Major Lance “The Monkey Time”

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Lance and Otis Leavill formed a group named the Floats in the mid 1950s but broke up before recording any material. Lance became a featured dancer on a local television show, Time for Teens, and presenter Jim Lounsbury gave him a one-off record deal with Mercury Records. Mercury released his single “I Got a Girl”, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield, in 1959; it was not successful.

“The Monkey Time” written by Curtis Mayfield was Lance’s first hit song and reached No. 2 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 8 on the U.S. pop chart in 1963. It was featured on his 1963 album The Monkey Time.Source

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    1. Thank you for your visit and comment today. It is a great memory Jackie. Especially too because it pre-dawned Motown bigger successes as well as America’s bigger social struggles.

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