Let's Have Another Party
"Let's Have Another Party" | |
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Single by Winifred Atwell | |
B-side | "Let's Have Another Party (Part 2)" |
Released | 1954 |
Genre | |
Length | 2:48 (Part 1) |
Label | Philips |
"Let's Have Another Party" is a 1954 ragtime medley which became a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart for the pianist Winifred Atwell. It is a composite of several pieces of music, and was a follow-up to Atwell's successful hit "Let's Have a Party" of the previous year.
The music was written by Nat D. Ayer, Clifford Grey, James W. Tate, Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon and others. It was produced by Johnny Franz and first entered the UK chart on 26 November 1954 for an eight-week run, spending five of those weeks at number one.[1][2] The medley included parts of the following tunes:[1]
- "Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm"
- "Broken Doll"
- "Bye Bye Blackbird"
- "Honeysuckle and the Bee"
- "I Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight"
- "Lily of Laguna"
- "Nellie Dean"
- "The Sheik of Araby"
- "Somebody Stole My Gal"
- "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)"
Atwell was the first black person to have a number one hit in the UK.[1]
Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger describes "Let's Have Another Party" as a megamix of music hall hits which Atwell instrumentalises, mashes together and plays sped-up on the piano. He noted that the second part of the track on the B-side contains a momentary, arbitrary guitar overdub that plays for a few notes halfway through, calling this an early instance of British pop incorporating a new noise for its own sake.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 17. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 37–8. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Ewing, Tomg (28 September 2003). "Winifired Atwell - "Let's Have Another Party"". Freaky Trigger. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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