Chanteur US né Joseph Di Nicola, le 11 Juin 1940 à Passaic (New Jersey). Joey Dee, accompagné par les "Starlighters", a débuté au début des années soixante. Il s'était spécialisé dans le Twist et a tourné dans le film "Twist Around The Clock". Il a enregistré pour Roulette (61-66) et Jubilee Records (66).

Joey Dee led the house band at New York's Peppermint Lounge, immortalizing the joint in his 1961 chart-topper "Peppermint Twist." Born Joseph DiNicola in Passaic, NJ, Dee teamed with veteran producer Henry Glover to cut "Peppermint Twist" for Roulette Records, and the huge hit led to a starring role in the film Hey, Let's Twist. Most of Dee's hits, including a supercharged revival of the Isley Brothers hit "Shout" in 1962, were firmly in the Twist mode, although he took a successful stab at a softer sound that year with a Johnny Nash tune, "What Kind of Love Is This." Dee gave several future stars early breaks by welcoming them into the rotating lineup of the Starliters, including the Ronettes, three-quarters of the Young Rascals, and Jimi Hendrix. Dee continued releasing material into the mid-'70s, after which point he remained an active draw on the oldies circuit.

http://www.joeydee.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Dee_and_the_Starliters

Talents : Vocals

Style musical : Rock 'n' Twist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDzizOqCJk  

HEY, LET'S TWIST (1962)

PEPPERMINT TWIST (1962)

YA YA (1962)

Years in activity :

1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 10 20

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles & EP

1960 SP LITTLE 813/814 (US) . Lorraine / The Girl I Walk To School
10/1960 SP SCEPTER 1210 (US) . Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - The Face Of An Angel / Shimmy Baby Part. 1
1961 SP SCEPTER 1225 (US) . Bulldog / ?
10/1961 SP ROULETTE R-4401 (US) . Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - Peppermint Twist - Part. I / Peppermint Twist - Part. II
1961 SP ROULETTE RL 4401 (GER) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - ORIGINAL PEPPERMINT TWIST - Original Peppermint Twist - Part. I / Original Peppermint Twist - Part. II
1962 SP ROULETTE R 4401 (I) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - PEPPERMINT TWIST - Peppermint Twist - Part. I / Peppermint Twist - Part. II
1962 SP ROULETTE RL 4402 (US) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - Ya Ya / Fanny Mae
01/1962 SP ROULETTE 4408 (US) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - Hey, Let's Twist / Roly Poly
01/1962 SP ROULETTE RL 21144 (NL) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - Peppermint Twist - Part. I / Peppermint Twist - Part. II
03/1962 SP ROULETTE 4416 (US) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - Shout - Part. I / Shout - Part. II
06/1962 SP ROULETTE 4431 (US) . Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - Everytime (part. 1) / Everytime (part. 2)
06/1962 EP ROULETTE EPR 1534 (NL) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - YA YA! - JOEY DEE'S DOIN' THE TWIST AT THE PEPPERMINT LOUNGE - Ya Ya / Honky Tonk / Fanny Mae / Mashed Potatoes
07/1962 SP ROULETTE 4438 (US) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - What Kind Of Love Is This / Wing-Ding
07/1962 SP EMI / COLUMBIA 45-DB 4905 (UK) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - What Kind Of Love Is This / Wing-Ding
1962 SP ROULETTE 4456 (US) . Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - I Lost My Baby / Keep Your Mind On What You're Doing
1962
EP ROULETTE REP 1115 (F)

Peppermint Twist / Ya-Ya / Mashed-Potatoes

1962 EP ROULETTE REP 1117 (F) BOF "LE TWIST EST ROI" - Hey, Let's Twist / Roly Poly / Let Me Do My Twist / Shout
1962 EP ROULETTE REP 1118 (F) Hello Josephine / Kansas City / You Must Been A Beautiful Baby / CC Rider
1962 SP ROULETTE R 40005 (F) . Hello Josephine / You Must Been A Beautiful Baby
1962 EP ROULETTE REP 1120 (F) Wing-Ding / What Kind Of Love Is This / Twistin' On A Liner / Goin' To Chicago
1962 SP ROULETTE R 40007 (F) . Wing-Ding / Twistin' On A Liner
1962 EP ROULETTE R 3240 (S)

TODO EL MUNDO BAILA - TWIST - Caminando Bajo La Lluvia "Just Walkin' In The Rain" / Wing-Ding / Amor Loco "Crazy Love" / Gritar Mambo "Speak Up Mambo"

