Pop presents the latest release in our Four Classic Albums series with a remastered 2CD release titled Let's Dance - Four Classic Albums From The Twist Era complete with original artwork, liner notes, personnel details.
"Chubby Checker: Twist with Chubby Checker"; "Joey Dee & The Starliters: Doin' The Twist At The Peppermint Lounge"; "Gary U.S. Bonds: Twist Up Calypso" and "Chubby Checker: For Your Swingin' Dancin' Party Vol 3- Let's Twist Again" plus 9 bonus tracks.

When Hank Ballard and The Midnighters recorded their song, 'The Twist' they would have had no idea what they were about to start. For what was about to happen would change dancehalls across the known world forever, welcome ladies and gentlemen to the dance phenomenon, The Twist! Here we have 50 tracks inspired by the craze that was sweeping the nation like a teenage jiggling plague and includes all the major classics such as "Let's Twist Again" and "Twistin' The Night Away". Features as you expect all the usual suspects: Chubby Checker, Sam Cooke, The Isley Brothers and the not so obvious, Frank Sinatra. So come on, roll back the carpet it's twisting time!

50 Great Dance Floor Moments Of The 60s It s1961 and the breakout of the Twist as a global trend is just the shot in the arm that the music business has been looking for in the wake of the payola scandal. The fall-out from this disturbing debacle has been far greater than anyone might imagine. Many key radio stations across the United States have panicked and changed their formats from rock & roll to quality music , with the result that listening figures have dropped away almost as fast as the advertisers.

If history has always been written by the winners, in the case of Spain's youth music of the late '50s and early '60s, it has basically been told by the records, first by the few that were actually released, and finally by the lucky ones that enjoyed certain success and critical appreciation. Set aside as marginal, the rest have been left ignored due to the debatable and apparently set in stone statement that the history of Spanish rock starts with the legendary festivals at Madrid's Price venue promoted by musician Pepe Nieto, then drummer in Los Pekenikes. Without wanting to reduce in the slightest the importance of those shows as a revitalizing element of Spain's rock scene, the start date of those famed Madrid matinees (end of 1962) doesn't respect the fact that at the end of the '50s, and at the pace that the autarkic Spanish society of the time allowed, the foreign young rhythms slowly reached the country with the healthy intention to stay and make people dance.

The newly released album "Twist & Shout: The Song That Made History" by Oldays Records is a special compilation that celebrates the evolution and impact of the iconic rock 'n' roll track "Twist and Shout." This album brings together key renditions of the song from different eras, offering music lovers a nostalgic journey through its rich history.