land of 1000 dances

• 2009 will mark the 50^th anniversary of the release of Hank Ballard's 'The Twist', the b-side which launched one of the biggest worldwide dance crazes of the last century, and of all time.""

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• To celebrate the dance that got the whole world out of their armchairs and gyrating across the floor, Ace has devoted a whole CD in its occasional "Land Of 1000 Dances" series to the unique phenomenon that was and forever will be the Twist.""

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• Not everybody could come to our Twist party, but we managed to persuade many of those who participated to go "roundandaroundandaupandadown" one more time for posterity.""

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• The inevitable Ace mixture of high-profile hits and downright obscurities line up side by side in an attempt to get everyone twistin' the night away,just like we did half a century ago.""

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• Almost all of these tracks (and indeed many of the artists) are making their first appearance on Ace in this compilation.""

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• We're gonna do the twist, and it goes like this...""

Track listing:"

1. MAMA'S DOIN' THE TWIST - Linda Hopkins""

2. PEPPERMINT TWIST (PART 1) - Joey Dee and the Starlighters""

3. THE TWIST-Hank Ballard and the Midnighters""

4. TWIST AND SHOUT - The Top Notes""

5. THE LONE TWISTER - The Lone Twister (Murray 'The K' Kaufman)""

6. YA YA TWIST - Petula Clark""

7. WORK OUT - Ricky Dee And The Embers""

8. NO TWISTIN' ON SUNDAY - Zircons""

9. TWISTIN' POSTMAN - The Marvelettes""

10. TWISTIN' USA - Danny and the Juniors""

11. TWIST A ST. TROPEZ - Les Chats Sauvages""

12. TWISTIN' ON BANDSTAND - The Sprouts""

13. TWIST AND FREEZE - Billy Huhn & The Casuals""

14. TWIST AROUND THE CLOCK - Clay Cole""

15. DO THE PRESIDENT TWIST - Lula Reed & Freddy King""

16. DOUBLE TWIST - Howie Casey and the Seniors with Freddy Fowell and Derry Wilkie""

17. TWIST WITH ME ANNIE - Smokey Smothers""

18. TWISTIN' WITH LINDA - Isley Brothers""

19. TWISTIN' FEVER - The Marcels""

20. TWIST ALL NIGHT - Louis Prima with Sam Butera and the Witnesses""

21. THE MONSTER TWIST - Tyrone A'Saurus & the Cro-Mgnons""

22. KISSIN' TWIST - Jack Hammer""

23. SPANISH TWIST - Bill Haley and his Comets""

24. TWIST TO END ALL TWISTS - Robby Lawrence""