Joe Houston, Doin' The Twist (1962)

Joe Houston, Doin' The Twist (1962)

Tuesday's lunch record is by saxophonist Joe Houston. This album is a twist exploitation 1962 release on the budget label Crown. The hot twist craze got record companies pumping out records and labeling it with twist titles even though it is got R&B rock 'n roll recordings. The silly titles are "Doing The Twist", "Rocking The Twist", "Chitlin's Twist" "Casino Twist", "Texas Twist, Joe's Twist", "Crazy Twist, "Roy's Twist", "White House Twist", "Twisting The Twist". The YouTube sample song is "Twisting The Twist" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf9yFuIsRQ4 . . bucko