Provocative Percussion
1959 studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade
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Provocative Percussion is a studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade, also known as the Command All-Stars. It was released in 1959 on Command Records (catalog no. RS 806-SD).[1][2] The album cover artwork is by abstract painter Josef Albers, like its predecessor.
| Provocative Percussion | ||||
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| Studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Label | Command | |||
| Producer | Enoch Light | |||
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Provocative Percussion debuted on the Billboard magazine pop album chart on January 25, 1960, held the No. 2 spot for five weeks, and remained on the chart for 69 weeks.[3]
AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars. Reviewer Lindsay Planer called it "a highly recommended kitsch-classic."[4]
Track listing
- Side A
- "You're the Top" (Cole Porter) [2:34]
- "Somebody Loves Me" (Gershwin, DeSylva, MacDonald) [2:42]
- "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Mercer) [4:12]
- "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" (Farres) [2:35]
- "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) [2:50]
- "Fascinating Rhythm" (Gershwin) [2:35]
- Side B
- "S'Wonderful" (Gershwin) [2:18]
- "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Mills, Bigard) [2:51]
- "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Razaf, Brook, Waller) [3:19]
- "The Man I Love" (Gershwin) [2:35]
- "Song of India" (N. Rimsky-Korsakoff) [3:12]
- "Mad About the Boy" (Coward) [2:48]
Credits
- Bobby Byrne
- Charles Magnante
- Bob Haggart
- Tony Mottola
- Willie Rodriguez
- Moe Wechsler
- Urbie Green
- Terry Snyder
- Pee Wee Erwin
- Artie Marotti
- Dominic Cortese
- Ezelle Watson
- Russ Banzer
- Stanley Webb
- Milt Yaner
- Leonard Calderon
- George Dessinger
- Bernie Kaufman[1]