Mashed Potato Time

"Mashed Potato Time" is a single performed by Dee Dee Sharp from her debut album It's Mashed Potato Time. The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1962,[1] as well as No. 2 on the pop chart.[2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1962.[3] It became a gold record.

The song references the Mashed Potato dance move which was a fad at the time. The song was one of several that came out at that time, for example (Do the) Mashed Potatoes in 1960.[4] In 1996 the Campbell Soup Company used the song in a $30 million advertising campaign and commissioned a new, more upbeat recording from Dee Dee Sharp.[5]

Dick and Dee Dee released a version of the song on their 1962 album, Tell Me - The Mountain's High.[6]

The song was covered by Dee Dee King on his 1989 album, Standing In The Spotlight, with Debbie Harry on backing vocals.

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References

  1. ↑ "Biography by Andrew Hamilton". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/its-mashed-potato-time-mw0000869433/awards
  3. ↑ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1962
  4. ↑ James McBride. "THE POTATO'S GREAT IMPACT ON THE WORLD". Boston Globe, Oct 2, 1981.
  5. ↑ "1962 HIT SONG, DANCE GIVE CAMPBELL SOUP NEW TWIST". Associated Press, 1996.
  6. ↑ Dick and Dee Dee, Tell Me - The Mountain's High Retrieved May 2, 2015


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