1962 EP ROULETTE TEP 1 (NZ)

HEY LET'S TWIST! - VOLUME 1 - Hey Let's Twist / Honky Tonk / Roly Poly / Hold It  

1962 EP ROULETTE TEP 2 (NZ)

TWISTIN' WITH JOEY DEE! - VOLUME II - Fanny Mae / Keelee's Twist / Sticks And Stones / Joey's Blues

1962 EP ROULETTE TEP 3 (NZ)

TWISTIN' AT THE PEPPERMINT LOUNGE WITH JOEY DEE! - VOLUME III - Peppermint Twist, Part 1 / Ram-Bunk-Shush / Shout  

01/1963 SP ROULETTE 4467 (US) . Baby You're Driving Me Crazy / Help Me Pick Up The Pieces
04/1963 SP ROULETTE 4488 (US) . Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes - Part I / Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes - Part II
1963 SP ROULETTE 4503 (US) . Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - Let's Have A Party / Dance, Dance, Dance
06/1963 EP ROULETTE EPRL 1543 (NL) Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - ALL THE WORLD IS TWISTIN'! - Irresistible You / Walkin' In The Rain / Leave My Woman Alone / All The World Is Twistin'
10/1963 SP ROULETTE 4525 (US) . Joey DEE & The STARLIGHTERS - Ya Ya / Fanny Mae
12/1963 SP ROULETTE 4539 (US) . Getting Nearer / Down By The Riverside
1963 EP ROULETTE VREX 65005 (F) SURFIN' N°1 - Dance Dance Dance / Let's Have A Party / Help Me / Swingin'
1963 EP ROULETTE VREX 65006 (F) SURFIN' N°2 - Money / Slippin' And Slidin' / Talkin' 'bout You / Have You Ever Had The Blues
1963 EP ROULETTE VREX 65007 (F) Shout / Fanny Mae / Honky Tonk
1963 EP ROULETTE VREX 65032 (F) Wing-Ding / Goin' Back To My Home Town / Leave My Woman Alone / Cyclone
1965 SP ROULETTE 4617 (US) . Wing-Ding / Cry A Little Sometime
1966 SP JUBILEE  45-5532 (US) . Feel Good About It (part.1) / Feel Good About It (part.2)
08/1966 SP JUBILEE  45-5539 (US) . Dancing On The Beach / Good Little You
1966 EP VOGUE INT 18089 (F) Feel Good About It (part.1) / Feel Good About It (part.2) / Dancing On The Beach / Good Little You
1966 SP JUBILEE  45-5554 (US) . It's Got You / She's So Exceptional
1967 SP JUBILEE 45-5566 (US) . You Can't Sit Down / Put Your Heart In It
1970 SP TONSIL 0003 (US) . Joey DEE & The NEW STARLIGHTERS - Raw Meat / Roses And Candy Kisses
1972 SP SUNBURST 521 (US) .

HAWK featuring Joey DEE - Drums Of Thunder / Wasn't It A Heavy Summer

1973 SP BELLAPHON BO 105 (GER) Peppermint Twist - Part. I / Peppermint Twist - Part. II
1973 SP SCEPTER M 25.547 (GER) Peppermint Twist (Joey DEE) / Stagger Lee (Lloyd PRICE)
197? SP STEADY 37004 (US) . Storybook Children / Bitterblue
1974 SP ROULETTE 101515 (F) Ya Ya Twist / Perppermint Twist
10/1981 SP BELLAPHON 100-07-146 (GER)

Oldies - Original Stars - Peppermint Twist (Joey Dee & The Starliters) / The Twist (Chubby Checker)








