Artist: Teddy Martin & his Las Vegas Twisters
Author: Giuseppe Mengozzi
Label: Columbia
Year: 1961
Instrumental. French group backed by jazz drummer Giuseppe Mengozzi (aka Jerry Mengo, Jao Pandeiro and Teddy Martin). He played with Django Reinhardt during the thirties.
Covers:
Richard Anthony [as La Leçon de Twist, n°1 Fr; lyrics: Danyel Gerard/Lucien Morisse]
Dalida [idem; Lucien Morisse's wife; her version was pushed in favor of coauthor Gerard's]
Danyel Gérard [idem]
Caterina Valente [hit It]
Caterina und Silvio [sister and brother as Popocatepetl Twist]
Sophia Loren, sworn enemy of the twist, dances on this theme in 1962 film Le Couteau Dans La Plaie (Five Miles To Midnight).
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