Pop Goes The Country
Tony Bennett's experience with Mitch Miller was little different than that of other strong-willed artists on the Columbia roster in the 1950s and early 1960s. Miller often pushed artists to record...
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  By 1963, the all-pervasive twist craze was waning, but in its wake came the frug, the watusi, the jerk, the pony, the swim-and the simian-inspired step chronicled in this Curtis Mayfield classic. "The Monkey Time" had everything a dance record needed: a scene ("A place way across town"), an invitation ("Whenever you're ready"), and a promise of fulfillment ("You automatically are on your way"). It gave a new punch to Chicago soul, and helped establish Mayfield as its primary architect. For a while, it seemed like the U.S. really was the land of 1,000 dances.

(C. Mayfield); Produced by Carl Davis; arranged by Johnny Pate; Major Lance, vocal; Curtis Mayfield, guitar, background vocals; Maurice White, drums; Louis Satterfield, bass; Floyd Morris, piano; Maury Watson, Paul Serrano, trumpets; Cliff Davis, saxophone; Morris Ellis, John Avant, trombones; Rec. Chicago, May 8, 1963. OKeh single 4-7175 (mx. CCO 6293); Originally Released 1963