Saxophonist/bandleader PAUL WILLIAMS cut one of the biggest hits of 1949, 'The Huckle-Buck', which topped the US R&B charts for fourteen weeks. It was one of the first to employ the honking tenor sax solo which would become the hallmark of R&B and R&R during the 1950s. This compilation, also includes Williams' other 1940s R&B hits, 'Thirty-Five Thirty', 'The Twister - Parts 1 & 2', 'Waxey Maxie', 'Walkin' Around', 'House Rocker', 'He Knows How To Hucklebuck', and guitarist BOBBY PARKER'S debut on wax.......
PAUL WILLIAMS SEXTETTE 1. HASTINGS ST. BOUNCE 2. WAY LATE 3. THIRTY-FIVE THIRTY 4. COME WITH ME BABY 5. THE TWISTER Pt. 1 6. THE TWISTER Pt. 2 7. WAXEY MAXIE 8. SPIDER SENT ME PAUL WILLIAMS '35-30' SEXTETTE 9. WALKIN' AROUND 10. PARADISE VALLEY WALK PAUL WILLIAMS AND HIS HUCKLEBUCKERS 11. THE HUCKLE-BUCK 12. HOPPIN' JOHN 13. HOUSE ROCKER 14. HE KNOWS HOW TO HUCKLEBUCK 15. POP-CORN 16. FREE DICE PAUL WILLIAMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA 17. MIAMI DRAG 18. EASY WALKING 19. YOUNG MAN BLUES 20. HARD WORKING WOMAN 21. SHAME SHAME SHAME 22. SHUCK-FOOT 23. SPREAD JOY 24. WOMEN ARE THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL 25. BETTY ANN PAUL WILLIAMS ORCHESTRA vocal - BOBBY PARKS (Bobby Parker) 26. SUGGIE, DUGGIE, BOOGIE BABY 27. ONCE UPON A TIME, LONG AGO, LAST NIGHT
