Joey Dee & the Starliters

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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
US 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
DE DE UK UK US US
1961 Peppermint Twist
Doin 'the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge 		- UK33 (8 weeks)
UK 		US1 (18 weeks)
US
Authors: Henry Glover, Joey Dee
1962 Hey, Let's Twist
Hey, Let's Twist! 		- - US20 (6 weeks)
US
Authors: Henry Glover, Joey Dee, Morris Levy
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
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
No no
single track 		DE18 (8 weeks)
DE 		- -
Joey Dee with Fats and His Cats
Dance, Dance, Dance
Surfin '1 		- - US89 (3 weeks)
US
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

  1. ↑ a b The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums / Joey Dee with Fats and His Cats - No No

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