Huey Smith Piano - Having A Good Time / Twas The Night Before Christma

COLLECTOR´S DIGIPACK COLECTION2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CDINCLUDE 7 BONUS TRACKSHuey “Piano” Smith stands tall as one of the major creators of New Orleans rhythm & blues, alongside fellow legends Dr. John, Fats Domino, Ernie K-Doe, and Allen Toussaint. A great pianist, singer, composer, arranger and producer, Smith created wonderful songs that became R&B classics, which hundreds of artists would later cover. Here you can find two of the fabulous albums Huey Smith released during the peak of his music career (backed by his vocal group The Clowns): the celebrated Having a Good Time (featuring the 1957 smash “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu”), plus the underrated and long unavailable LP ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. These two long plays have been remastered and packaged together in this collector’s edition, which also contains 7 bonus tracks – including hard-to-find sides issued by the Ace and Imperial labels.PERSONNEL:HUEY “PIANO” SMITH: piano & vocals, plus:THE CLOWNS: Bobby Marchan, John “Scarface” Williams, Gerri Hall, Roosevelt Wright, Francis Eugene Harris (vocals).ALSO FEATURING:Mac Rebennack, Earl King (guitar), Roland Cook (bass),Charles“Hungry” Williams (drums), Lee Allen (tenor sax),Alvin “Red” Tyler (baritone sax), among others..Recorded in New Orleans (Louisiana) and Jackson (Mississippi), 1956-1962.TRACKS:HAVING A GOOD TIME01. ROCKING PNEUMONIA & THE BOOGIE WOOGIE FLU [PART 1 & 2]02 . LITTLE CHICKEE WAH WAH03. LITTLE LIZA JANE04. JUST A LONELY CLOWN05. HUSH YOUR MOUTH06. DON’T YOU KNOW YOCKOMO07. HAVIN’ A GOOD TIME08. DON’T YOU JUST KNOW IT09. WELL, I’LL BE JOHN BROWN10. EVERYBODY’S WHALIN’11. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE12. WE LIKE BIRDLAND‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS13. ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS14 . WHITE CHRISTMAS BLUE15 . HAPPY NEW YEAR16. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS17. SILENT NIGHT18. I WROTE TO SANTA CLAUS19. ALMOST TIME FOR SANTA20. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SANTA CLAUS21. JINGLE BELLS22. DOING THE SANTA CLAUSBONUS TRACKS23 . POP-EYE24. SCALD DOG25. SNAG-A-TOOTH JEANNIE26. SASSY SARA27. WHY DID I DO (WA-DO-DO)28. PSYCHO29. TALK TO ME BABYTOTAL TIME: 78:59