Honey Jumpin' 1953-1960 CD

Oscar McLollie • Honey Jumpin' 1953-1960 CD

This is the first multi-label CD overview of Louisiana-born Oscar McLollie's irresistable 1950s recordings, covering much of his output for Class, Modern, and Mercury Records.
On record, at least, McLollie's Honey Jumpers consisted of top West Coast studio musicians mainly led and arranged by tenor sax supremo Maxwell Davis, often with The Flairs vocal group on ensemble or back-up vocals.
Although he never enjoyed any national hits, Oscar McLollie had several local best-sellers and even saw 1950s releases in Canada, Jamaica, France, Belgium and the UK.
Many of his recordings were covered by other contemporary artists who enjoyed greater success, such as Louis Prima, Louis Jordan and Charlie Ventura.
A 10" LP featuring the best of his uptempo Modern tracks became a surprise underground hit on the rock 'n' roll circuit in the early 1980s, prompting a single reissue of the title track "Roll Hot Rod Roll".
It's high time that the music of Oscar McLollie and The Honey Jumpers was made available once more!