Joey Dee & The Starliters – Peppermint Twist

“Peppermint Twist” – Single by Joey Dee and the Starliters from the album Doin’ the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge
Released 1961.

“Peppermint Twist” is a song written by Joey Dee and Henry Glover, recorded and released by Joey Dee and the Starliters in 1961. Capitalizing on the Twist dance craze and the nightclub in which Dee performed (“The Peppermint Lounge”), the song hit No.1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in early 1962. The original recording of the song was considered too long for release on a 45 rpm single, so it was split into two parts. It was this first part, “Peppermint Twist (Part 1)”, with a length of 2:03, which became the No.1 hit; the mostly instrumental second half of the recording is rarely heard today.

“Peppermint Twist” replaced Chubby Checker’s “The Twist”, the song that sparked the Twist fad, at the No. 1 position.

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The lead singer in the Starliters’ version is David Brigati, whose brother, Eddie Brigati, was a singer for the 1960s pop group the (Young) Rascals.[2] The other personnel on the record included Carlton Lattimore on organ, Billy Butler on guitar, Jerome Richardson on sax, and Don Martin on drums.

Joey Dee and the Starliters were a hot act in 1962 with the hit “Peppermint Twist.” — The Beatles opened for them and Dee helped out a young Jimi Hendrix.

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