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| "Pony Time" | ||||
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| Single by Chubby Checker | ||||
| B-side | "Oh Susannah" | |||
| Released | January 1961 | |||
| Recorded | 1960 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:27 | |||
| Label | Parkway 818 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Don Covay, John Berry | |||
| Chubby Checker singles chronology | ||||
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"Pony Time" is a song written by Don Covay and John Berry (a member of Covay's earlier vocal group, "the Rainbows"), and originally recorded in 1960 by Covay with his group "the Goodtimers".
It achieved greater success when it was recorded by Chubby Checker the following year, becoming his second US No.1 (after his 1960 single "The Twist"). Chubby Checker's recording of "Pony Time" was also a No.1 hit on the R&B charts.[1] In Canada it reached No. 5.[2]
The "Boogety Shoe" phrase was used in Barry Mann's hit song "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" (1961).
The lyrics reverse the Gee and Haw commands. In use by horsemen for centuries, gee was right and haw was left. Beside being used to command horse teams, Gee and Haw was used a lot in naming geographic features, like stream branches.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 114.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - February 27, 1961".