Bennett,Joe & The Sparkletones What The Heck - The Complete Joe Bennett & The CD

With this CD album 'What The Heck!' by Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones, Bear Family Records½ 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 Records½ 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

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