Bland,Billy Let The Little Girl Dance: Old Town & Imperial CD

Here are 32 rock and soul tracks by the great '50s star, Billy Bland who began his career in the vocal group, The Bees and it's The Bees who open this collection with "Toy Bell" which is the original version of Chuck Berry's biggest hit, "My Ding-A-Ling". Billy had one great hit record, "Let The Little Girl Dance" which was an American top 10 and British top 20 hit in 1960. Despite never having another hit of that magnitude he did chart on several other occasions with, "You Were Born to be Loved", "Pardon Me", "Harmony", "My Heart's on Fire", "Can't Stop Her From Dancing" and "Do The Bug With Me" which are all featured here. Despite his brief career he later enjoyed some major popularity on the 1970s rock and roll revival scene when several of his singles like "Chicken Hop" became dancefloor favourites. Fully detailed liner notes.

1. Toy Bell 2. SnatchinÆ Back 3. I Want To Be Loved 4. Get Away Baby 5. Chicken In Basket 6. The Fat Man 7. Oh, You For Me 8. Chicken Hop 9. If I Could Be Your Man 10. I Had A Dream 11. Grandmaw Gave A Party 12. Whats That 13. Let The Little Girl Dance 14. Sweet Thing 15. You Were Born To Be Loved 16. Pardon Me 17. Make Believe Lover 18. Harmony 19. Everything That Shines AinÆt Gold 20. Keep TalkinÆ That Sweet Talk 21. Steady Kind 22. I Cross My Heart 23. My HeartÆs On Fire 24. CanÆt Stop Her From Dancing 25. Uncle Bud 26. Do The Bug With Me 27. Busy Little Boy 28. All I Want To Do Is Cry 29. I Spend My Life Loving You 30. Momma Stole The Chicken 31. Darling WonÆt You Think Of Me 32. How Many Hearts