"Harlem Shuffle" | ||||
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Single by Bob & Earl | ||||
from the album Harlem Shuffle | ||||
B-side | "I'll Keep Running Back" | |||
Released | 1963 | |||
Genre | Rhythm and blues | |||
Length | 2:35 | |||
Label | Marc Records 104[1] | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bob Relf/Earl Nelson | |||
Producer(s) | Fred Smith | |||
Bob & Earl singles chronology | ||||
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"Harlem Shuffle" is an R&B song written and originally recorded by the duo Bob & Earl in 1963. The song describes a dance called the “Harlem Shuffle”, and mentions several other contemporary dances of the early 1960s, including the Monkey Shine, the Limbo, the Hitch hike, the Slide, and the Pony.
In 1986, it was covered by the British rock band The Rolling Stones on their album Dirty Work.