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The Chronological Bill Doggett 1954 Classics (Blues & Rhythm Series) 5175 (2006) Honky Tonk Popcorn Beat Goes Public/BGP CDBGPD-249 (2012) reissue of King 1078 plus 5 bonus tracks. Everybody Dance The Honky Tonk/Doggett Beat For Dancing Feet Soul Jam 806174 (2019) 2LP-on-1CD
"Honky Tonk" is an instrumental written by Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, and Shep Shepherd. Doggett recorded it as a two-part single in 1956. [ 2 ] It became Doggett's signature piece and a standard recorded by many other performers.
Honky Tonk (Part 1)" (Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 3:04 "Honky Tonk (Part 2)" (Doggett, Butler, Scott, Shepherd) – 2:36 "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:54 "Afternoon Jump" (B. Red Ellis) – 2:51 "Peacock Alley" (Butler) – 2:36 "Big Boy" (Bill Jennings) – 3:08
The twelve-bar blues instrumental "Honky Tonk" by the Bill Doggett Combo, with a sinuous saxophone line and driving, slow beat, was an early rock and roll hit. New Orleans native Fats Domino was another honky-tonk piano man, whose "Blueberry Hill" and "Walkin' to New Orleans" were hits on the popular music charts.
[5] [6] The song's spell leading the jockeys chart was the year's longest unbroken run at number one on any of the charts; the highest total number of weeks atop any one chart was achieved by Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2)", which spent 13 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the best sellers listing.
With Bill Doggett. Moon Dust (King 395–502, 1956) Hot Doggett (King 395–514, 1956) As You Desire Me (King 395–523, 1956) Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk (King 395–531, 1956) Dame Dreaming (King, 1957) A Salute to Ellington (King, 1957) Doggett Beat for Dancing Feet (King, 1957) Candle Glow (King 563, 1958) Swingin' Easy (King 582, 1958)
In 1955 he began working with Bill Doggett, and was a prominent soloist on many of Doggett's most famous recordings, including "Honky Tonk". He also recorded as a leader in the late 1950s and early 1960s and worked as a session musician for rock, pop, and R&B recordings.
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