| "Step to the Rear" | |
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| Song by Anthony Roberts and Charlotte Jones | |
| from the album How Now, Dow Jones: The Original Broadway Cast Recording | |
| Released | 1968 |
| Genre | Stage and screen[1] |
| Length | 4:15 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
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"Step to the Rear" is a song written by Elmer Bernstein and Carolyn Leigh. It was originally performed in the Broadway musical How Now, Dow Jones between 1967 and 1968. It was first recorded on an official cast album in 1968. It was notably recorded by American singer Marilyn Maye, whose version was released as a single. Maye's version reached the top five of the American adult contemporary chart and was seen on televised advertisements for Lincoln and Mercury cars. It was adapted into the University of South Carolina’s fight song as The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way.