Persuasive Percussion Volume 2

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Persuasive Percussion Volume 2
Studio album by
Terry Snyder and The All Stars
Released1959
LabelCommand
ProducerEnoch Light
Terry Snyder and The All Stars chronology
Provocative Percussion
(1959)
Persuasive Percussion Volume 2
(1959)
Provocative Percussion Volume 2
(1960)

Persuasive Percussion Volume 2 is a studio album by Terry Snyder and The All Stars. It was produced by Enoch Light and released in 1959 on Light's Command Records label (catalog no. RS 810-SD). The featured musicians included Tony Mottola, Willie Rodriguez, Dick Hyman, Jack Lesberg, Teddy Sommer, Artie Marotti, Stanley Webb, and Dominic Cortese.[1][2]

Persuasive Percussion Volume 2 debuted on the Billboard magazine pop album chart on August 22, 1960, peaked at the No. 3 spot, and remained on the chart for 36 weeks.[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four stars. Reviewer Tony Wilds wrote: 'Rocka Bongo Boogie' is inspired; the rest is only a shade above standard Command from the period."[4]

Track listing[edit]

Side A

  1. "Blue Is The Night" (Fred Fisher) [3:00]
  2. "Blue Tango" (L. Anderson, M. Parish) [2:56]
  3. "Miami Beach Rhumba" (A. Gamse, I. Fields) [3:02]
  4. "Yours Is My Heart Alone" (F. Lehar, B. Loehner, H. Smith, L. Herzer) [2:08]
  5. "In A Persian Market" (A. W. Ketelbey) [2:47]
  6. "Mambo Jambo" (C. Towne, P. Prado, R. Karl) [2:14]

Side B

  1. "Dearly Beloved" (J. Kern, J. Mercer) [3:03]
  2. "Lu Cucaracha" [2:29]
  3. "Rock-a Bongo Boogie" (E. Light, L. Davies) [2:20]
  4. "Lady Of Spain" (E. Reaves, T. Evans) [2:30]
  5. "Out Of Nowhere" (E. Heyman, J. W. Green) [1:58]
  6. "Brazil" (A. Barroso, S. K. Russell) [2:56]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Liner notes on back cover and inside the gatefold of the album.
  2. ^ "Terry Snyder And The All Stars – Persuasive Percussion Volume 2". Discogs. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 181. ISBN 0823076318.
  4. ^ "Persuasive Percussion, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2020.