THE RAY BRYANT COMBO, Madison Time, 1960
Posted: May 21, 2009 Filed under: 60s, Instrumental Records, Madison Records, USA | Tags: Dance Craze, Jazz, The Madison 1 Comment »
Madison Time is basically the same song as The Madison with changed lyrics and calls by Eddie Morrison. Maybe a little more refined and less aggressive. Ray Bryant`s Madison Time was one of the few Jazz records that hit the top of the Pop charts. But just like Al Brown`s version this still has a black touch. It´s basically Jazz music done by a accomplished Jazz musician.
Here you can see the song and the dance performed in the film Hairspray (1988) by John Waters:
I just found out that the wonderful I´m Learning To Share blog posted Ray Bryant´s American picture sleeve release of Madison Time two years ago here. His research was a little deeper than mine so I´d like t share his link to a very informative article about How the Madison and the Twist “Crossed Over”.
Part one of Madison Time has all the snappy dance instructions and part two is the instrumental. Very handy for teachers…
THE RAY BRYANT COMBO, Madison-time 1.Teil, 1962
THE RAY BRYANT COMBO, Madison-time 2.Teil, 1962
About me:
My name is Andreas Michalke. I´m a cartoonist from Berlin, Germany and I like collecting records. Most of the records I find in thrift stores or at flea markets here in Berlin. I like a lot of music but I thought I`d focus on odd German records. Preferably with cartoon covers.
All my scans are high-resolution. If you double-click on them they will get much bigger.
Ahhh, erst Hully Gully und jetzt Madison….. =:o)
Das Video ist ja ganz nett, aber dieses hier ist noch viel coooler:
Tolles Blog hast du!
Tom