Albums

1961 LP 12" SCEPTER 503 (mono) / S503 (stereo) (US) THE PEPPERMINT TWISTERS - Shimmy Baby, Part 1 / Lonely Island / Walking Down The Street / (Bad) Bulldog / Coming Back To Me / Lonely Avenue / Shimmy Baby, Part 2 / The Face Of An Angel / These Memories / The Twister / Before We Met / Shimmy Baby, Part 1
1961 LP 12" ROULETTE R-25166 (mono) / SR-25166 (stereo) (US) DOIN' THE TWIST AT THE PEPPERMINT LOUNGE - Peppermint Twist (Part. 1) / Ram-Bunk-Shush / Ya Ya / Sticks And Stones / Shout / Peppermint Twist (Part. 2) / Hold It / Fanny Mae / Honky Tonk / Mashed Potatoes
1961 LP 12" ROULETTE RLP 267 (US) DOIN' THE TWIST AT THE PEPPERMINT LOUNGE - Peppermint Twist (Part. 1) / Ram-Bunk-Shush / Ya Ya / Sticks And Stones / Shout / Peppermint Twist (Part. 2) / Hold It / Fanny Mae / Honky Tonk / Mashed Potatoes
1962 LP 12" ROULETTE R-25166 (F) TWIST AU BADA-CLUB : Peppermint Twist (Part. 1) / Ram-Bunk-Shush / Ya Ya / Sticks And Stones / Shout / Peppermint Twist (Part. 2) / Hold It / Fanny Mae / Honky Tonk / Mashed Potatoes
1962 LP 12" ROULETTE SR-25168 (US) HEY, LET'S TWIST - Soundtrack - Hey Let's Twist / Roly Poly / I Wanna Twist (Kay ARMAN) / Peppermint Twist, Part 1 / Keelee's Twist / It's A Pity To Say Goodnight (Teddy RANDAZZO) / Mother Goose Twist (Teddy RANDAZZO) / Joey's Blues (DAVE & STARLITERS / Let Me Do My Twist (Jo Ann CAMPBELL) / Blue Twister (Bill RAMMEL) / Shout / Na Voce 'Na Chitarra E 'O Foco 'E Luna (Kay ARMEN)
1962 LP 12" ROULETTE SR-25171 (US) ALL THE WORLD IS TWISTIN' - Just Walkin' In The Rain / Wing-Ding / Irresistible You / Speak Up Mambo / Let's Have A Party / Crazy Love / All The World Is Twistin' / Leave My Woman Alone / Starlight Special / Goin' To Chicago / Cyclone / Goin' Back To My Home Town
1962 LP 12" ROULETTE R-25173 (mono) / SR-25173 (stereo) (US) BACK AT THE PEPPERMINT LOUNGE - TWISTIN' WITH JOEY DEE - Money / Kansas City / You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby / Will You Love Me Tomorrow / Have You Ever Had The Blues / C.C. Rider / Talkin' 'Bout You / Slippin' And Slidin' / Rain Drops / Hello Josephine
1962 LP 12" ROULETTE SR-25182 (US) TWO TICKETS TO PARIS - Soundtrack - What Kind Of Love Is This / Willy Willy (Willy DAVIS & STARLITERS / The Open Sea (Henry GLOVER & ORCHESTRA) / Twistin' On A Liner / C'Est La Vie (Gary CROSBY) / Instant Men (Kay MEDFORD) / Two Tickets To Paris (Marty MANNING ORCHESTRA & CHORUS / Teenage Vamp (Jeri Lynne FRASER / Left Bank Blues (Henry GLOVER & ORCHESTRA) / C'Est Si Bon / Everytime (I Think About You) / This Boat
1962 LP 12" ROULETTE SR-25197 (US) JOEY DEE - I Lost My Baby / Keep Your Mind On What You're Doing / Let Me Cry / The Itch / Use Another Word / Enough Is Enough / The Upper Hand / I Know / You Can't Hide From Love / Baby Could You Take It / You're Still My Baby / Sweetheart Sugar-Pie Huckleberry Puddin' / Ya Ya
1963 LP 12" ROULETTE LP 25221 (US) DANCE - DANCE - DANCE - Dance Dance Dance / The Brooklyn / Let's Have A Party / Help Me / Swingin' / You Can't Sit Down, Part 1 / Sloppin' / Dance Calypso / Dance Of Love / Bounce / You Can't Sit Down, Part 2 / Ram-Bunk-Shush
1963 LP 12" ROULETTE R 65000 (F) JOEY DEE - What Kind Of Love Is This / Wing Ding / You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby / C.C. Rider / Goin' To Chicago / Goin' Bac Tokmy Home Town / Hello Josephine / Kansas City / Twistin' On A Liner / Every Time / Let's Have A Party / Leave My Woman Alone
1964 LP 12" ROULETTE DLP 2000 (NL)

PORTRAIT OF JOEY DEE - All The World Is Twistin´ / Goin´ To Chicago / Let´s Have A Party / C. C. Rider / Slippin´ And Slidin´ / You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby / Twistin´ On A Liner / C´Est Si Bon / Talkin´ ´Bout You / Money / Leave My Woman Alone / Starlight Special

