Doggett Beat for Dancing Feet

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Doggett Beat for Dancing Feet
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Studio album by
Bill Doggett
Released1957
RecordedDecember 16, 1953, May 19, 1954, January 12 & December 21, 1956, February 12, May 9 & July 17, 1957
StudioChicago, Illinois; New York City, New York; Cincinnati, Ohio
Length31:38
Label King
King 557
Bill Doggett chronology
A Salute to Ellington
(1957)		Doggett Beat for Dancing Feet
(1957)		 Candle Glow
(1958)

Doggett Beat for Dancing Feet is an album by American organist Bill Doggett released by the King label in 1957. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic reviewer Bill Dhal stated "Doggett's fatback organ cooks in tandem with Butler's licks and Scott's sax". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Soft" (Tiny Bradshaw) – 2:33
  2. "And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) – 2:40
  3. "Ding Dong" (Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott) – 3:06
  4. "Honey" (Seymour Simons, Haven Gillespie, Richard A. Whiting) – 2:31
  5. "Easy" (Doggett, Danny Small) – 2:33
  6. "Hammer Head" (Doggett, Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 2:58
  7. "Ram-Bunk-Shush" (Jimmy Mundy, Lucky Millinder) – 2:36
  8. "Chloe" (Niel Moret, Gus Kahn) 2:57
  9. "Hot Ginger" (Doggett, Scott) – 2:47
  10. "King Bee" (Doggett) — 2:42
  11. "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" (María Grever, Stanley Adams) – 2:57
  12. "Shindig" (Henry Glover) – 2:24

Personnel

Source: [3]

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