Legacy Recordings

Greased with pomade and sharper than a new Cadillac, The Treniers jump-started a mood that put fear in the hearts of white folks. Slick twins Claude and Clifford Trenier dropped out of college in their native Mobile and took up singing when they saw its power over the ladies. Copping Louis Jordan’s comic act, the twins drove a new model jive tune nationwide. Its high-moaning sax, jumping rhythm and rocking and rolling-black slang for the Act-was an overt racer. But its curves were tamed by the assembly line honkers and screamers revving up as the decade sped on.

(C. Trenier/D. Hill/C. Trenier); Orchestra under the direction of Gene Gilbeaux; Claude Trenier, Cliff Trenier, Milt Trenier, Buddy Trenier, lead and background vocals; Don Hill, alto sax; Gene Gilbeaux, piano; Rec. New York, January 9, 1951. OKeh single 6853; Originally Released 1951

It Rocks! It Rolls! It Swings! by The Treniers