'' Twist with Steve Alaimo'' is a studio album recorded by

Steve Alaimo Stephen Charles Alaimo (December 6, 1939 – November 30, 2024) was an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s. He later became a record producer and label owner, but he is perhaps best known for hosting and co-producing Dick Clar ...

and released in 1961. The name of the album and several of the songs capitalize on the dance craze of the Twist although others are covers of songs previously made popular by other artists.

Track listing

Side 1

# " The Twist" (

Hank Ballard Hank Ballard (born John Henry Kendricks; November 18, 1927 – March 2, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of the Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. He played an inte ...

) # "

Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" (also known as "There's a Thrill on The Hill") is a 1960 pop and R&B single written by Hank Ballard and performed by Hank Ballard and The Midnighters. Chart performance The single was the last of the Midnighters' th ...

" (Hank Ballard) # "Good Good Lovin'" (Harold Brown, Albert Shubert) # "I've Got It!" (Steve Alaimo, Maynard) # " Do the Mashed Potatoes" (Dessie Rozier) # " Lucille" ( Richard Wayne Penniman)

Side 2

# " Boppin' the Blues" (

Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)#nytimesobit, Pareles. was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennes ...

, Curly Griffin) # "The Hoochie Coochie Coo" (Hank Ballard, Billie Myles) # "

Let's Twist Again "Let's Twist Again" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker. One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached No. 8 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' pop chart (No. 3 on ''Cash Box'') in August of that ...

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Kal Mann Kal Mann (born Kalman Cohen; May 6, 1917 – November 28, 2001)
- accessed June 2010 was an American

Dave Appell David Appell (March 24, 1922 – November 18, 2014) was an American musician, arranger and record producer born in Philadelphia. Career Appell (pronounced "AP-el") is associated mainly with the Cameo-Parkway record label, in whose history he ...

) # "Do the Hully Gully" (

Jesse Stone Jesse Stone may refer to: People * Jesse Stone (musician) (1901–1999) was an American musician and songwriter, also known as Charles Calhoun. * Jesse Stone (Wisconsin politician) (1836–1902), Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1899 to 1902 ...

) # " This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'" (

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed Pop music, pop, Swing music, swing, Folk music, folk, rock and roll, and country music. Darin started ...

Mann Curtis Manny Curtis (born Emanuel Kurtz; November 15, 1911 – December 6, 1984) was an American songwriter. He wrote the lyrics for over 250 songs, including " In a Sentimental Mood" (1935) and " Let It Be Me" (1957). He was born in Brooklyn, New York, ...

) # "Twist All Night" (Steve Alaimo, Jesse Stone)

References

* 1961 debut albums Steve Alaimo albums Albums produced by Leonard Chess Checker Records albums {{1960s-pop-album-stub