12/1966 LP 12" JUBILEE JGM-8000 (US) HITSVILLE ! - Reach Out I'll Be There / Hold On I'm Comin' / See See Rider / Guantanamera / Feel Good About It / The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin / Cherry Cherry / Land Of A Thousand Dances / Black Is Black / I Chose To Sing The Blues / Psychotic Reaction / It's Got You
1966 LP 12" VOGUE CLVLXJ 132-30 (F) HITSVILLE ! - Reach Out I'll Be There / Hold On I'm Comin' / See See Rider / Guantanamera / Feel Good About It / The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin / Cherry Cherry / Land Of A Thousand Dances / Black Is Black / I Chose To Sing The Blues / Psychotic Reaction / It's Got You
1966 LP 12" POP CPOP 12-24 (F) JOEY DEE - Ya Ya Twist / Dance Of Love / Money / Slippin' And Slidin' / Fanny Mae / Honky Tonk / Swingin' / Let's Have A Party / Bounce / Shout / Help Me / Sloppin'
1970 LP 12" VOGUE SLVLXR 499 (F) ROCK STORY - VOL. 3 - Long Tall Sally / Dance Of Love / Money / Fanny Mae / Honky Tonk / Ya Ya Twist / Swingin' / Let's Have A Party / Bounce / Shout / Help Me / Sloppin'
1970 LP 12" BELLAPHON BI 1598 (GER) ROCK-STORY - VOL. 3 - Slippin' And Slidin' / Dance Of Love / Money / Fanny Mae / Honky Tonk / Ya Ya Twist / Swingin' / Let's Have A Party / Bounce / Shout / Help Me / Sloppin'
1979 LP 12" ROULETTE 200 624 (GER) THE STORY OF ROCK AND ROLL - JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS - Peppermint Twist - Part I / Ya Ya / Let`s Have A Party / Roly Poly / What Kind Of Love Is This / I Lost My Baby / Shout / Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes / Hey, Let`s Twist / Ram-Bunk-Shush / Dance, Dance, Dance
19?? LP 12" MOHAWK LP-1005 (US) JOEY DEE, VOLUME 1
19?? LP 12" MOHAWK LP-? (US) JOEY DEE, VOLUME 2
19?? LP 12" MOHAWKK LP-? (US) JOEY DEE, VOLUME 3
05/1990 CD RHINO R2 70965 (US) HEY LET'S TWIST ! - THE BEST OF JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS - Peppermint Twist, Pt. 1 / Peppermint Twist, Pt. 2  / Hey, Let's Twist / Roly Poly / Joey's Blues / Shout, Pt. 1 / Irresistible You / Crazy Love / Everytime (I Think About You), Pt. 1 / What Kind Of Love Is This / I Lost My Baby / Keep Your Mind On What You're Doing / Help Me Pick Up The Pieces / Baby, You're Driving Me Crazy / (Hot Pastrami With) Mashed Potatoes / Dance, Dance, Dance / Ya Ya / Fanny Mae
02/1994 CD SEQUEL NEMCD 648 (US) LIVE AT THE PEPPERMINT LOUNGE / BACK AT THE PEPPERMINT LOUNGE - TWISTIN' WITH JOEY DEE - JOEY DEE & THE STARLIGHTERS - Peppermint Twist, Pt. 1 / Ram-Bunk-Shush / Ya Ya / Sticks & Stones / Shout / Peppermint Twist, Pt. 2 / Hold It / Fanny Mae / Honky Tonk / Hot Pastrami (With Mashed Potatoes) / C.C. Rider / Talkin' Bout You / Long Tall Sally / Raindrops / Hello Josephine / Money (That's What I Want) / Kansas City / You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby / Will You Love Me Tomorrow / Have You Ever Had The Blues
09/1999 2 CD WESTSIDE 219 (UK) STARBRIGHT - THE COMPLETE ROULETTE AND JUBILEE SINGLES - JOEY DEE & THE STARLIGHTERS :
CD 1 : Peppermint Twist - Part 1 / Peppermint Twist - Part 2 / Hey! Let's Twist / Roly Poly / Shout - Part 1 / Shout - Part 2 / Everytime (I Think About You) - Part 1 / Everytime (I Think About You) - Part 2 / What Kind Of Love Is This? / Wing Ding / Keep You're Mind On What You're Doing / I Lost My Baby / Baby, You're Driving Me Crazy / Help Me Pick Up The Pieces / Hot Pastrami (With Mashed Potatoes) - Part 1 / Hot Pastrami (With Mashed Potatoes) - Part 2 / Dance, Dance, Dance / Let's Have A Party / Fanny Mae / Ya Ya / Down By The Riverside / Getting Nearer / Cry A Little Sometime / Everytime (I Think About You) - Part 1 (With Crowd Overdub) / Everytime (I Think About You) - Part 2 (With Crowd Overdub)
