1962 was the peak year for hit records instrumental-style, with no less than 123 discs scoring on the American pop charts. There wasn’t much in the hit parade to interest R&B fans though, apart from King Curtis’s Soul Twist, Booker T. & The MG's Green Onions and James Brown’s Night Train, but that’s where Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1962 comes in. So what was new in ‘62? A bit of surf, a bit of funk, a Civil Rights semi-instrumental, a brand new rhythm on Boogie Twist. More slinky organ groovers, uptown dancers and late night smoochers. And there you have it – 18 R&B scorchers with rhythm aplenty.

 

Side One

Side Two

1.     The Popeye    Lonnie Brooks

2.     Boogie Twist (Pt.1)    Cal Valentine

3.     Boogie Twist (Pt.2)    Cal Valentine

4.     You Too Much    Mighty Men

5.     Here It Tis    Phil Upchurch

6.     Had    Steve Douglas

7.     Mo' Taters    Little Milton

8.     Cleo's Mood    Jr. Walker

9.     The Freedom Riders    Harold Jackson

 

 

1.     Night Stroll     Bobby Parker

2.     Smoke Stack   Tom & Jerry

3.     Low Down   King Curtis

4.     My Sandra's Jump   R.D. Stokes

5.     Jump Back   Eugene Blacknell

6.     Hard Times   Googie René

7.     Bo's Twist   Bo Diddley

8.     All About My Girl   Jimmy McGriff

9.     Limbo Jimbo   James Brown