1957
BLACK SLACKS * JOE BENNETT & THE SPARKLETONES * HMV 399 * UK
This classy clobber inspired rocker has instant appeal with Joe
Bennett coming straight in with a musical brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound that
morphs into the title and object of the song: black slacks. Joe Bennett sings
and plays lead guitar on Black Slacks, with Wayne Arthur, bass
(the upright version) Howard "Sparky" Childress guitar, and Jimmy
Denton, drums, who make up The Sparkletones. Released on ABC Paramount in
the US he song entered the American Pop charts at 17 and spent some four months
there in 1957!