Bill Haley's Chicks

Infobox Album
Name = Rockin' the Joint
Type = studio album
Artist = Bill Haley and His Comets


Released = January 5, 1959
Recorded = February 6-7; June 9-18, 1958; New York
Genre = Rock and Roll
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Label = Decca Records
Producer = Milt Gabler
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Last album = "Rockin' the Joint" (1958)
This album = "Bill Haley's Chicks" (1959)
Next album = "Strictly Instrumental" (1959)

"Bill Haley's Chicks" was the eighth album of rock and roll recordings by Bill Haley & His Comets for Decca Records. Released in January 1959 and produced by Milt Gabler, the album was the third "theme" album Haley recorded for Decca, following "Rockin' the Oldies" (rock and roll versions of standards) and "Rockin' Around the World" (rock and roll versions of folk songs). This album is built on the theme of women's names, with each song being about a different girl. Included on the album is "Skinny Minnie", which was a major hit for the band in 1958, along with a mixture of originals and cover versions of standards and jazz songs. "Lean Jean", a song musically and thematically almost identical to "Skinny Minnie", was also a minor chart hit in 1958. The song "B.B. Betty" featured a solo vocal by Haley's steel guitar player, Billy Williamson.

Track listing

# Whoa Mabel!
# Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
# Eloise
# Dinah
# Skinny Minnie
# Mary Mary Lou
# Sweet Sue Just You
# B.B. Betty
# Charmaine
# Corrine, Corrina
# Marie
# Lean Jean

Personnel

* Bill Haley – rhythm guitar, vocals on all but 8
* Franny Beecher – lead guitar
* Billy Williamson – steel guitar, vocal on 8
* Johnny Grande – piano
* Al Rex – bass guitar
* Ralph Jones – drums
* Rudy Pompilli - tenor saxophone, clarinet on 2 [ [http://thegardnerfamily.org/haley/discography/recordings.html Bill Haley Recordings ] ]

References

External links

* [http://thegardnerfamily.org/haley/discography/products.html Bill Haley discography]