On The Dancefloor With A Twist Again: 23 / Various On The Dancefloor With A Twist Again: 23 / Various CD

EU collection. Last year's On The Dancefloor With a Twist compilation was so much fun that it's time for round two! It's another jam-packed tribute to the dance sensation that swept the globe during the early '60s, containing 23 more workouts that'll have you lacing your Twist shoes up tight. Naturally, the originators of The Twist, Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, are liberally represented with two more stellar examples of their historic invention (Do You Know How To Twist and Mr. Twister). The Isley Brothers' classic Twist And Shout and The Marvelettes' Twistin' Postman are here as well. But plenty of singers not usually associated with dance also turn up, including Louis Prima and his deadpan distaff partner Keely Smith, Connie Francis, Linda Hopkins, and Billy Riley (as Darron Lee). Guitar wizards Dick Dale, Wild Jimmy Spruill, and Phil Baugh peel off red-hot licks in service of their Twist instrumentals; even Chicago bluesmen Freddy King and Smokey Smothers jumped into the craze. Included too is the second half of Paul Livert & The Lions' epic Chicken Twist, which took up the entirety of Side 2 of their 1962 album.

1. Louis Prima with Sam Butera ; the Witnesses - Better Twist Now Baby 2. Keely Smith - Twistin' the Night Away 3. Wild Jimmy Spruill - Scratch'n Twist 4. Linda Hopkins - Mama's Doin' the Twist 5. Darron Lee - Everybody's Twisting 6. Billy Adams - Memphis Twist 7. Phil Baugh - Bumble Twist 8. Chuck Dallis - Moon Twist 9. Hank Ballard ; the Midniters - Do You Know How to Twist 10. The Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout 11. Clay Cole - Twist Around the Clock 12. Howie Casey ; the Seniors - Twist at the Top 13. Tony Sheridan ; the Beat Brothers - Let's Twist Again 14. The Marvelettes - Twistin' Postman 15. Smokey Smothers - Twist with Me Annie 16. The Sprouts - Twisting on Bandstand 17. Dick Dale ; the Del-Tones - Miserlou Twist 18. Connie Francis - Mr. Twister 19. Hank Ballard ; the Midniters - Miss Twister 20. The Cajun Trio - Cajun Twist 21. Freddy King - the Bossa Nova Watusi Twist 22. Paul Livert ; the Lions - Chicken Twist -Part II 23. Robby Lawrence - the Twist to End All Twists