Provocative Percussion

Provocative Percussion
Studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade
Released	1959
Label	Command
Producer	Enoch Light
Enoch Light and The Light Brigade chronology
Persuasive Percussion (1959) Provocative Percussion (1959) Persuasive Percussion Volume 2 (1959)

Provocative Percussion is a studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade, also known as the Command All-Stars. It was released in 1959 on Command Records (catalog no. RS 806-SD).^[1][2] The album cover artwork is by abstract painter Josef Albers, like its predecessor.

Provocative Percussion debuted on the Billboard magazine pop album chart on January 25, 1960, held the No. 2 spot for five weeks, and remained on the chart for 69 weeks.^[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars. Reviewer Lindsay Planer called it "a highly recommended kitsch-classic."^[4]

Side A

1. "You're the Top" (Cole Porter) [2:34]
2. "Somebody Loves Me" (Gershwin, DeSylva, MacDonald) [2:42]
3. "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Mercer) [4:12]
4. "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" (Farres) [2:35]
5. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) [2:50]
6. "Fascinating Rhythm" (Gershwin) [2:35]

Side B

1. "S'Wonderful" (Gershwin) [2:18]
2. "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Mills, Bigard) [2:51]
3. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Razaf, Brook, Waller) [3:19]
4. "The Man I Love" (Gershwin) [2:35]
5. "Song of India" (N. Rimsky-Korsakoff) [3:12]
6. "Mad About the Boy" (Coward) [2:48]

• Bobby Byrne
• Charles Magnante
• Bob Haggart
• Tony Mottola
• Willie Rodriguez
• Moe Wechsler
• Urbie Green
• Terry Snyder
• Pee Wee Erwin
• Artie Marotti
• Dominic Cortese
• Ezelle Watson
• Russ Banzer
• Stanley Webb
• Milt Yaner
• Leonard Calderon
• George Dessinger
• Bernie Kaufman^[1]