Jazz organ genius Jimmy Smith cracked the Billboard Scorching 100 charts no fewer than 12 occasions. Certainly one of his greatest successes, “Hobo Flats,” achieved that feat on Might 18, 1963. Rating considerably incongruously slightly below Chubby Checker’s “Bird Land” and simply above Jack Jones’ “Call Me Irresponsible,” the only was reissued after the chart success of the album of the identical title.
Hobo Flats was Smith’s second album for Verve and was organized by Oliver Nelson, who would work with Smith on numerous albums. This set peaked at No.11 on the Billboard chart, however Smith’s single would additionally discover an viewers abroad, on his EP titled Swinging With The Unbelievable Jimmy Smith.
Prolonged play releases, or EPs, often that includes three or 4 tracks, have been extraordinarily fashionable within the Sixties. They appealed to those that wished greater than a 45rpm single however maybe didn’t wish to decide to, or simply couldn’t afford, a full album. Commerce journal Report Retailer printed EP charts within the UK from the tip of 1959 till 1967, however these don’t often characteristic in chart historical past books, or within the Official Charts Firm’s personal archives.
A lesser-known chart entry
However, the EP charts make for fascinating studying, and sometimes embrace now-rare, long-deleted releases and stunning appearances among the many bestsellers. Report Retailer’s ten-position EP rundown for July 23, 1966 reveals the Walker Brothers at No.1 with I Want You and the Seashore Boys at No.2 with a Hits EP. The Walker Brothers’ launch was within the fourth week of an epic ten-week stint on the prime, each preceded and succeeded by the Seashore Boys’ EP, which featured 4 of their best-loved songs to that time.
Smith’s EP cropped up at No.10 on that lesser-known countdown. The three-track EP was assembled by Verve Data from numerous his current albums, and though the disc itself is lengthy deleted, the nice tracks from it dwell on.
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