Billy Bland - Let the Little Girl Dance Old Town and Imperial Singles 1954-1962

JASMINE RECORDS

£10.49

Cat. no: JASMCD3161
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988316124
Release Date: 29 Oct 2021
Genre: Blues

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.

Tracks: Toy Bell / Snatchin’ Back / I Want To Be Loved / Get Away Baby / Chicken In Basket / The Fat Man / Oh, You For Me / Chicken Hop / If I Could Be Your Man / I Had A Dream / Grandmaw Gave A Party / Whats That / Let The Little Girl Dance / Sweet Thing / You Were Born To Be Loved / Pardon Me / Make Believe Lover / Harmony / Everything That Shines Ain’t Gold / Keep Talkin’ That Sweet Talk / Steady Kind / I Cross My Heart / My Heart’s On Fire / Can’t Stop Her From Dancing / Uncle Bud / Do The Bug With Me / Busy Little Boy / All I Want To Do Is Cry / I Spend My Life Loving You / Momma Stole The Chicken / Darling Won’t You Think Of Me / How Many Hearts