"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 Marvelettes song Please Mr Postman is mentioned in the song.
The song was covered by Dee Dee King on his 1989 album, Standing In The Spotlight, with Debbie Harry on backing vocals.
See also[]
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1962 (U.S.)
References[]
- ↑ "Biography by Andrew Hamilton". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ↑ "Album Search for "its mashed potato time"". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
- ↑ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1962
- ↑ James McBride. "THE POTATO'S GREAT IMPACT ON THE WORLD". Boston Globe, Oct 2, 1981.
- ↑ "1962 HIT SONG, DANCE GIVE CAMPBELL SOUP NEW TWIST". Associated Press, 1996.
- ↑ Dick and Dee Dee, Tell Me - The Mountain's High Retrieved May 2, 2015
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