The Twist/Rock Around The Clock/Blueberry Hill/Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On/Ballin’ The Jack/Twistin’ USA/ Let’s Twist Again/Hound Dog/Mexican Hat Trick/The Hucklebuck/Mister Twister/I Could Have Danced All Night
Your Twist Party was a compilation LP that gave the King of the Twist Chubby Checker his highest chart album placing. As well as many dance tracks it includes his interpretations of some classic rock & roll tunes. (US:2)
“This record is a compilation of tracks from his first, second and fifth albums. It includes the original hit, the follow-up Let's Twist Again, and a bunch of other mostly interchangeable novelties and twistified standards. Perhaps the most interesting is Mister Twister, because of the humorous spoken interludes.”
“A magnificent novelty item to have on the shelf The Twist and Let's Twist Again are OK, if you can mentally separate them from the ridiculous craze they fuelled. The rest are a mix of competent but unnecessary covers and more attempts to milk the Twist phenomenon.”
“The folks at Philadelphia based Parkway Records took a competent R & B singer named Ernest Evans, rechristened him Chubby Checker, and recorded a carbon copy of an obscure 1958 tune by Hank Ballard called The Twist. The record went on to spawn one of the largest dance crazes of the 20th century, and pretty much pegged Checker as a one-trick pony for the rest of his career.”
“The mood is light, buoyant, and fun throughout, as anyone familiar with any of Checker's singles would assume.”
“King of the Twist is a good description. The tracks are all very good dance tracks.”
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