Billy Joe & The Checkmates - Percolator (Twist)

[yedon68]

...this was a minor hit on pop radio...1963 ?

[itsNOTreallyMYfault]

@yedon68 Percolator Twist on the Dore label reached # 10 in 1962. According to That Old Time Rock and Roll -- A Chronicle of an Era 1954-1963 by Richard Aquila.

[musicfreak1967]

this song was heard often in the 70s in the German radio. Class music that is heard today the best! Thank you for uploading from Germany.

[stoogeswoman]

YAY!! My favorite version of this happy little song - thank you!

[SpudMills]

According to other sites, this song was "based on" the Maxwell House jingle. It's similar, but not really the same. (And who knows where the other sites' info came from?)

[nomiclas]

@SpudMills good to the last drop.but it was an advertizing gimmic.the song is true to the concept and is a really good instrumental.

[appapo3]

@SpudMills People today use drip coffee makers .They might not connect the music to the commercial that showed the coffee percolating in time with the music.

[wb5oxq]

Maxwell house?

[emjee]

I am 49, and I also remember it from when Maxwell-House used it in TV ads

[JIMMYAD46]

GOOD TO THE LAST DROP.

[lazyfur]

..catchy tune B-)

[vickypoo001]

I love it. Haven't heard this tune since the sixties. Trudy

[bro1945]

don't recall doin the twist to it...........hmmmm can't recall dancin' to it period

[missaprilm]

maxwell house did make it its theme back in the day.

[phunkyjunction]

Thanks for all the great comments folks.

[Valdevious]

@phunkyjunction Billy Joe, aka Lou Bideu, aka Lew Bidell was an interesting man. I had the pleasure of knowing him the last 4 years before his passing. Around 1998 he remastered some of his "best" artists consisting mostly from the comedy days and some of his own bits. I had the honor of helping him with this, I believe his final hands-on project. I even made the liner notes! He married a Barrymore sister and was an uncle to Drew Barrymore. Interesting man...

[djgambitron]

the ventures' rendition of this is the very first song i ever danced to as rugrat.

this is a super rare version. great sound quality too! thanks for sharing

[Broadkill]

This song has been in my head for days!My mother used to play it...I even recognise the record label!Thanks!

[TimelordR]

Nice to know that this lost oldie is still in circulation. Thanks for sharing!

[1776trombones]

Hey its Coffee Time!! Starbucks should make it its theme

[winyguy]

Was this Song a theme song on a NYC Kids show on WNEW-TV Channel Five in the early 60s? This Song sounds familiar.

[peeterpoon]

Great instrumental inspired by a Maxwell House ad. Thanks for posting!

[Msvampkitty]

i heard this somewhere and thought it was the weirdest song ever in the best possible way, so i looked. thanks for having it.

[tiptoncathcart]

I still have a vinyl single of this little master and remember jiving with my sister in front of the mirror back in '62!

[dago1256]

@tiptoncathcart My sister just told this was a favorite song when I 6 we would dance together, I love all those old songs here on youtube.

[srercrcr22]

I'm sorry to say....I remember this

[phunkyjunction]

Thanks for being the first to reply. It is quite forgettable.