Provocative Percussion

Provocative Percussion is a studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade, also known as the Command All-Stars. It was released in 1960 on Command Records (catalog no. RS 806-SD).[1][2]

Provocative Percussion
Studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade
Released	1959
Label	Command
Enoch Light and The Light Brigade chronology
Persuasive Percussion (1959) Provocative Percussion (1959) Persuasive Percussion, Vol. 2 (1960)

Provocative Percussion debuted on the Billboard magazine pop album chart on January 25, 1960, held the No. 2 spot for five weeks, and remained on the chart for 69 weeks.[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars. Reviewer Lindsay Planer called it "a highly recommended kitsch-classic."[4]

Track listing

Side A

1. "You're the Top" (Cole Porter) [2:34]
2. "Somebody Loves Me" (Gershwin, DeSylva, MacDonald) [2:42]
3. "Blues in the Night (Arlen, Mercer) [4:12]
4. "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" (Farres) [2:35]
5. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) [2:50]
6. "Fascinating Rhythm" (Gershwin) [2:35]

Side B

1. "S'Wonderful" (Gershwin) [2:18]
2. "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Mills, Bigard) [2:51]
3. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Razaf, Brook, Waller) [3:19]
4. "The Man I Love" (Gershwin) [2:35]
5. "Song of India" (N. Rimsky-Korsakoff) [3:12]
6. "Mad About the Boy" (Coward) [2:48]

Credits

• Bobby Byrne
• Charles Magnante
• Bob Haggart
• Tony Mottola
• Willie Rodriguez
• Moe Wechsler
• Urbie Green
• Terry Snyder
• Pee Wee Erwin
• Artie Marotti
• Dominic Cortese
• Ezelle Watson
• Russ Banzer
• Stanley Webb
• Milt Yaner
• Leonard Calderon
• George Dessinger
• Bernie Kaufman[1]

References

1. Liner notes on back cover and inside the gatefold of the "Provocative Percussion" album.
2. "The Command All-Stars – Provocative Percussion". Discogs. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
3. Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 181. ISBN 0823076318.
4. "Provocative Percussion". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2020.