''Doggett Beat for Dancing Feet'' is an album by American organist
Bill Doggett
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reviewer Bill Dhal stated "Doggett's fatback organ cooks in tandem with Butler's licks and Scott's sax".
Track listing
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# "Ding Dong" (Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott) – 3:06
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# "Easy" (Doggett, Danny Small) – 2:33
# "Hammer Head" (Doggett, Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 2:58
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Personnel
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Bill Doggett
William Ballard Doggett (February 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996) was an American pianist and organist. He began his career playing swing music before transitioning into rhythm and blues. Best known for his instrumental compositions "Honky Tonk" ...
– organ
* Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, French horn (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12)
*Percy France – tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 5, 10, & 11)
*Irving "Skinny" Brown – tenor saxophone (track 4)
*Clifford Bush (track 4), Billy Butler (tracks 1, 3, 6-9, 11 & 12), Jerry Lane (tracks 2, 5 & 10) – guitar
* Abie Baker (tracks 3, 6 & 9), Edwyn Conley (track 7), Al Lucas (track 11), Clarence Mack (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 10),
Johnny Pate
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