# Bucket o' Grease > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bucket_o'_Grease > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bucket_o'_Grease.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_o'_Grease > Source revision: 1353634123 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1967 studio album by Les McCann Ltd. Bucket o' Grease Studio album by Les McCann Ltd. Released 1967 Recorded December 27 & 28, 1966 Los Angeles, CA Genre Jazz Length 31:50 Label Limelight LM 82043 Producer Jerry Ross Les McCann chronology Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966) Bucket o' Grease (1967) Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (1967) ***Bucket o' Grease*** is an album by pianist [Les McCann](/source/Les_McCann)'s group Les McCann Ltd., recorded in late 1966 and released on the [Limelight](/source/Limelight_Records) label.[1][2] ## Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [3] [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) gives the album 3 stars.[3] ## Track listing *All compositions by Jerry Ross and Les McCann except as indicated* 1. "Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You" ([Jimmy Castor](/source/Jimmy_Castor)) - 1:48 1. "Bang! Bang!" ([Joe Cuba](/source/Joe_Cuba), [Jimmy Sabater](/source/Jimmy_Sabater)) - 2:19 1. "[Music to Watch Girls By](/source/Music_to_Watch_Girls_By)" ([Sid Ramin](/source/Sid_Ramin)) - 3:07 1. "[Watermelon Man](/source/Watermelon_Man_(composition))" ([Herbie Hancock](/source/Herbie_Hancock)) - 3:41 1. "La Brea" - 3:53 1. "All" ([Marian Grudeff](/source/Marian_Grudeff), [Nino Oliviero](/source/Nino_Oliviero), [Raymond Jessel](/source/Raymond_Jessel)) - 2:43 1. "Red Top" ([Gene Ammons](/source/Gene_Ammons), Ben Kynard, [Lionel Hampton](/source/Lionel_Hampton)) - 3:01 1. "[Yesterday](/source/Yesterday_(song))" ([John Lennon](/source/John_Lennon), [Paul McCartney](/source/Paul_McCartney)) - 3:09 1. "Boo-Go-Loo" (Jerry Murray) - 2:51 1. "Bucket O' Grease" - 2:45 1. "Fake Out" - 2:33 ## Personnel - [Les McCann](/source/Les_McCann) - [piano](/source/Piano), [electric piano](/source/Electric_piano) - Lee Katzman - [trumpet](/source/Trumpet), [flugelhorn](/source/Flugelhorn) - [Plas Johnson](/source/Plas_Johnson) - [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone), [flute](/source/Flute) - Lynn Blessing - [vibraphone](/source/Vibraphone) - [Jimmy Georgantones](/source/Jimmy_George_(musician)) - [guitar](/source/Guitar) - [Leroy Vinnegar](/source/Leroy_Vinnegar) - [bass](/source/Double_bass) - Booker T. Robinson - [drums](/source/Drum_Kit) - Ron Rich, Ric Desilva, Aki Aleong, Joseph Torres - [percussion](/source/Percussion) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Mercury Records Catalog: Limelight series](https://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/catalog-limelight-series/#lm-82043) accessed March 8, 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Freed., R. [Les McCann Discography](http://users.rcn.com/bobfreed/www/lesdisco/a27.html) accessed March 8, 2016 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_3-1) [*Bucket O' Grease* – Listing](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000902152) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved March 8, 2016. v t e Les McCann Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. As Les McCann Ltd is often used in the titles for the albums up to 1964, this has been omitted. Albums as leader or co-leader It's About Time (with Teddy Edwards, 1959) The Truth (1960) The Shout (1960) In San Francisco (1960) From the Top of the Barrel (1960) Groove (with Richard "Groove" Holmes and Ben Webster, 1961) In New York (1961) Plays the Shampoo (1961) New from the Big City (1961) Pretty Lady (1961) Les McCann Sings (1961) Somethin' Special (with Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) On Time (1962) The Gospel Truth (1963) Soul Hits (1963) Jazz Waltz (with The Jazz Crusaders, 1963) A Bag of Gold (1963–64) McCanna (1964) Spanish Onions (1964) McCann/Wilson (with Nancy Wilson (1964) But Not Really (1964) Beaux J. Pooboo (1965) Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1965) Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966) Bucket o' Grease (1966) Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (1967) Much Les (1968) Swiss Movement (and Eddie Harris, 1969) Comment (1969) Invitation to Openness (1971) Second Movement (with Eddie Harris, 1971) Layers (1972) Live at Montreux (1972) Talk to the People (1972) Another Beginning (1974) With others Tell It Like It Tis (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) Stormy Monday (with Lou Rawls, 1962) That's Where It's At (Stanley Turrentine, 1962) Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984) Go Tell It on the Mountain (The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003) Soundtracks Soul To Soul (1971) Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bucket o' Grease](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_o'_Grease) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_o'_Grease?action=history)). 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