The Cameo-Parkway Catalogue Is Celebrated With New Digitial Collections

From Second Disc.com:

You just can’t sit down when one of those Cameo-Parkway classics comes on the stereo. Cameo Records – launched by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, the team that penned the Elvis hip-shaker “Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear” – and its sister label Parkway dominated the pop charts from 1958 to 1967 with dance crazes like “The Twist” and “The Wah-Watusi” as well as hits by the likes of Bobby Rydell, The Orlons, The Dovells, Dee Dee Sharp, Don Covay, Evie Sands, and of course, Twist king Chubby Checker. Now, ABKCO will revisit the Cameo-Parkway catalogue [[plus a couple tracks from subsidiary labels Good Times and Fairmount) with a new three-part series of digital compilations, all due June 19.

The first, Dancin’ Party: The Chubby Checker Collection 1960 – 1966, is touted as “the definitive set of tunes” from Checker’s classic era. In those six years, Chubby Checker established himself as the most successful on the label’s roster. Sure, there was the landmark dance classic “The Twist” and its sequel song “Let’s Twist Again,” but Dancin’ Party also highlights fifteen other Top 40 hits, ten of which hit the Top 20. You can enjoy one such success, “Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo,” here. [[Completists might note that ABKCO’s 2005 CD release The Best of Chubby Checker had 24 tracks vs. the 21 on this set.)

Also due on June 19 is a set called You Can’t Sit Down: Cameo Parkway Dance Crazes 1958-1964 , featuring some of the most enduring sides from the Cameo-Parkway catalogue, songs that still get the hips shaking and the feet on the dance floor. The 22-track collection features Checker again, plus the likes of Bobby Rydell [[“The Cha-Cha-Cha”), The Orlons [[“The Wah-Watusi”), The Dovells [[“Bristol Stomp”), and Dee Dee Sharp [[“Mashed Potato Time”). Just try keeping still when you listen to The Dovells’ “You Can’t Sit Down,” available here to preview.


The final set – You Got The Power: Cameo Parkway Northern Soul 1964 -1967 – spotlights the soul classics that would make up the soundtrack to Britain’s Northern Soul movement. These include crate-digger favorites that received a cult-like following across the pond decades after they were released. Among the collection’s 20 floor-fillers are recordings by Frankie Beverly & The Butlers, Bunny Sigler, The Orlons, Evie Sands, Candy and the Kisses, Christine Cooper, and Eddie Holman. Check out a preview with “Who Do You Think You Are” by The Soul City, available at this link.

For more details & track lisitngs, click below.

https://theseconddisc.com/2020/06/03...l-collections/

Would LOVE to see the You Got The Power: Cameo Parkway Northern Soul 1964-1967set available on CD someday. 16 of the 20 tracks were not on the Cameo-Parkway box set - one of those being among very favorite Cameo-Parkway recordings: "You Didn't Say A Word" by Yvonne Baker.

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Originally Posted by Motown Eddie

From Second Disc.com:

You just can’t sit down when one of those Cameo-Parkway classics comes on the stereo. Cameo Records – launched by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, the team that penned the Elvis hip-shaker “Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear” – and its sister label Parkway dominated the pop charts from 1958 to 1967 with dance crazes like “The Twist” and “The Wah-Watusi” as well as hits by the likes of Bobby Rydell, The Orlons, The Dovells, Dee Dee Sharp, Don Covay, Evie Sands, and of course, Twist king Chubby Checker. Now, ABKCO will revisit the Cameo-Parkway catalogue [[plus a couple tracks from subsidiary labels Good Times and Fairmount) with a new three-part series of digital compilations, all due June 19.

The first, Dancin’ Party: The Chubby Checker Collection 1960 – 1966, is touted as “the definitive set of tunes” from Checker’s classic era. In those six years, Chubby Checker established himself as the most successful on the label’s roster. Sure, there was the landmark dance classic “The Twist” and its sequel song “Let’s Twist Again,” but Dancin’ Party also highlights fifteen other Top 40 hits, ten of which hit the Top 20. You can enjoy one such success, “Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo,” here. [[Completists might note that ABKCO’s 2005 CD release The Best of Chubby Checker had 24 tracks vs. the 21 on this set.)

Also due on June 19 is a set called You Can’t Sit Down: Cameo Parkway Dance Crazes 1958-1964 , featuring some of the most enduring sides from the Cameo-Parkway catalogue, songs that still get the hips shaking and the feet on the dance floor. The 22-track collection features Checker again, plus the likes of Bobby Rydell [[“The Cha-Cha-Cha”), The Orlons [[“The Wah-Watusi”), The Dovells [[“Bristol Stomp”), and Dee Dee Sharp [[“Mashed Potato Time”). Just try keeping still when you listen to The Dovells’ “You Can’t Sit Down,” available here to preview.


The final set – You Got The Power: Cameo Parkway Northern Soul 1964 -1967 – spotlights the soul classics that would make up the soundtrack to Britain’s Northern Soul movement. These include crate-digger favorites that received a cult-like following across the pond decades after they were released. Among the collection’s 20 floor-fillers are recordings by Frankie Beverly & The Butlers, Bunny Sigler, The Orlons, Evie Sands, Candy and the Kisses, Christine Cooper, and Eddie Holman. Check out a preview with “Who Do You Think You Are” by The Soul City, available at this link.

For more details & track lisitngs, click below.

https://theseconddisc.com/2020/06/03...l-collections/

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I really wish they would release the missing albums by The Orlons, Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp and Bobby Rydell that have not been released on cd yet.