Popeye Joe:Ernie K. Doe.
#99 on Hot 100 on JASNUS Records in 1962.
INTRO:
#1.
I said my head goes spinnin like a spinnin wheel.
When I hear the music with the rock n roll beat.
There s a dance going round from coast to coast,
you know, now, yeah..
Yeah, a brand new dance they call the Popeye Joe, now..
Whoa, Joe (Hey Joe!) here s the thing now, the Popeye Joe.
#2.
I know they Hully Gully, in your town.
I know they re Mashin them Potatoes and they re Twisting
all around.
For here s a dance I think you should know, now, yeah.
Yeah, a brand new dance they call the Popeye Joe, now.
Whoa, Joe (Hey Joe!) here s the thing now, the Popeye Joe, yeah.
(INTERLUDE:)
OUTRO:
Yeah, yeah, Popeye baby, I said you re lookin good..
you and Joe there..
you put your hands on your hips..you go around a
little bit..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.