Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk

Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk
Studio album by Bill Doggett
Released	1956
Recorded	May 19, 1954, January 12 & June 16, 1956, September 18 and October 12 & 29, 1956
Studio	Cincinnati, OH and New York City, NY
Length	34:22
Label	King King 531
Bill Doggett chronology
As You Desire Me (1956) Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk (1956) Dame Dreaming (1957)

Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk is an album by American organist Bill Doggett released by the King label in 1956. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated "This hugely influential jazz-laced R&B quartet plays their classic two-part instrumentals and several more groovers". ^[4]

Track listing

1. "Honky Tonk (Part 1)" (Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 3:04
2. "Honky Tonk (Part 2)" (Doggett, Butler, Scott, Shepherd) – 2:36
3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:54
4. "Afternoon Jump" (B. Red Ellis) – 2:51
5. "Peacock Alley" (Butler) – 2:36
6. "Big Boy" (Bill Jennings) – 3:08
7. "Slow Walk" (Sil Austin) – 2:34
8. "Nothin' Yet" (Ellis) – 3:41
9. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 2:44
10. "Honky Tonk Number Three" (Doggett, Butler, Scott, Shepherd) – 2:44
11. "Leaps and Bounds" (Scott, Ellis, Butler, Shepherd) – 5:30

• Recorded in Cincinnati, OH on May 19, 1954 (track 4), September 18, 1956 (track 11), October 12, 1956 (tracks 5 & 10) and October 29, 1956 (tracks 6-8), and New York City, NY on January 12, 1956 (track 9), June 16, 1956 (tracks 1-3)

Personnel

Source: ^[3]

• Bill Doggett – organ
• Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-11)
• Irving "Skinny" Brown – tenor saxophone (track 4)
• Clifford Bush (track 4), Billy Butler (tracks 1-3 & 5-11), John Faire (tracks 5-8, 10 & 11) – guitar
• Edwyn Conley (tracks 5-8 & 10), Al Lucas (track 9), Carl Pruitt (tracks 1-3), Clarence Mack (track 4) - bass
• Shep Shepherd – drums
• Tommy Brown – vocals, maracas, claves (tracks 6-8)

References

1. Both Sides Now: King/Federal/DeLuxe Discography, Part 2: Main LP Series 500-599 accessed July 1, 2019
2. LP Discography: Bill Doggett accessed July 1, 2019
3. King Records Discography: King LP531 accessed July 1, 2019
4. Dahl, Bill. Bill Doggett: Everybody Dance to the Honky Tonk – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 1, 2019.