Atomic Age Cocktail Party

Playful Percussions (148)

 
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There was a time in the late 1950s and early 1960s when percussion records were all the rage. All those albums that leaned heavily on bongos, drums, and other percussion instruments. We can't get enough of them. So, on the program this week, we take another look at all those great ping-ponging stereophonic percussion records from the era. We’ll hear from Enoch Light & The Light Brigade, The Frank Barber Percussion Ensemble, Terry Snyder, and many more.

Playlist

Title Artist Album
Provocative Percussion Enoch Light & The Light Brigade Provocative Percussion Vol. 3
Johnny One Note Ted Heath Big Band Percussion
Speak Low Bob Ronsengarden and Phil Kraus Percussion Playful And Pretty
I Got Rhythm Don Ralke & His Orchestra But You've Never Heard Gershwin With Bongos
Mambo Italiano John Evans Exotic Percussion And Brilliant Brass
That's A Plenty The Percussive Art Ensemble Re-Percussion
The Chimes of Swing David Carroll Percussion In Hi-Fi
Tootey Flutey Rolley Polley Mad Drums
The Breeze and I Terry Snyder Persuasive Percussion
C'est Si Bon Los Admiradores Bongos, Flutes, Guitars
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart Milt Rogers The Ultimate In Percussion
Who's Sorry Now Chuck Sagle and His Orchestra Ping Pong Percussion
I Dig Les Baxter Les Baxter's Teen Drums
Way Out In 3 The Frank Barber Percussion Ensemble Percussion In Colour
Baia Stanley Black Exotic Percussion
Baubles, Bongos, and Brass Hollywood Allstars Moving Percussion In Pops
Carioca Clyde Borly and his Percussions Music In 5 Dimensions
Standing on the Corner Frankie Capp Percussion Group rankly Percussion - Music By Frank Loesser