On The Dancefloor With A Fingersnap

Never underestimate the percussive power of the simple fingerpop. Snapping one’s digits while listening to a cool melody can be tremendously satisfying and more than a little therapeutic - and this collection will have you doing precisely that from one end of its expertly curated songstack to the other. From deep-voiced Joe Henderson’s ’62 smash Snap Your Fingers and The Coasters’ hipster streetlife vignette Three Cool Cats to Tennessee Ernie Ford’s immortal Sixteen Tons and Peggy Lee’s slinky Fever, you’ll find the whole thing hard to resist. Not every selection is as well-known as those classics - obscurities by Pat Morrissey, Al Brown & His Tunetoppers, Dean Reed, Birdie Green, and Bill Haley and His Comets are but a few of its happy surprises (and you haven’t lived until you’ve heard blues immortal B.B. King take on 16 Tons). They’re interspersed with more familiar inclusions by Ronnie Love, Connie Francis, Little Willie John, Roger Miller, LaVern Baker, and Chicago rock and roller Steve King (Satan Is Her Name) that’ll have you sharpening up your fingers in delighted anticipation of snapping along. So get ready to get cool when you drop this disc in your changer - you’ll be fingerpopping like a pro!

Tracklisting: Joe Henderson: Snap Your Fingers The Coasters: Three Cool Cats / B. B. Blues Boy King: 16 Tons / Peggy Lee: Fever / Steve Gibson and The Original Red Caps: Big Game Hunter / Little Willie John: My Nerves / Pat Morrissey: Trapped In The Web Of Love / Roger Miller: King Of The Road Connie / Francis: Fallin' / Nappy Brown: Coal Miner / Al Brown & His Tunetoppers: Sweet Little Love / Brook Benton: Hotel Happiness / Chuck Miller: Lookout Mountain / Ruth Brown: Walk With Me Lord / Hank Thompson: I Cast A Lonesome Shadow / Wynonie Harris: A Tale Of Woe / Bill Haley and His Comets: Hawk / Dr. Horse: Jack That Cat Was Clean / Ronnie Love: Chills And Fever / Dick Penner: Cindy Lou / LaVern Baker: Tiny Tim / Elvis Presley: Fever / Jimmy Dean: Sixteen Tons / Tommy Sands: Doctor Heartache / Dean Reed: Pistolero / Sanford Clark: Love Charms / The Platters: My Heart Belongs To Daddy /  Steve King and The Echelons: Satan Is Her Name / Birdie Green: Tremblin' / The Collins Kids: Heartbeat / Ben Harper: I Can't Takit No Longer