Pony Time
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"Pony Time" | ||||
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Songwriter(s) | Don Covay, John Berry | |||
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"Pony Time" is a song written by
The song achieved greater success when it was recorded by Chubby Checker the following year, becoming his second US #1 (after his 1960 single "The Twist"). Chubby Checker's recording of "Pony Time" was also a number one hit on the R&B charts.[1]
The "Boogety Shoe" phrase was used in Barry Mann's hit song "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" (1961).
The song 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.
In popular culture
A reference to the new dance style is mentioned in the song "Back to the Hop" (1961) by
The song introduced a new dance style, the pony, in which the dancer tries to look like he or she is riding a horse. The beat is 1&2, 3&4. In the dance the feet are kept comfortably together, while various arm and hand motions are possible. Movement around the dance floor may occur, but there is no line-of-dance. Couples, who generally face each other, do not touch[2] and turns and chase positions are possible.
The pony dance is mentioned in the
See also
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1961 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1961 (U.S.)
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 114.
- ^ Sixties Dance and Dance Crazes - Sixties City