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Best of 1959-1963
Chubby Checker
Best of 1959-1963
Genres: Pop, R&B, Rock
 
Chubby Checker, The Best of Chubby Checker: Cameo Parkway 1959-1963

     
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All Artists: Chubby Checker
Title: Best of 1959-1963
Members Wishing: 6
Total Copies: 0
Label: Abkco
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 10/18/2005
Genres: Pop, R&B, Rock
Style: Oldies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 018771922520

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Chubby Checker, The Best of Chubby Checker: Cameo Parkway 1959-1963

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Finally...The Original Recordings
Steve Vrana | Aurora, NE | 10/20/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Why it took Cameo Parkway so long to release this muisc on CD is unclear to me, but it's nice to have the original recordings finally released after being unavailable for decades.



This 24-track collection presents 18 of his 21 hits that he recorded for the label. [The only missing hits are "Twenty Miles" (#15, 1963) and "Lazy Elsie Molly" and "Let's Do the Freddie" (both peaked at #40 in 1964).]



Checker's best known song is, of course, "The Twist." The song was so popular, it is the only song to reach No. 1 on the pop chart in nonconsecutive years (1960 and 1962). He also had million-sellers with "Let's Twist Again" and "Limbo Rock." Additional dance craze top ten hits included "Pony Time," "The Fly," "Popeye (The Hitchhiker)" and a duet with labelmate Dee Dee Sharp on "Slow Twistin'." Checker also had a holiday hit with labelmate Bobby Rydell on "Jingle Bell Rock."



My only quarrel with this collection is the sequencing. It should have been in chronological order, starting with his 1959 debut "The Class." And if you aren't going to do that, at least start with his signature song, "The Twist," not 1962's "Dancin' Party." With that aside, this is an enjoyable collection of dance songs. No serious lyrical content, just plain fun music. RECOMMENDED"
Finally, the real deal!
Paul Warren | Farmington Hills, MI United States | 10/18/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I know you've been waiting 20+ years, like me, to find a CD with Chubby's ORIGINAL hit recordings. The wait is finally over. You can now toss out all those various old and woefully inferior "Greatest Hits" and "Best Of" Chubby Checker re-recordings in your CD collection that have proliferated the market for too many years. This disc has the hits the way you remember them (or the way you younger fans should hear them the first time) and some B-sides that should please most collectors. I give it 5 stars for containing a total of 24 selections and decent liner notes for a bargain price."
It's a shame this doesn't include all his top 40 hits...
Reader | Toronto, Ontario Canada | 12/03/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)

"After waiting 20 years for Chubby Checker's original cameo-parkway hits to appear on cd, why did they have to leave off three of this top 40 hits? Too bad. I guess I STILL have to keep my old vinyl copies of the three missing songs: "Twenty Miles", "Lazy Elsie Molly", and "Let's Do the Freddie".



I would have rather had these than tracks that weren't hits (like "Toot" whose background music sounds like "Short Shorts" by the Royal Teens"."