Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & the Nut Rocker

B. Bumble & the Stingers CD 

Ok, I'm STILL hoping to get into the holiday spirit. Up to yesterday it looked debatable as to whether I would this year (links below). Perhaps this will help me. So, here goes!     

Today, December 18, is the anniversary of the premiere of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1892.       

In 1962, B. Bumble & the Stingers did a boogie cover of the March of the Toy Soldiers from The Nutcracker, entitled Nut Rocker which was a No.1 single in the UK, and went to No.21 in the USA (link below). It was produced by Kim Fowley and featured studio musicians Al Hazan (piano), Earl Palmer (drums), Tommy Tedesco (guitar) and Red Callender (bass).           

I found some pretty interesting information by Hazan about the recording of the song and its aftermath on the spectropop.com site (link below).        

Al Hazan

date & photographer unknown

         

Nut Rocker has also been covered by The Shadows, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Ventures, Dropkick Murphys, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (links below).   

        

         

        

Tracklist:

1 - Nut Rocker   
2 - Bumble Boogie   
3 - School Day Blues   
4 - Boogie Woogie (Pinetop's Boogie Woogie)   
5 - Near You   
6 - Bee Hive   
7 - Caravan   
8 - Nautilus   
9 - Nola   
10 - Rockin' On 'N' Off   
11 - Mashed #5   
12 - Apple Knocker   
13 - The Moon And The Sea   
14 - All Of Me   
15 - Dawn Cracker   
16 - Scales   
17 - Twelfth Street Rag   
18 - Canadian Sunset   
19 - Baby Mash   
20 - Night Time Madness   
21 - In The Mood   
22 - Chicken Chow Mein   
23 - Bumble Bossa Nova   
24 - Canadian Sunset   

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Barcode: 029667157728

B. Bumble & The Stingers ‎– Nut Rocker
Label: Ace ‎– CDCHD 577
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 1995
Genre: Pop
      

       

       

     

              

Viewfinder links:               

        
Christmas stuff(ings)         

Spın̈al Tap ~ Christmas With The Devil       

Santa's White Christmas EP           

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky        

        
Net links:       
      
Spectropop ~ When Tchaikovsky met B. Bumble       
       

YouTube links:       
      

B.Bumble & The Stingers ~ Nut Rocker       
Robert Wells - Nut Rocker live in China       
Emerson, Lake & Palmer ~ Nut Rocker       
Trans-Siberian Orchestra ~ Nutrocker       
       
     
     

Happy rockin', Pete!

        
        
       

Styrous® ~ Wednesday, December 18, 2019          

         

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