Saturday, April 16, 2011
Do you remember the "Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones"? The "who", do you ask? The one-hit-wonder, "Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones". The band was from South Carolina and ranged from 14 to 17 years of age. If you were "alive" in '56-'57, you may remember their one-hit-wonder, 'Black Slacks'. Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones were even put on the Nat King Cole Show with a follow up record and and clearer-in-sound, updated (new band jackets) replay of 'Black Slacks'. But their 15-minutes of fame in the history of rock 'n roll was over. At my Hi-Y, YMCA/YWCA sock hops, fellow teens would 'half the beat' and actually dance to it. Not only 'dance to it', Black Slacks was a guarantee to get the real rockers ;up on the floor' in am instant. The song was later slowed down and 'covered' by a few others, a recognition of success that any recording band looks for. Like most 'covers', none went anywhere. There was only one "Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones". Memories, huh? I wonder whatever happened to each of the band members.
