Ride!

"Ride!" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell and performed by Dee Dee Sharp. It reached #5 on the U.S. pop chart and #7 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1962.[1] It was featured on her 1963 album All the Hits (Volume II).[2]

"Ride!"
Single by Dee Dee Sharp
from the album All the Hits (Volume II)
B-side"The Night"
ReleasedOctober 1962 (1962-10)
GenreSoul
Length2:24
LabelCameo
Songwriter(s)Kal Mann, Dave Appell
Dee Dee Sharp singles chronology
"Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)"
(1962)
"Ride!"
(1962)
"Do the Bird"
(1963)

The single sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.[3]

The song begins with Dee Dee Sharp yelling : "Let's Pony Again". The male backup singers repeatedly sing the words: "Get It". This song was meant to rejuvenate Chubby Checker's dance hit song from the previous year "Pony Time"(1961).

Other versions

  • The Orlons released a version of the song on their 1963 album All the Hits by The Orlons.[4]

References

  1. "Dee Dee Sharp, "Ride!" Chart Positions". Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  2. "Dee Dee Sharp, All the Hits (Volume II)". Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  3. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 152. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  4. "The Orlons, All the Hits by The Orlons". Retrieved March 7, 2019.


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