Mashed Potato Time
E119688
"Mashed Potato Time" is a 1962 dance song popularized by Dee Dee Sharp that helped popularize the Mashed Potato dance craze in early 1960s pop music.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mashed Potato Time canonical | 3 |
| Mashed Potato | 1 |
| Mashed Potato (dance) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1046559 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Mashed Potato Time Context triple: [Dee Dee King, notableSong, Mashed Potato Time]
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Potato Head Blues
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Pie in the Sky
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C.
Chita Time
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Clear Grits
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Tha Last Meal
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mashed Potato Time Target entity description: "Mashed Potato Time" is a 1962 dance song popularized by Dee Dee Sharp that helped popularize the Mashed Potato dance craze in early 1960s pop music.
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A.
Potato Head Blues
"Potato Head Blues" is a celebrated 1927 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven, renowned for its innovative stop-time solos and influential cornet playing.
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B.
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky is a British television drama-comedy series about a detective who balances police work with running his own restaurant.
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C.
Chita Time
Chita Time is a time zone in eastern Russia that shares the same UTC+9 offset as Yakutsk Time.
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D.
Clear Grits
Clear Grits were a 19th-century Canadian political reform movement in Canada West that championed democratic reforms, responsible government, and radical liberal principles that later helped shape the Liberal Party of Canada.
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E.
Tha Last Meal
Tha Last Meal is a 2000 hip hop album by Snoop Dogg that marked his transition from No Limit Records toward a more West Coast–oriented sound and broader mainstream appeal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Dee Dee Sharp ⓘ |
| associatedDance |
Mashed Potato Time
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mashed Potato
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| associatedWith | Cameo-Parkway Records ⓘ |
| chartPeakPosition | Billboard Hot 100 top 10 ⓘ |
| chartPerformance | Billboard Hot 100 hit ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact | contributed to dance-craze records trend ⓘ |
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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dance music ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasBackingVocals | studio backing singers ⓘ |
| hasDanceStyle | Mashed Potato ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | backing band with rhythm section ⓘ |
| hasMainPerformerGender | female vocalist ⓘ |
| hasOriginalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| hasRhythm | 4/4 time ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
call to dance instructions
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dance-oriented beat ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Mashed Potato dance
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dance craze ⓘ |
| hasSuccessorSingle | Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| hasTitleTheme | potato-themed dance ⓘ |
| helpedPopularize |
Mashed Potato Time
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mashed Potato (dance)
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| influenced | early 1960s pop music dance craze ⓘ |
| intendedFor | teen dance audience ⓘ |
| isAmong | best-known Dee Dee Sharp songs ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithDanceFad | Mashed Potato dance craze ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Dee Dee Sharp discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicEra | early 1960s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a major hit for Dee Dee Sharp
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popularizing the Mashed Potato dance ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedAs | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| partOf | early 1960s dance song trend ⓘ |
| performer | Dee Dee Sharp ⓘ |
| performerNationality | American ⓘ |
| producer | Cameo-Parkway team ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Cameo Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Dee Dee Sharp ⓘ |
| yearOfSingleRelease | 1962 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Mashed Potato Time Description of subject: "Mashed Potato Time" is a 1962 dance song popularized by Dee Dee Sharp that helped popularize the Mashed Potato dance craze in early 1960s pop music.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.