LET'S DO THE BOOGALOO - DOUBLE VNL - BGP2 307
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LET'S DO THE BOOGALOO - INFECTIOUS AMERICAN DANCE MUSIC THAT UNITED SOUL, JAZZ AND LATIN
Ready, Steady Go - Prince & Princess
We Got A thing That's In The Groove - The Capitols
Playing It Cool - Hector Riviera
Boogaloo #3 - Roy Lee Johnson
Block Party - Jimmy Castor
I'm Gonna Make It - Pete Terrace
What I Feel - Richie & The PS 54 School Yard
Bar-kays Boogaloo - The Bar-kays
Hector - The Village Callers
Mongo's Boogaloo - Mongo Santamaria#
Hey You! Little Boo-ga-loo - Chubby Checker
Boogaloo down Broadway - The Fantastic Johnny C
Boogaloo Zoo - Shirley Butler
Let's Do The funky Boogaloo - Barry Jones]
Boogaloo Pt 1 - The Bob & Earl Band
Bugalu - Charlie Palmieri & His Orchestra
Watusi Boogaloo - Willie Rossard
Bugaloo Party - Harold & Connie
Have Some Boogaloo - Timmy Thomas
Boogaloo Investigator - The Exotics
Funky Funky Boogaloo - Jimmy Browwn
The boogaloo is an infectious and little-defined dance that dominated American dance records in the mid-60s. It was the joyous place where young black and latin youths met and made sweet music. All previous Boogaloo compilations have focused on the latin aspect, Let's Do The Boogaloo looks at how the music crossed over between the two. The boogaloo craze started in Chicago with a record by Tom & Jerroo, but it proved to have an enduring legacy with its hit-making potential running from 1965 through to 1968 - much longer than any other comparable dance. Our earliest records - the infectious Ready Steady Go by Prince & Princess, produced by Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller - kicks us off with a frenetic beat and some latin horns. It is the perfect boogaloo crossover. Elsewhere BGP feature big sounds from both the soul and latin side of the music. Club classics by the likes of Hector Rivera and Roy Lee Johnson, and obscurities by The PS 54 School Yard and Shirley Butler. The musical aspects of this compilation hail from as far apart as Texas and Detroit and Philadelphia and LA, where BGP found the previously unreleased Bob & Earl Band Boogaloo. The extensive sleeve notes explain the story of the dance and how the music adapted to it. Bringing together the many strands and explaining what connects Chubby Checker, Charlie Palmieri, Mongo Santamaria and Jimmy Castor. This is musical and dancefloor dynamite that brought together communities, and Let's Do The Boogaloo is the definitive compilation from the genre. Available on CD and double LP.
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