Joey Dee & the Starliters
Joey Dee & the Starliters was an American musical group from the early 1960s.
history
Joey Dee (born June 11, 1940 in Passaic , New Jersey; actually Joseph DiNicola ) founded the band in 1958. From 1960, the formation appeared regularly in the New York dance club "Peppermint Lounge", which developed into a place to go for twist fans. Joey took advantage of this and together with Henry Glover wrote the track Peppermint Twist , which became a number one hit and million seller . The accompanying live album Doin 'the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge took second place in the album charts for six weeks .
Due to this success, the band also appeared in various music films such as Hey Let's Twist and Vive le twist . Dee also discovered aspiring musicians early on. In 1963 he hired the pianist Little Willie Littlefield , the guitarist Gene Cornish and the organist Felix Cavaliere for his group. The latter two later founded the Young Rascals . In the spring of 1966 - before Chas Chandler discovered him and signed him - Jimi Hendrix also played briefly with the Starliters.
Members (original cast)
- Joseph "Joey Dee" DiNicola
- Carlton Latimor
- Willie Davis
- Larry Vernieri
- David Brigati
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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US | |||
1962 | Doin 'the twist at the Peppermint Lounge |
US2 (40 weeks) US |
Live album; Producer: Henry Glover
First published: 1961 |
Hey, let's twist! |
US18 (23 weeks) US |
Soundtrack to Twist ... that the skirts fly
First published: 1961 |
|
Back at the Peppermint Lounge / Twistin ' |
US97 (7 weeks) US |
Live album
|
More albums
- 1962: The Peppermint Twisters
- 1962: All the World Is Twistin '!
- 1962: Two Tickets to Paris
- 1966: Hitsville!
Compilations
- 1964: Portrait of Joey Dee
- 1970: Rock Story - Vol. 3
- 1979: The Story of Rock and Roll
- 1990: Hey Let's Twist! The Best of Joey Dee and the Starliters
EPs
- 1961: Ya Ya
- 1962: Todo el mundo baila twist
- 1962: Peppermint Twist
- 1962: Hey Let's Twist! Volume 1
- 1962: Twistin 'with Joey Dee! Volume II
- 1962: Twistin 'at the Peppermint Lounge with Joey Dee! Volume III
- 1963: All the World Is Twistin 'with Joey Dee
- 1963: Surfin '1
- 1963: Surfin '2
- 1966: Guantanamera
- 1967: Guantanamera / Reach Out I'll Be There / Land of a 1,000 Dances / Black Is Black
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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DE | UK | US | |||
1961 |
Peppermint Twist Doin 'the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge |
- |
UK33 (8 weeks) UK |
US1 (18 weeks) US |
Authors: Henry Glover, Joey Dee
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1962 | Hey, Let's Twist Hey, Let's Twist! |
- | - |
US20 (6 weeks) US |
Authors: Henry Glover, Joey Dee, Morris Levy
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Roly Poly Hey, Let's Twist! |
- | - |
US74 (3 weeks) US |
||
Shout - Part I Hey, Let's Twist! |
- | - |
US6 (12 weeks) US |
||
Ya Ya Back at the Peppermint Lounge / Twistin ' |
DE4 (32 weeks) DE |
- | - | ||
What Kind of Love Is This Two Tickets to Paris |
- | - |
US18 (10 weeks) US |
||
Hello Josephine Back at the Peppermint Lounge / Twistin ' |
DE42 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - | ||
I Lost My Baby The Story of Rock and Roll |
- | - |
US61 (7 weeks) US |
Author: Johnny Nash
|
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1963 | Baby, You're Driving Me Crazy Hey Let's Twist! The Best of Joey Dee and the Starliters |
- | - |
US100 (1 week) US |
|
Hot Pastrami with Mashed Potatoes The Story of Rock and Roll |
DE44 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
US36 (7 weeks) US |
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No no single track |
DE18 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
Joey Dee with Fats and His Cats
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Dance, Dance, Dance Surfin '1 |
- | - |
US89 (3 weeks) US |
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1964 | Please, please, baby single track |
DE30 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
More singles
- 1960: Face of an Angel
- 1962: Everytime (I Think About You)
- 1962: Wing thing
- 1962: I Lost My Baby
- 1962: Mashed Potatoes
- 1967: Put Your Heart in It
Others
Peppermint Twist was covered on the 1974 album Sweet Fanny Adams by the group The Sweet .
swell
- ↑ a b The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums / Joey Dee with Fats and His Cats - No No
Web links
- Joey Dee at Allmusic (English)
- Joey Dee & the Starliters at Allmusic (English)
- Joey Dee & the Starliters at Discogs (English)