Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases three YouTube videos of the United State's Old Time Music song "Shake That Little Foot, Sally" (or similar titles) and one YouTube video of the 1964 Rhythm & Blues song "Kick That Little Foot Sally".
Information about these performers are provided in this post.
Some information about Mento music is presented as an Addendum to this post as most of Harry Belafonte's records were from that genre of music and note from Trinidadian Calypso. The lyrics for Belafonte's performance of "Shake That Little Foot, Sally" that is featured in this post have their source in the United State's Old Time Music versions of that song.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those performers who are featured in this post for their musical legacies. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers for sharing these videos on YouTube.
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Most of this post is a reprint of Part II and Part III of a three part 2017 pancocojams series on the "Shake That Little Foot song.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/03/shake-that-little-foot-sally-also-known.html for a 2020 reprint of Part I of that 2017 post. The only difference between the 2017 version of that post and the 2020 version is that the video of an Old Time Music version of "Shake That Little Foot,Sally" (by David "Stringbean" Akeman) was deleted from that 2020 post (and instead is featured here).
at 2020 post includes the links to Part II and Part III (2017). Those posts include the lyrics for their showcased songs.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS & PERFORMER'S INFORMATION
Example #1: Shake That Little Foot Sally Ann - David "Stringbean" Akeman
ClassicCountry1978, Published on Oct 28, 2015
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Here's information about David "Stringbean" Akeman from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_%22Stringbean%22_Akeman
"David Akeman (June 17, 1915[1] – November 10, 1973) better known as Stringbean (or String Bean), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, comedian, actor and semi-professional baseball player[2] best known for his role as a main cast member on the hit television show, Hee Haw, and as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Akeman was well-known for his "old-fashioned" banjo picking style, careful mix of comedy and music, and his memorable stage wardrobe (which consisted of a long nightshirt tucked into a pair of short blue jeans belted around his knees— giving him the comical appearance of a very tall man with stubby legs)/
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Biography
Early life and career
Born in Annville, Jackson County, Kentucky, Akeman came from a musical family.[citation needed] He was taught to play the banjo by his father, James Akeman.[citation needed] He got his first banjo when he was 12 years old in exchange for a pair of prize bantam chickens.[3] Akeman began playing at local dances and gained a reputation as a musician, but the income was not enough to live on. He joined the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, building roads and planting trees.
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Akeman kept his audience with his traditional playing and his mixture of comedy and song. He scored country-chart hits with "Chewing Gum" and "I Wonder Where Wanda Went".[4] Between 1962 and 1971, he recorded seven albums.[citation needed] The first, Old Time Pickin' & Grinnin' with Stringbean (1961), included folk songs (especially humorous animal songs), tall stories, and country jokes.
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Genres Old-time, bluegrass, country, comedy”...
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David Akerman was a White American.
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Example #2: Shake That Little Foot (Live)
Harry Belafonte – Topic, Mar 10, 2016
Belafonte at the Greek Theatre
℗ Originally released 1964. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Conductor, Composer, Lyricist: Howard Roberts
Producer: Bob Bollard
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Here's information about Harry Belafonte from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Belafonte
"Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) is the first million-selling LP by a single artist.[1] Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards
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Read the Addendum below for information about Jamaica's Mento music which Belafonte and many others mislabeled "Calypso".
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Example #3: Round Robin "Kick That Little Foot Sally"
NRRArchives, Apr 26, 2013
American Bandstand. October 03, 1964
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The R&B song "Kick That Little Foot Sally" is a R&B version of the (United States) Old Time Music song "Shake That Little Foot, Sally" (and other similar titles).
“Round Robin” was the stage name for an African American singer.
Here's information about "Round Robin" from https://www.discogs.com/artist/916677-Round-Robin
"Round Robin
Real Name: Robin Lloyd
Profile:
Round Robin (Lloyd) had been around a while in recording terms also. He had cut for Domain in the mid 60's and had appeared on the Lloyd Thaxton TV show. Round Robin's "Kick That Little Foot Sally Ann" had been a hit with UK mods in the mid 60's. His later outings on Stax's Truth label (the Round Robin Monopoly) have also garnered many fans down the years.”...
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ADDENDUM: INFORMATION ABOUT JAMAICA'S MENTO MUSIC
...From http://www.mentomusic.com/WhatIsMento.htm
"Mento music had its beginnings in Jamaica in the 19th century, and was uniquely Jamaican fusion of African and European musical traditions. In mento's recorded history pre-history, from the 1920s through the 1940s, a number of Jamaican songs were put to wax by Caribbean jazz artists. In the 1930 and 1940s, Slim and Sam, a mento group who performed in Kingston, gained renown and are recalled today. They're remembered for their originals, and sold "tracts" -- printed lyrics -- at their performances. (The book "Reggae Routes" by Kevin O'Brien Chang and Wayne Chen lists the names of some of these originals, and has additional information and even a picture of Slim and Sam.)
But it wasn't until the early 1950s that true mento recordings first began to appear on 78 RPM discs. This decade was mento's golden age, as a variety of artists recorded mento songs in an assortment of rhythms and styles. It was the peak of mento's creativity and popularity in Jamaica and the birth of Jamaica's recording industry.
These recordings reveal mento to be a diverse musical genre, sometimes played with reckless abandon and other times with orderly precision. In addition to mento's African and European roots, by this time, it had also encompassed pan-Caribbean influences, as well as from American jazz. Although it was informed by a world of music, mento is clearly, uniquely Jamaican. And as Jamaica's original music, all other Jamaican music can trace its roots to mento.
Some styles of mento would evolve into ska and reggae. (As a matter of fact, some mento songs are still being recorded inna dancehall stylee today.) Other styles, while purely mento, seem to have done less to contribute to the development of later Jamaican music.
During this time, Trinidadian calypso was the Caribbean's top musical export, and the term "Calypso" was used generically applied to Jamaican mento as well. Far more often than it was called by its proper name, mento was called "calypso", "kalypso" or "mento calypso". Adding to the confusion, Jamaica had its own calypso singers that did not record mento, such as Lord Creator. (The Trinidad-born Creator later became a ska singer for Studio 1.) And mento artists would often perform calypso songs in the mento style, or record a mento song with calypso influence. Some mento artists followed the calypsonian practice of adding a title such as "Count" or "Lord" to their name. But make no mistake, mento is a distinctly different sound from calypso, with its own instrumentation, rhythms, pacing, vocal styles, harmonies, and lyrical concerns."...
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This excerpt is written as it was found in that online article.
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