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1.StopBongo in the Congo – Preston Epps 01:56
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2.StopBongo Rock – Preston Epps 02:05
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3.StopJungle Drums – Preston Epps 02:30
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4.StopDoin' the Cha Cha Cha – Preston Epps 02:11
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5.StopBongo, Bongo, Bongo – Preston Epps 02:08
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6.StopBongos in Pastel – Preston Epps 02:07
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7.StopCall of the Jungle [Full Version] – Preston Epps 12:42
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8.StopBongo Party – Preston Epps 01:51
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9.StopHully Gully Bongo – Preston Epps 01:50
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10.StopBongo Shuffle – Preston Epps 01:44
Besides Sandy Nelson's "Teen Beat," can you name another instrumental rock roll hit from the '50s that features the drums as its lead instrument? The answer is Preston Epps' "Bongo Rock," which put Epps' frantic bongo-slapping in the Top 15 in 1959. The follow-up single, "Bongo Bongo Bongo," was a minor hit that set Epps' bongo artistry to a lazy boogie beat. Bongo Rock reissues Epps' Top 40 album Bongo Bongo Bongo in its entirety along with a few cuts from singles. Many of the tracks exude a mellow exotica vibe with flutes and, in one case, jungle sound effects, placing the emphasis on the "bongo" rather than the "rock." The disc is just a little over a half-hour in length, which leads one to wonder why Epps' 1963 album, Surfin' Bongos -- which was made for the same label as the rest of the material here -- wasn't included. Greg Adams, Rovi
- Genre: Rock
- Category Instrumental Rock, Rock & Roll
- Label: COLLECTABLES
- Release Date: March 23, 1999
- Artist: Epps Preston