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
Side A
"Blue Is The Night" (Fred Fisher) [3:00]
"Blue Tango" (L. Anderson, M. Parish) [2:56]
"Miami Beach Rhumba" (A. Gamse, I. Fields) [3:02]
"Yours Is My Heart Alone" (F. Lehar, B. Loehner, H. Smith, L. Herzer) [2:08]
"In A Persian Market" (A. W. Ketelbey) [2:47]
"Mambo Jambo" (C. Towne, P. Prado, R. Karl) [2:14]
Side B
"Dearly Beloved" (J. Kern, J. Mercer) [3:03]
"Lu Cucaracha" [2:29]
"Rock-a Bongo Boogie" (E. Light, L. Davies) [2:20]
"Lady Of Spain" (E. Reaves, T. Evans) [2:30]
"Out Of Nowhere" (E. Heyman, J. W. Green) [1:58]
"Brazil" (A. Barroso, S. K. Russell) [2:56]
References
^Liner notes on back cover and inside the gatefold of the album.