CD 2 : Feel Good About It - Part 1 / 2. Feel Good About It - Part 2 / Dancing On The Beach / Good Little You / She's So Exceptional / It's Got You / You Can't Sit Down / Put Your Heart In It / Reach Out I'll Be There / Hold On, I'm Coming / See See Rider / Guantanamera / The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin / Cherry, Cherry / Land Of 1000 Dances / Black Is Black / I Chose To Sing The Blues / Psychotic Reaction / Immer Wieder (Keep Your Mind On What You're Doing) / No No / Joey Dee Teaches You How To Do The Peppermint Twist
10/1999 2 LP 12" SOUNDIES 4112 (US) JOEY DEE IN HOLLYWOOD :
DISC 1 : Hey Let's Twist / Roly Poly / I Wanna Twist (Kay ARMAN) / Peppermint Twist, Part 1 / Keelee's Twist / It's A Pity To Say Goodnight (Teddy RANDAZZO) / Mother Goose Twist (Teddy RANDAZZO) / Joey's Blues (DAVE & STARLITERS / Let Me Do My Twist (Jo Ann CAMPBELL) / Blue Twister (Bill RAMMEL) / Shout / Na Voce 'Na Chitarra E 'O Foco 'E Luna (Kay ARMEN)
DISC 2 : What Kind Of Love Is This / Willy Willy (Willy DAVIS & STARLITERS / The Open Sea (Henry GLOVER & ORCHESTRA) / Twistin' On A Liner / C'Est La Vie (Gary CROSBY) / Instant Men (Kay MEDFORD) / Two Tickets To Paris (Marty MANNING ORCHESTRA & CHORUS / Teenage Vamp (Jeri Lynne FRASER / Left Bank Blues (Henry GLOVER & ORCHESTRA) / C'Est Si Bon / Everytime (I Think About You) / This Boat
01/2005 CD FALCON 3727 (US) PEPPERMINT TWIST - BEST Of JOEY DEE & THE STARLIGHTERS - Peppermint Twist, Pt. 1 / Ya Ya / Hey, Let's Twist / Roly-Poly / I Wanna Twist / Kee Lee's Twist / Everytime / Peppermint Twist, Pt. 2 / Joey's Blues / Let Me Do My Twist / Blue Twister / Wing Ding / Everytime / Baby Don't Drive Me Crazy / Willy Willy / Twistin' On A Liner
07/2005 CD COLLECTABLES 9928 (US) PEPPERMINT TWIST - Peppermint Twist, Pt. 1 / Peppermint Twist, Pt. 2 / Ya Ya / C. C. Rider / Everytime (I Think About You) / What Kind Of Love Is This? / Hey Let's Twist / Kansas City / (Hot Pastrami With) Mashed Potatoes / I Lost My Baby
7/2009 CD COLLECTABLES COLCD 1381  (US) THE REGENTS MEET JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS - Barbara Ann (REGENTS) / A Sunday Kind Of Love (REGENTS)  / Laura (REGENTS) / Run Around (REGENTS) / Over The Rainbow (REGENTS) / Peppermint Twist - Part 1 (JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS) / Peppermint Twist - Part 2 (JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS) / What Kind Of Love Is This (JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS) / Hey Let's Twist (JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS) / (Hot Pastrami With) Mashed Potatoes (JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS)
03/2013 CD PEPPERMINT LV 127 (?) MORE THAN JUST THE PEPPERMINT TWIST - JOEY DEE & THE STARLIGHTERS - Lorraine / The Girl I Walk To School / Feel Good About It / You Can't Sit Down/What I Say - Peppermint Twist / Put Your Heart In It / Dancing On The Beach / Good Little You / She's So Exceptional / It's Got You / Reach Out I'll Be There / Hold On I'm Coming / See See Rider / The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin / Cherry Cherry / Land Of 1000 Dances / Hold Out For Love / Rhinestone Cowboy / A Lovers Question / Learn To Dance The Peppermint Twist / Face Of An Angel / Shimmy Baby / Wasn't It A Heavy Summer / Half Moon / Baby Don't You Know (I Need You) / Roses And Candy Kisses

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