Land of 1000 Dances [Ace] (1999)

About this title: Thirty-song compilation of big and small hits from 1958-1965 based around a rock & roll dance. Although it's imperfect and the smaller, more obscure hits simply aren't as good as the familiar smashes, it's about as good an anthology of the sort as you're going to get, due to the length and quality of the presentation. How to argue with "The Loco-Motion," "Ride Your Pony," "Peppermint Twist," "Walking the Dog," "Cool Jerk," "Twist and Shout," "The Monkey Time," "The Nitty Gritty," "Let's Dance," "The Walk," "The Monster Mash," "The Stroll," and Cannibal and the Headhunters' version of "Land of ... read more

Tracks:

1. Harlem Shuffle [Nelson/Relf]
2. The Loco-Motion [Goffin/King]
3. The Continental Walk [Berry/Covay]
4. Hanky Panky [Barry/Greenwich]
5. Hippy Hippy Shake [Romero]
6. Twist and Shout [Medley/Russell]
7. The Shag (Is Totally Cool) [Flood/Foster]
8. Limbo Rock [Sheldon/Strange]
9. The Madison [Brown]
10. Cool Jerk [Storball]
11. The Monkey Time [Mayfield]
12. The Duck [Nelson/Smith]
13. Willie and the Hand Jive [Otis]
14. Walking the Dog [Thomas]
15. The Watusi [Johnson/Hall/Temple]
16. Mashed Potatoes [Rozier]
17. Monster Mash [Pickett/Capizzi]
18. The Stroll [Otis/Lee]
19. The Push and Kick [Rambeau/Rehak/Slay]
20. The Walk [McCracklin]
21. Peppermint Twist, Pt. 1 [Dee/Glover]
22. Hitch Hike, Pt. 1 [Russell]
23. The Freeze [Savonne/Saraceno]
24. El Watusi [Barretto]
25. Ride Your Pony [Neville]
26. C'mon and Swim [Coman/Stewart]
27. (Baby) Hully Gully [Smith/Goldsmith]
28. The Nitty Gritty [Chase]
29. Land of 1000 Dances [Kenner/Domino]
30. Let's Dance [Lee]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.