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Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue; September 9, 1945, in Philadelphia) [1] is an American R&B singer, who began her career recording as a backing vocalist in 1961.
Dee Sharp, is a popular American R&B singer, known for “Mashed Potatoes Time,” a number one hit in 1962. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 1945, as Dione LaRue.
Derrick Trought (born 1956), better known as Dee Sharp, is a British lovers rock singer who began his recording career in 1980, also joining Buzzz as lead singer for a time.
Dee Dee Sharp was born on September 9, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Sister Act (1992), Swan Song (2021) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). She is married to Billy Witherspoon. She was previously married to Kenny Gamble.
"Mashed Potato Time" is a 1962 single written by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, and performed by Dee Dee Sharp, with backing vocals by The Orlons, on her debut album It's Mashed Potato Time. The song refers to the Mashed Potato dance move, which was a fad.
Considered one of the first black female solo vocalists from Philadelphia to achieve success in the early ’60s, Dee Dee Sharp has consistently transformed her recording career, starting as a dance craze queen and emerging in the late ’70s as a pop/soul stylist whose work has been enjoyed and embraced by avid music lovers on both sides of ...
At 17 with guidance from producers Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, Dione LaRue was an overnight sensation. The name Dee Dee Sharp was created since everyone called her D and she sang in the musical key of D sharp. Promoted as a pop singer she didn’t see much of the “chitlin’ circuit”.
Dee Dee Sharp hit the biggest with her first record for the Cameo/Parkway label, a blessing that pigeonholed the Philly songstress as a teenybopper forever to be identified with her number one smash from 1962, “Mashed Potatoes Time.”
Dee Dee Sharp hit the biggest with her first record for the Cameo/Parkway label, a blessing that pigeonholed the Philly songstress as a teenybopper forever to be identified with her number one smash from 1962, "Mashed Potatoes Time."
DEE DEE'S BIO. Dee Dee Sharp hit the biggest with her first record for the Cameo/Parkway label, a blessing that pigeonholed the Philly songstress as a teenybopper forever to be identified with her number one smash from 1962, "Mashed Potatoes Time."