Alan Freed’s Rock N Roll Dance Party – Bonnie Sisters, Stan the Man Taylor – First Song: Sixteen Men a Winging. ep1, 1956

Playlist:

  • Count Bassie opens with, Sixteen Men a Winging.
  • The Bonnie Sisters sing, Cry Baby.
  • Sam the Man Taylor sings, Blue Suede Shoes.
  • Count Bassie and the band play, Mambo Inn.
  • Joe Williams sings, Alright, OK, You Win.
  • The Bonnie Sisters return with, Broken.
  • Sam the Man Taylor plays, Pa Bert.
  • Count Bassie plays, Fancy Meeting You.

Three former nurses from Bellevue hospital, The Bonnie Sisters, show their hand in their new career. Normally a top notch tenor saxophone player, Sam the Man Taylor both sings and plays the hits tonight. Lead vocalist, Joe Williams belts out the hits with the Count Bassie Orchestra.