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DEE DEE SHARP - MASHED POTATO TIME ( 1962 ) | Greatest Rock 'N' Roll of the 50s & 60s

Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue : September 9, 1945) - '' Mashed Potato Time '' - 1962 "Mashed Potato Time" is a single written and composed by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, and performed by Dee Dee Sharp on her debut album It's Mashed Potato Time. The song refers to the Mashed Potato dance move which was a fad at the time. It was one of several that came out at that time, for example, "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" in 1960. The Marvelettes song "Please Mr. Postman" is mentioned in the lyrics and is cop

Today in 1962, Dee Dee Sharp's hit single “Mashed Potato Time” peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song refers to the “Mashed Potato” dance craze, first made famous by James Brown in 1959. | ABKCO Music & Records